This article examines the creation of political parties in Congress with a focus on ties between emerging party leaders and members, 1789–1802. Using an egocentric selection model, we examine who
Oct 2018
Of Paradigms Won and Lost: The Neo-Corporatist World According to Howard J. Wiarda
Howard J. Wiarda overestimated the staying power of neo-corporatism. In 1997, when he proclaimed that corporatism would be as influential as liberalism and socialism, a number of factors were already
Dec 2016
Evaluating partisan gains from Congressional gerrymandering: Using computer simulations to estimate the effect of gerrymandering in the U.S. House
What is the effect of gerrymandering on the partisan outcomes of United States Congressional elections? A major challenge to answering this question is in determining the outcomes that would have