... voting behavior This paper makes several contributions. It pairs the best research designs available with as much data as we have to test the prominent claim in American politics that union membership liberalizes political attitudes and encourages political participation. American politics research...

... Jubileumsfond (grant agreement M21-0002, Societies at Risk) is gratefully acknowledged. © 2025 T. Rogall 2025 T. Rogall Licensed re-use rights only Autocratic regimes voting behavior state control community meetings These suggestive findings are also supported by anecdotal evidence. Besides...

... his data on challenger quality and congressional elections. © 2022 B. Canes-Wrone and M. R. Kistner 2022 B. Canes-Wrone and M. R. Kistner Licensed re-use rights only Elections accountability parties voting behavior Congress (1.4) α j t = l o g i t − 1...

... Licensed re-use rights only Party bans voting behavior conflict resolution Many democratic countries restrict the participation of political parties whose behavior or viewpoints are deemed to go beyond what is tolerable. In recent decades, over 50 political parties have been banned across...

... with largely accurate information. Media coverage voting behavior elections political economy biases We gratefully acknowledge peerless research assistance from Giuliana Pardelli, CJ Yetman, Jeff Arnold, Arndt Leininger, William Pollock, and Johanna Willmann who all worked on data collection...

... institutions campaigns voting behavior political participation Participation in elections is considered a primary indicator of democratic performance (Powell, 1982). In a given election, the level of voter turnout has implications for whose views are represented (Fowler, 2013), which party wins...

.... W. Cox Licensed re-use rights only Elections electoral behavior voting behavior campaign finance political parties Second, several scholars (e.g., Lee, 2009 , 2013; Roberts and Smith, 2003) have argued that Newt Gingrich’s strategy of opposing the vast bulk of the majority...

... of the alternatives is ambiguous, individuals may read into that alternative what they wish or whatever will make the initial choice simpler (Einhorn and Hogarth, 1985 ; Pulford, 2009). Campaigns voting behavior Politicians have avoided taking clear positions on issues for as long as there have been...

... was obtained from the chief and consent was obtained from each surveyed participant in the study. © 2017 C. Adida, J. Gottlieb, E. Kramon and G. McClendon 2017 C. Adida, J. Gottlieb, E. Kramon and G. McClendon Licensed re-use rights only Elections voting behavior ethnicity African politics...

... behavior presidential politics congress One of the most striking empirical regularities in American politics involves the midterm gap, under which the president’s party routinely loses seats in Congressional elections held during midterm years. Since 1876, the president’s party has lost seats in all...

... voting behavior measurement error The dependent variable is the reported change in the respondents’ economic circumstances over the past year (egotropic retrospection), as this is the indicator most commonly used in the literature to capture pocketbook voting. The link between egotropic...