Both academic researchers and political pundits have warned about the cumulative effects of partisan media over time. This concern hinges…
Redistricting reformers have proposed many solutions to the problem of partisan gerrymandering, but they all require either bipartisan…
We study the economic and political consequences of the 2018-2019 trade war between the United States, China and other U.S. trade partners…
The study of urban and local politics in the United States has long been hindered by a lack of centralized sources of election data. We…
How do media portrayals of potential policy beneficiaries’ identities sway public support for these policies in a public health setting?…
Housing policy is one of the most important areas of local politics. Yet little is known about how local legislatures and executives make…
We study the contribution of economic conditions to the success of the first avowedly nativist political party in the United States. The…
Roughly a thousand people are killed by American law enforcement officers each
year, accounting for more than 5% of all homicides. We…
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…