This article reviews recent research on how mass opinion affects policy making in the
context of US national institutions. Three themes materialize. First, research provides …

The development and elaboration of the spatial theory of voting has contributed greatly to
the study of legislative decision making and elections. Statistical models that estimate the …

Government agencies service interest groups, advocate policies, provide advice to elected
officials, and create and implement public policy. Scholars have advanced theories to …

When do citizens rely on party cues, and when do they incorporate policy-relevant
information into their political attitudes? Recent research suggests that members of the …

Party identification may be the single most powerful predictor of voting behavior, yet scholars
continue to disagree whether this is good or bad for democracy. Some argue that party …

This book investigates the ideological conditions inducing political actors to highlight
corruption issues through valence campaigns. Using case studies and comparative …

A growing literature studies the relationship between ideological and affective polarization.
By taking a Downsian approach to affective polarization we contribute to this literature and …

In this article, I use joint scaling methods and similar items from three large-scale surveys to
place voters, parties, and politicians from different Latin American countries on a common …

A large class of theoretical models posits that voters choose candidates on the basis of issue
congruence, but convincing empirical tests of this key claim remain elusive. The most …

Spatial theories of voting are appealing because they link voters' electoral choices to
candidates' policy positions. Yet if voters lack political sophistication and awareness of …