Political Behavior

Alexander Gazmararian finds that becoming a parent increases support for climate action, suggesting that valuing the future can reshape policy preferences. A fresh take on how personal experience shifts political views! #PolicyPreferences Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

New findings from Pavlos Vasilopoulos & Justin Robinson finds that authoritarianism in Britain is closely tied to anti-immigration views, but not to vote choice or economic attitudes after accounting for individual traits. #BritishPolitics Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

New research by @Ryan_Brutger & Alex Guisinger reveals how media frames of factory layoffs shape who the public blames — government or corporations — and influence support for trade policies, cutting across ideological lines. #MediaFraming Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

What makes candidates go negative on the campaign trail? New research by Oschatz, Maier, Dian & Geber finds that it's not just strategy—social norms within parties and among voters also play a key role. #NegativeCampaigning #CampaignStrategy Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

New study by @BenjaminNoble & Taylor Carlson examines how voters evaluate candidates linked to QAnon. Despite increased media attention, QAnon support reduces candidate favorability—even among low-trust voters. #VoterBehavior Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Professor, and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Dan Butler, has recently published two new articles in the journals @PolBehavior and Administration & Society. Read more about both articles on our website: buff.ly/R7djGzV

Super excited this is out in @PolBehavior w/ #ArielWhite #MelissaMichelson #SamRoth & #NewJerseyInstitue4SocialJustice "Getting out the (newly enfranchised) vote: Encouraging Voter Registration After Rights Restoration" 1/6 link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Link to the paper with @ericguntermann at @PolBehavior link.springer.com/article/10.100… 14/

Check out this recent article, “Elite Cues and Economic Policy Attitudes: The Mediating Role of Economic Hardship,” published in @PolBehavior by Charlotte Cavaillé & Anja Neundorf 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.100…

New research by Tobias Rohrbach puts gender bias theories to the test! In “Are Women Politicians Kind and Competent?”, Rohrbach finds voters reward women for communal traits, contrary to long-held beliefs on bias. #WomeninPolitics Read more below: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

In "An Ideology by Any Other Name," Andrew Trexler & Christopher Johnson find that many Americans identify with ideological labels beyond “liberal” or “conservative.” They show these alternative labels shape political attitudes and vote choice. Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

In "Who is Mobilized to Vote by Short Text Messages?," a nationwide RCT in Finland shows GOTV texts increased turnout among low-propensity voters. Read more from @SalomoHirvonen, Maarit Lassander, Lauri Sääksvuori, & @JanneTukiainen: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

In "Visual Conjoint vs. Text Conjoint and the Differential Discriminatory Effect of (Visible) Social Categories," Alberta Ortega & Marco Radojevic find that visual cues drive stronger discriminatory voter preferences than text labels alone. Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

In "Can Elite Allegations of Election Fraud Demobilize Supporters?," Bernard Fraga, Zachary Peskowitz, & @jamesszewczyk examine how unsubstantiated fraud claims following the 2020 election shaped turnout in Georgia. Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

In Connecting Local Economic Decline to the Politics of Geographic Discontent, @WillJennings, @lawrencemckay, & @GerryStoker show perceptions of decline aren’t just about data—they’re shaped by partisanship & personal experience. Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Excited to have Professor Butler published in our journal!

In “Challenging by Cueing?” @mtorcal, Martini, & @emilycarter examine how party and leader cues influence voting in Spain across mainstream and challenger parties. Findings suggest cueing effects may not depend on long-standing partisan ties! Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

From our March issue: "The Personalization of Electoral Participation? The Relationship Between Trait Evaluations of Presidential Candidates and Turnout Decisions in American Presidential Elections 1980–2020” by @timpansegerberg. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

How does descriptive representation in Congress matter for non-political outcomes? @Emwest07 and @DominikDuell answer that question in their article, “How Political Representation Empowers Women”. Read more: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Check out the open-access article, “Procedure Matters: The Distinct Attitudinal Feedback Effects of Immigration Policy”, by Siu-yau Lee: link.springer.com/article/10.100…