American Political Science Review

Reversion to the Mean, or Their Version of the Dream? Latino Voting in an Age of Populism By Bernard L. Fraga, Emory University; Yamil R. Velez, Columbia University; Emily A. West, University of Pittsburgh. In 2020, […]

Partisanship and Political Socialization in Electoral Autocracies By Natalie Wenzell Letsa, University of Oklahoma. In electoral autocracies, why do some people actively support political parties while others choose to not get involved in politics? Further, what […]

Navigating Potential Pitfalls in Difference-in-Differences Designs: Reconciling Conflicting Findings on Mass Shootings’ Effect on Electoral Outcomes By Hans J. G. Hassell, Florida State University; John B. Holbein, University of Virginia. Work on the electoral effects of […]

Gender, Race, and Interruptions at Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings By Christina L. Boyd, University of Georgia; Paul M. Collins Jr., University of Massachusetts Amherst; Lori A. Ringhand, University of Georgia. In this research letter, we examine […]

From Protest to Child-Rearing: How Movement Politics Shape Socialization Priorities By Allison P. Anoll, Vanderbilt University; Andrew M. Engelhardt, Stony Brook University; MacKenzie Israel-Trummel, William & Mary. Classic political behavior studies assert that childhood socialization can […]

For Example: How to Use Examples in Political Science By John S. Dryzek, University of Canberra. There is a large literature on the use of cases, hardly anything on examples. They are different: cases get analyzed, […]

Explaining Rural Conservatism: Political Consequences of Technological Change in the Great Plains By Aditya Dasgupta, University of California, Merced; Elena Ramirez, University of California, Merced. Rural areas are conservative electoral strongholds in the United States and […]

Endogenous Colonial Borders: Precolonial States and Geography in the Partition of Africa By Jack Paine, Emory University; Xiaoyan Qiu, Washington University in St. Louis; Joan Ricart-Huguet, Loyola University Maryland We revise the conventional wisdom that Africa’s […]