Is local law enforcement conducted differently based on the party in power? I offer an
answer to this question by focusing on a case in which law enforcement is elected and has …

Research on women candidates in American elections uncovers four key facts: Women (i)
are underrepresented among candidates,(ii) are underrepresented among office holders,(iii) …

Two-way fixed effects (TWFE) models are ubiquitous in causal panel analysis in political
science. However, recent methodological discussions challenge their validity in the …

In most national elections, voters face a key choice between continuity and change.
Electoral turnovers occur when the incumbent candidate or party fails to win reelection. To …

How do legislative term limits affect representation? Proponents' arguments that term limits
would reduce partisan conflict and improve the quality of representation have received …

This article extensively reviews applications, extensions, and models derived from the
Bayesian ideal point estimator. We focus our attention on studies conducted in the United …

One of the defining characteristics of modern politics in the United States is the increasing
nationalization of elite-and voter-level behavior. Relying on measures of electoral vote …

A vast literature has examined how perceptions of mobility shape demand for redistribution.
These studies generally refer to contemporaneous tax policies demanded by those directly …

In the United States, elections are often administered by directly elected local officials who
run as members of a political party. Do these officials use their office to give their party an …

The federalism structure of the US government requires active cooperation from state
governments to successfully enforce federal environmental regulations. What explains the …