| Can democracy survive the Internet? N Persily J. Democracy 28, 63, 2017 | 601 | 2017 |
| In defense of foxes guarding henhouses: the case for judicial acquiescence to incumbent-protecting gerrymanders N Persily Harvard Law Review 116 (2), 649-683, 2002 | 282 | 2002 |
| The promise and pitfalls of the new Voting Rights Act N Persily The Yale Law Journal, 174-254, 2007 | 251 | 2007 |
| Perceptions of corruption and campaign finance: When public opinion determines constitutional law N Persily, K Lammie U. Pa. L. Rev. 153, 119, 2004 | 232 | 2004 |
| Vote fraud in the eye of the beholder: The role of public opinion in the challenge to voter identification requirements S Ansolabehere, N Persily Harv. L. Rev. 121, 1737, 2007 | 230 | 2007 |
| Social media and democracy: The state of the field, prospects for reform N Persily, JA Tucker Cambridge University Press, 2020 | 149 | 2020 |
| The legal status of political parties: A reassessment of competing paradigms N Persily, BE Cain Colum. L. Rev. 100, 775, 2000 | 149 | 2000 |
| The peculiar geography of direct democracy: Why the initiative, referendum and recall developed in the American west NA Persily Mich. L. & Pol'y Rev. 2, 11, 1997 | 140 | 1997 |
| A new model for industry–academic partnerships G King, N Persily PS: Political Science & Politics 53 (4), 703-709, 2020 | 139 | 2020 |
| Toward a functional defense of political party autonomy N Persily NYUL Rev. 76, 750, 2001 | 126 | 2001 |
| Race, region, and vote choice in the 2008 election: Implications for the future of the Voting Rights Act S Ansolabehere, N Persily, C Stewart III Harvard Law Review, 1385-1436, 2010 | 124 | 2010 |
| Profiling originalism J Greene, N Persily, S Ansolabehere Colum. L. Rev. 111, 356, 2011 | 107 | 2011 |
| Solutions to political polarization in America N Persily Cambridge University Press, 2015 | 87 | 2015 |
| Candidates v. parties: The constitutional constraints on primary ballot access laws N Persily Geo. LJ 89, 2181, 2000 | 83 | 2000 |
| Public opinion and constitutional controversy N Persily, J Citrin, PJ Egan Oxford University Press, 2008 | 78 | 2008 |
| Revisiting public opinion on voter identification and voter fraud in an era of increasing partisan polarization C Stewart III, S Ansolabehere, N Persily Stanford Law Review 68 (6), 1455-1489, 2016 | 66 | 2016 |
| Regional differences in racial polarization in the 2012 presidential election: Implications for the constitutionality of section 5 of the voting rights act S Ansolabehere, N Persily, C Stewart III Harv. L. Rev. F. 126, 205, 2012 | 66 | 2012 |
| When judges carve democracies: a primer on court-drawn redistricting plans N Persily Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 73, 1131, 2004 | 63 | 2004 |
| The law of the census: How to count, what to count, whom to count, and where to count them N Persily Cardozo L. Rev. 32, 755, 2010 | 57 | 2010 |
| The Complicated Impact of One Person, Onte Vote on Political Competition and Representation N Persily, T Kousser, P Egan NCL Rev. 80, 1299, 2001 | 57* | 2001 |
