Assessing the Quality of Elections
Many malpractices generate flawed elections which fail to meet international standards of electoral integrity, including issues such as fraud, malpractice, vote-rigging, ballot-stuffing, and voter sup
Research
Unresponsive and Unpersuaded: The Unintended Consequences of Voter Persuasion Efforts
To date, field experiments on campaign tactics have focused overwhelmingly on mobilization and voter turnout, with far more limited attention to persuasion and vote choice.
Ideology, Deliberation and Persuasion within Small Groups: A Randomized Field Experiment on Fiscal Policy
This paper evaluates the dynamics of small group persuasion within a large scale randomized deliberative experiment, in particular whether persuasion in this context is driven by the ideological compo
The Three Presidencies: Power and Policy
Book abstract: For more than 25 years, The Presidency and the Political System has showcased the best of presidential studies and research with top-notch scholars writing specifically for an undergrad
Does Ethnicity Determine Support for the Governing Party?
Book abstract: How do individual Africans view competitive elections? How do they behave at election time?
Vote Self-Prediction Hardly Predicts Who Will Vote, And Is (Misleadingly) Unbiased
Public opinion researchers, campaigns, and political scientists often rely on self-predicted vote to forecast turnout, allocate resources, and measure political engagement.
Advancing Evidence-Based Policymaking to Solve Social Problems
Much is known about how to address social problems, but much remains unknown. Here is a plan to help disseminate tested interventions and identify new approaches that work.
Leaving Theory Behind: Why Simplistic Hypothesis Testing is Bad for International Relations
Theory creating and hypothesis testing are both critical components of social science, but the former is ultimately more important.
Do Political Protests Matter? Evidence from the Tea Party Movement
Can protests cause political change, or are they merely symptoms of underlying shifts in policy preferences?
Does the World Agree About Standards of Electoral Integrity? Evidence for the Diffusion of Global Norms
Drawing upon theories of the diffusion of global norms, this study addresses two issues: is there a shared consensus among experts about standards of electoral integrity?
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