As Yogi Berra once said, “A nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore.” Nothing could be truer when it comes to money in American politics. In the…
After more than a century of expanding the voting rights of previously disenfranchised groups, the American electoral system today is…
Roughly a thousand people are killed by American law enforcement officers each
year, accounting for more than 5% of all homicides. We…
Inequalities in voter participation between groups of the population pose a problem for democratic representation. We use administrative…
Has rising import competition contributed to the polarization of US politics? Analyzing multiple measures of political expression and…
County governments are a crucial component of the fabric of American democracy. Yet there has been almost no previous research on the…
“I want to be remembered as a woman … who dared to be a catalyst of change.”
- Shirley Chisholm
In 1972, Shirley Chisholm made history as…
Governments around the world are increasingly recognizing the power of problem-oriented governance as a way to address complex public…
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When does self-interest influence public opinion on contentious public policies? The bulk of theory in political science suggests that self…
Do 40-Year-Old Facts Still Matter? Long-Run Effects of Federal Oversight under the Voting Rights Act
In 2013, the Supreme Court struck down parts of the Voting Rights Act that mandated federal oversight of election laws in discriminatory…