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…
Among our greatest leaders are those driven by impulses they cannot completely control - by lust. Lust is not, however, an abstraction, it…
What are the consequences of women dying in combat? We study how women fighting on the frontlines of the military affects public attitudes…
Inequalities in voter participation between groups of the population pose a problem for democratic representation. We use administrative…
What are the social and political consequences of poor state governance and low state legitimacy? Under what conditions does lynching –…
Retrospective voting is a crucial component of democratic accountability. A large literature on retrospective voting in the United States…
County governments are a crucial component of the fabric of American democracy. Yet there has been almost no previous research on the…