American Political Science Review

The Effect of Gender on Interruptions at Congressional Hearings

The Effect of Gender on Interruptions at Congressional Hearings By Michael G. Miller, Barnard College, Columbia University, and Joseph L. Sutherland, Emory University Women in Congress are highly effective legislators. Yet, if women are more […]

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Temporary Disenfranchisement: Negative Side Effects of Lowering the Voting Age

Temporary Disenfranchisement: Negative Side Effects of Lowering the Voting Age By Arndt Leininger, Chemnitz University of Technology, Marie-Lou Sohnius, University of Mannheim, Thorsten Faas, Freie Universität Berlin, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Goethe University Frankfurt, and Armin Schäfer, […]

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Survey Nonresponse and Mass Polarization: The Consequences of Declining Contact and Cooperation Rates

Survey Nonresponse and Mass Polarization: The Consequences of Declining Contact and Cooperation Rates By Amnon Cavari, Reichman University, and Guy Freedman, University of Texas at Austin Recent studies question whether declining response rates in survey […]

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Policy Threat, Partisanship, and the Case of the Affordable Care Act

Policy Threat, Partisanship, and the Case of the Affordable Care Act By Suzanne Mettler, Cornell University, Lawrence R. Jacobs, University of Minnesota and Ling Zhu, University of Houston How do political conditions influence whether public […]

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Policing, Democratic Participation, and the Reproduction of Asymmetric Citizenship

Policing, Democratic Participation, and the Reproduction of Asymmetric Citizenship By Yanilda González, Harvard University and Lindsay Mayka, Colby College Can democratic participation reduce inequalities in citizenship produced by policing? We argue that citizen participation in […]

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Measuring Misperceptions?

Measuring Misperceptions? By Matthew H. Graham, Temple University Survey data are commonly cited as evidence of widespread misperceptions and misinformed beliefs. This paper shows that surveys generally fail to identify the firm, deep, steadfast, confidently […]