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By: Jennifer Wolak, University of Colorado Boulder Published: 26 February 2019 Abstract: When women are represented on the campaign trail and in elected office, women in the electorate have been shown to report greater engagement in politics. However, most evidence of the effects of descriptive representation on women's empowerment is...

By: Stephani Langehennig, Joseph Zamadics, Jennifer Wolak, University of Colorado Boulder Published: 13 Janurary 2019 Abstract: Does the public’s approval of their state legislature reflect their satisfaction with the outputs of state government? Using survey responses from the 2014 Cooperative Congressional Election Study, we consider the roots of public approval...

By: Jennifer Wolak, University of Colorado Boulder Published: 09 June 2019 Abstract: Political knowledge is an incredible political resource for citizens, promoting informed voter decision-making and helping citizens hold their elected officials accountable. But it is a resource that is not equitably distributed in the electorate, as blacks, Latinos, and...

By: Jennifer Wolak, University of Colorado Boulder Published: 21 May 2019 Abstract: Why do young people choose to identify with a political party? While existing accounts emphasize the importance of political socialization, we propose that young people’s self-perceptions also influence the adoption of partisan identities. Using survey data from the...

By: Jennifer Wolak, University of Colorado Boulder Published: 12 May 2019 Read More Here: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/pdfplus/10.1086/708644

John D. Griffin and Brian Newman Published: 2019, Presidential Studies Quarterly 49(2): 310-329. Abstract: Presidents face incentives to move toward the median voter as elections approach. We explore the racial consequences of these electoral incentives. As presidents move toward the center, they move away from ideologically noncentrist groups like the...

John D. Griffin, Brian Newman, and David W. Nickerson Published: 2019, Legislative Studies Quarterly 44(1): 133-162 Abstract: Theories of democratic politics prize congruence between citizens’ preferences and their elected representatives’ actions in office. Elections are a critical means for achieving such policy congruence, providing voters the opportunity to chasten representatives...

John D. Griffin, Brian Newman, and Patrick Buhr Published: 2020, Legislative Studies Quarterly 45(1) Abstract: Do Americans care how much money congressional candidates earn? We conducted three experiments to examine how candidates' incomes affect voters' perceptions of the candidates' traits and ultimately their vote intention. Subjects evaluated otherwise identical candidates...

Andy Baker, University of Colorado Boulder & Stefan Wojcik, Data Scientist, USA Published: 2019 Abstract: The booming literature on the consequences of democratization for material welfare has produced no findings on the relationship between regime type and relative consumer prices. The literature largely shows that democracies favor masses over elites,...

Congratulations to Hannah Paul, winner of the Summer Fellowship! With her dissertation, Refuge and Representation: Political Attitudes and Behavior of Refugees and Asylum-Seekers in Germany, Sweden, and the United States , Hannah Paul engages the political engagement debate by examining how involuntary migrants develop their attitudes about politics and engage...