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Simulating Redistricting in the Classroom: A Binding Arbitration Decision Game Using Louisiana Census Data by Peter Miller, University of California, Irvine, Steven Kimbrough, University of Pennsylvania, and Johanna Schacht, University of Pennsylvania We report the design and […]

What Makes Someone a Political Methodologist? by Justin Esarey, Rice University This essay argues that one can understand what it means to be a methodologist by studying the character of the methods community. An analysis of […]

Protecting the Community: Lessons from the Montana Flyer Project by Jeremy B. Johnson, Carroll College In October 2014, flyers appeared in mailboxes of Montana voters that positioned nominees for the state Supreme Court according to an […]

Explaining the Trump Vote: The Effect of Racist Resentment and Anti-Immigrant Sentiments by Marc Hooghe, University of Leuven and Ruth Dassonneville, Université de Montréal Since taking office, President Trump has taken restrictive measures with regard to […]

Graduate Advising in Experimental Research Groups by James N. Druckman, Northwestern University, Adam J. Howat, Northwestern University, and Kevin J. Mullinix, Appalachian State University Survey and laboratory experiments are increasingly common in political science. Investment in […]

Whose Research Is It? Political Scientists Discuss Whether, How, and Why We Should Involve the Communities We Study by Kristin Michelitch, Vanderbilt University As scholars conducting research in the Global South, we “collect” the insights, […]

Am I a Methodologist? (Asking for a Friend) by Thomas J. Leeper, London School of Economics and Political Science Political methodologists are a group of political scientists who provide the field as a whole with […]

Everyday Political Engagement in Comparative Politics by Thomas Pepinsky, Cornell University It is common for critics of social science to consider scholarship and academic research to be too divorced from “real-world politics” to be useful. Academic […]