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

APSA Announces Renewed Partnership with Cambridge University Press

March 18, 2026 0

The American Political Science Association (APSA) is pleased to announce that we have renewed our partnership with Cambridge University Press for the publication of the three member-wide APSA journals and six organized section journals: American […]

“My Own Private Idaho”: A Survey of Separatist Attitudes in the Pacific Northwest

February 17, 2026 Comments Off

“My Own Private Idaho”: A Survey of Separatist Attitudes in the Pacific Northwest By Semir Dzebo, Central European University, Erin K. Jenne, Central European University, and Levente Littvay, HUN-REN Centre for Social Sciences & CEU […]

Multidimensional Constructions of Target Groups and Their Political Implications: The Case of Immigrant (Il)Legality

February 6, 2026 Comments Off

Multidimensional Constructions of Target Groups and Their Political Implications: The Case of Immigrant (Il)Legality By Kirill Zhirkov, University of Virginia, and Lauren Van De Hey, Utah State University Social construction theory postulates that policy outcomes […]

Base Assumptions: The Complex Electoral Geography of Stateside US Military Installations

January 28, 2026 Comments Off

Base Assumptions: The Complex Electoral Geography of Stateside US Military Installations By Danielle L. Lupton, Colgate University, and Jeremy M. Teigen, Ramapo College of New Jersey During the 2020 presidential election, the Trump campaign incorrectly […]

Applications of GPT in Political Science Research: Extracting Information from Unstructured Text

January 27, 2026 Comments Off

Applications of GPT in Political Science Research: Extracting Information from Unstructured Text By Kyuwon Lee, University of Southern California, Simone Paci, Stanford University, Jeongmin Park, Oxford University, Hye Young You, Princeton University, and Sylvan Zheng, […]

Abolishing Compulsory Voting: The 2024 Experience in the Flemish Region of Belgium

January 26, 2026 Comments Off

Abolishing Compulsory Voting: The 2024 Experience in the Flemish Region of Belgium By Marc Hooghe, University of Leuven, and Dieter Stiers, University of Leuven There are few clear-cut examples of countries that have abolished or […]

Reflecting on the Future of Academia: From the Vantage of Community College

January 21, 2026 Comments Off

Reflecting on the Future of Academia: From the Vantage of Community College By Elsa Dias, Pikes Peak State College Timothy V. Kaufman-Osborn’s Reference Kaufman-Osborn2023 book, The Autocratic Academy: Reenvisioning Rule within America’s Universities, provides a successful critique of […]

Conflating Lobbying and PACs: The Surprisingly Low Overlap in Organizational Lobbying and Campaign Expenditures

January 5, 2026 Comments Off

Conflating Lobbying and PACs: The Surprisingly Low Overlap in Organizational Lobbying and Campaign Expenditures By Alexander C. Furnas, Northwestern University, Timothy M. LaPira, James Madison University, and Clare Brock, Colorado State University This article investigates whether […]