| The 2016 US Election: Can democracy survive the internet? N Persily Journal of democracy 28 (2), 63-76, 2017 | 713 | 2017 |
| Social media and democracy: The state of the field, prospects for reform N Persily, JA Tucker, JA Tucker Cambridge University Press, 2020 | 318 | 2020 |
| In defense of foxes guarding henhouses: the case for judicial acquiescence to incumbent-protecting gerrymanders N Persily Harvard Law Review 116 (2), 649-683, 2002 | 300 | 2002 |
| The promise and pitfalls of the new Voting Rights Act N Persily Yale LJ 117, 174, 2007 | 270 | 2007 |
| Vote fraud in the eye of the beholder: The role of public opinion in the challenge to voter identification requirements S Ansolabehere, N Persily Harv. L. Rev. 121, 1737, 2007 | 253 | 2007 |
| Perceptions of corruption and campaign finance: When public opinion determines constitutional law N Persily, K Lammie U. Pa. L. Rev. 153, 119, 2004 | 248 | 2004 |
| A new model for industry–academic partnerships G King, N Persily PS: Political Science & Politics 53 (4), 703-709, 2020 | 187 | 2020 |
| The legal status of political parties: A reassessment of competing paradigms N Persily, BE Cain Colum. L. Rev. 100, 775, 2000 | 164 | 2000 |
| The peculiar geography of direct democracy: Why the initiative, referendum and recall developed in the American west NA Persily Mich. L. & Pol'y Rev. 2, 11, 1997 | 154 | 1997 |
| Profiling originalism J Greene, N Persily, S Ansolabehere Colum. L. Rev. 111, 356, 2011 | 127 | 2011 |
| Toward a functional defense of political party autonomy N Persily NYUL Rev. 76, 750, 2001 | 127 | 2001 |
| Race, religion, and vote choice in the 2008 election: implications for the future of the Voting Rights Act S Ansolabehere, N Persily, C Stewart III Harv. L. Rev. 123, 1385, 2009 | 125 | 2009 |
| Solutions to political polarization in America N Persily Cambridge University Press, 2015 | 108 | 2015 |
| Revisiting public opinion on voter identification and voter fraud in an era of increasing partisan polarization C Stewart III, S Ansolabehere, N Persily Stan. L. Rev. 68, 1455, 2016 | 88 | 2016 |
| Candidates v. parties: The constitutional constraints on primary ballot access laws N Persily Geo. LJ 89, 2181, 2000 | 84 | 2000 |
| Public opinion and constitutional controversy N Persily, J Citrin, PJ Egan Oxford University Press, 2008 | 83 | 2008 |
| When judges carve democracies: a primer on court-drawn redistricting plans N Persily Geo. Wash. L. Rev. 73, 1131, 2004 | 71 | 2004 |
| Regional Differences in Racial Polarization in the 2012 Presidential Election: Implications for the Constitutionality of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act S Ansolabehere, N Persily, C Stewart III Harv. L. Rev. F. 126, 205, 2012 | 69 | 2012 |
| The law of the census: How to count, what to count, whom to count, and where to count them N Persily Cardozo L. Rev. 32, 755, 2010 | 66 | 2010 |
| Moderating with the mob: Evaluating the efficacy of real-time crowdsourced fact-checking W Godel, Z Sanderson, K Aslett, J Nagler, R Bonneau, N Persily, ... Journal of Online Trust and Safety 1 (1), 2021 | 63 | 2021 |
