PS: Political Science and Politics

PS: Political Science & Politics provides critical analyses of contemporary political phenomena and is the journal of record for the discipline of political science reporting on research, teaching, and professional development.

Call for Papers: PS Special Issue on Forecasting the 2024 US Elections | Deadline: July 17, 2024
Forecasting of US elections has been a regular feature of PS since the 2004 contest.
This special issue follows in this tradition, but seeks to open up the field to a still more diverse set of contributions. View call for papers

Forecasting Gubernatorial Elections in an Era of Polarized and Nationalized Politics

November 13, 2026 0

Forecasting the 2026 US Midterm Elections Forecasting Gubernatorial Elections in an Era of Polarized and Nationalized Politics By Gregory J. Love, University of Mississippi, Ryan E. Carlin, Georgia State University, and Matthew M. Singer, University […]

Forecasting the US Midterm Congressional Elections Without Poll Data

November 13, 2026 0

Forecasting the 2026 US Midterm Elections Forecasting the US Midterm Congressional Elections Without Poll Data By Paul F. Whiteley, University of Essex This article develops a long-term forecasting model for the US midterm elections which […]

Forecasting a Democratic Resurgence? Partisan Accountability in the 2026 U.S. Midterm Elections

November 12, 2026 0

Forecasting the 2026 US Midterm Elections Forecasting a Democratic Resurgence? Partisan Accountability in the 2026 U.S. Midterm Elections By Carlos Algara, Claremont Graduate University, Isaac Hale, Occidental College, Byengseon Bae, Independent Scholar, and Edward Headington, […]

Forecasting a President-Centered Midterm: Leader-Centered Personalization in the 2026 US House Elections

November 12, 2026 0

Forecasting the 2026 US Midterm Elections Forecasting a President-Centered Midterm: Leader-Centered Personalization in the 2026 US House Elections By Mohammad Hamza Iftikhar, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Pakistan Forecasting models of US midterm elections […]

Forecasting 2026 Congressional Control: A Comparison of IEM and Kalshi Prediction Markets

November 11, 2026 0

Forecasting the 2026 US Midterm Elections Forecasting 2026 Congressional Control: A Comparison of IEM and Kalshi Prediction Markets By Thomas Gruca and Thomas A. Rietz, University of Iowa We report Iowa Electronic Markets (IEM) and […]

Explaining and Predicting the Two-Party Mid-Term House Vote Share: 2026 Prediction

November 11, 2026 0

Forecasting the 2026 US Midterm Elections Explaining and Predicting the Two-Party Mid-Term House Vote Share: 2026 Prediction By Ray C. Fair, Yale University I first estimated an equation explaining the two-party vote share for president […]

Demslide or republican resilience? A political history forecast of the 2026 us congressional elections

November 10, 2026 0

Forecasting the 2026 US Midterm Elections Demslide or republican resilience? A political history forecast of the 2026 us congressional elections By Stephen Quinlan, Independent Researcher, and Michael Lewis Beck, University of Iowa The history book […]

Citizen forecasts and the 2026 us congressional midterm elections: Do americans still expect the iron law to hold?

November 10, 2026 0

Forecasting the 2026 US Midterm Elections Citizen forecasts and the 2026 us congressional midterm elections: Do americans still expect the iron law to hold? By Debra Lynn Leiter, University of Missouri-Kansas City, Michael L Lewis-Beck, […]

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