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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…
Though used frequently in machine learning, boosted decision trees are largely unused in political science, despite many useful properties…
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…
How do we know whether judges of different backgrounds are biased? We review the substantial political science literature on judicial…
Do Justices telegraph their preferences during oral arguments? We demonstrate that Justices implicitly reveal their leanings during oral…
Supreme Court justices employ law clerks to help them perform their duties. We study whether these clerks influence how justices vote in…
Do people hold politicians accountable for the performance of government? I test this question using individual-level experiences with the…
For many Americans, cities have become a beacon of hope. They are widely recognized as engines of the U.S. economy and laboratories of…
Democratic accountability relies on the ability of citizens to reward and punish politicians in elections. Electoral institutions, such as…
American democratic institutions are under attack — with presidential insults slung at the independent judiciary, allegations of “fake news…