Volume 134 - Number 4 - Winter 2019–20
Striking a Blow for Unity? Race and Economics in the 2010 New Orleans Mayoral Election Marcus Coleman , and Allan McBride analyze the 2010 New Orleans mayoral election. They find that racial, economic, and partisan context affected voting behavior. They argue that analytical approaches that account for the effects of social context on political behavior are important to understanding urban politics.
Volume 134 - Number 3 - Fall 2019
Hazy Accountability in a Federal System: The Role of Air Quality in Gubernatorial Performance Evaluation Bradford H. Bishop and Jason A. Kalmbach discuss whether citizens hold state governors accountable for local air quality. They argue that their findings suggest that the public holds the president accountable for air quality, but not the governor.
Volume 134 - Number 3 - Fall 2019
Beyond Likely Voters: An Event Analysis of Conservative Political Outreach Angie M. Bautista-Chavez and Sarah E. James look at the constituency-building strategies of three politically conservative organizations designed to reach veterans, millennials, and Latinos. They show how these organizations vary their outreach tactics to align the target audience with the political right.
Volume 134 - Number 2 - Summer 2019
Presidential Rhetoric and Bureaucratic Enforcement: The Clinton Administration and Civil Rights
Volume 134 - Number 2 - Summer 2019
Forecasting Models and the Presidential Vote Kenneth A. Wink compares and contrasts a number of U.S. presidential election forecasting models and finds that some perform better than others. He argues that some systematic factors have an impact in every election regardless of the characteristics of the candidates, the effectiveness of the campaigns, and the events that occur in a particular election year.
Volume 134 - Number 1 - Spring 2019
Voter ID Laws: The Disenfranchisement of Minority Voters? Ben Pryor , Rebekah Herrick and James A. Davis examine the effects of strict voter identification laws on minority voter suppression. They analyze United States Census data and find that strict identification laws do not appear to disproportionally suppress voter turnout among minority groups.
Volume 134 - Number 1 - Spring 2019
Extreme Referendum: Donald Trump and the 2018 Midterm Elections Gary C. Jacobson analyzes the 2018 midterm elections. He finds that divergent popular reactions to Donald Trump’s presidency extended the trend toward increasingly partisan, nationalized, and president-centered midterm elections. The result was the most sweeping national referendum on any administration at least since the Great Depression.
Volume 133 - Number 4 - Winter 2018-19
Nothing on the Floor: Congress, the Territorial Delegates, and Political Representation JONATHAN LEWALLEN and Bartholomew H. Sparrow examine the legislative activities of the congressional delegates representing the U.S. territories and the District of Columbia. They argue that even though delegates attract fewer cosponsors to their legislation than other House members and are not appointed to the most prestigious committees, their behavior across several indicators does not differ from that of the average House member.
Volume 133 - Number 3 - Fall 2018
The De-Institutionalization of Congress Jason M. Roberts argue that institutional changes in the United States Congress have eroded its capacity to enact laws and perform its essential duties. They maintain that the poor performance of Congress in recent years has resulted from these structural reforms which may not be permanent, but are difficult to reverse.
Volume 133 - Number 2 - Summer 2018
Review: Homelessness in New York City: Policymaking from Koch to de Blasio Daniel Herman
