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

Politics Symposium: Forecasting the 2016 American National Elections

October 13, 2016 1

Every presidential election is different. But there is different and then there is 2016. As the nomination contests and their surviving candidates have made clear, this year’s election looks to be very different. Most notably, […]

Polling the Pollsters: A Survey of Academic Survey Organizations

October 13, 2016 Comments Off

Polling the Pollsters: A Survey of Academic Survey Organizations Kenneth E. Fernandez , (@KenFernandezPHD), College of Southern Nevada Jason A. Husser, (@JasonHusser), Elon University Mary G. Macdonald , Emory University Organizations conducting survey research have […]

Teaching in Challenging Times Revisited—A Perspective from Texas

April 17, 2026 0

Teaching in Challenging Times Revisited—A Perspective from Texas By Terry L. Gilmour, Midland College COVID, numerous protests, and the events of January 6, 2021 gave political scientists much to discuss in the classroom and presented [...]
Volunteerism as Civic Education: Recommendations for University-Led Volunteer Courses

April 14, 2026 0

Volunteerism as Civic Education: Recommendations for University-Led Volunteer Courses By Ben Lyall, Laura Woodbridge and Zareh Ghazarian, Monash University This paper reflects on the development of a new volunteering course at an Australian university. In [...]
The Classroom as Civic Sanctuary: Teaching, Learning, and the Emotional Labor of Democracy

April 14, 2026 0

The Classroom as Civic Sanctuary: Teaching, Learning, and the Emotional Labor of Democracy By Ray Block Jr., Pennsylvania State University What does it mean to teach democracy in a moment of deep division, distrust, and [...]

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PS: Political Science and Politics

Politics Symposium: Forecasting the 2016 American National Elections

Polling the Pollsters: A Survey of Academic Survey Organizations

Arthur Lupia: Let’s Be Heard Idea

Practice and Theory: How Experiencing the Political Process Can Inform Scholarship

Nuclear Weapons in the 112th Congress: Politics and Policy after New START

Invisible Black Politics: An Analysis of Black Congressional Leadership from the Inside

The Value of the APSA Congressional Fellowship in an Era of Dysfunction

Congress from the Inside: U.S.–Africa Foreign Policy and Black Ethnic Politics

Teaching in Challenging Times Revisited—A Perspective from Texas

Volunteerism as Civic Education: Recommendations for University-Led Volunteer Courses

The Classroom as Civic Sanctuary: Teaching, Learning, and the Emotional Labor of Democracy