As partisanship strengthens in the United States, unaffiliated voter registration is also increasing. We conducted an original survey experiment to understand voter registration choices among registered voters in Florida and
Sep 2025
Since the 1920s, the roll call voting record has influenced American politics. Using recorded votes, candidates attack electoral opponents, interest groups attempt to drum up financial or electoral support for
Mar 2025
Not a Teammate and Not a Fan: Probing the Identities of Unaffiliated Registered Voters
For decades, in most states with a party registration option, the percentage of voters registering as unaffiliated with a major political party has steadily increased. But who are these registered
Oct 2024
MAGA Trumps the Incumbency Advantage in a Dueling Incumbent Primary
Redistricting is the causal agent responsible for two incumbents facing off in U.S. House elections and hence, despite the rarity of these matchups, they occur periodically due to district boundary
Mar 2024
Winners, Losers, and Voter Confidence in Response to Partisan Electoral Reform
In this article, we examine individual- and state-level voter confidence in Georgia from 2020 to 2022—an extremely contentious moment in Georgia politics. For the first time in 28 years, Georgia’s
Aug 2023
How Much Is a Trump Endorsement Worth?
Former president Trump made hundreds of candidate endorsements in the 2022 Republican primaries. The state of Georgia garnered outsized attention because it was ground zero for Trump’s false accusations of
