Much concern has been raised about the power of political microtargeting to sway voters'
opinions, influence elections, and undermine democracy. Yet little research has directly …

Political campaigns increasingly conduct experiments to learn how to persuade voters. Little
research has considered the implications of this trend for elections or democracy. To probe …

Drawing from expectancy violation theory, we investigate how entrepreneurs' language-
based expressions of their political ideology influence the performance of their crowdfunding …

It is widely assumed that party identification and loyalty can distort partisans' information
processing, diminishing their receptivity to counter-partisan arguments and evidence. Here …

What can policy makers do in day‐to‐day decision making to strengthen citizens' belief that
the political system is legitimate? Much literature has highlighted that the realization of …

Financial regulation is often adopted in the wake of scandals and crises. Yet political
science has little to say about the political effects of corporate scandals. We break that …

Whilst data-driven strategies are allegedly prevalent in political campaigns, evidence
regarding their actual effectiveness is scarce. This study investigates, from an individual …

How do politicians use moral appeals in their rhetoric? Previous research suggests that
morality plays an important role in elite communication and that the endorsement of specific …

All politics relies on rhetorical appeals. Part creative art, part engineering, the ability to be
politically persuasive is considered perhaps uniquely human. But recent times have seen …

Do the styles politicians use influence how voters evaluate them, and does this matter more
for women than for men? Politicians regularly use anecdotal arguments, emotional appeals …