| The myth of the vanishing voter MP McDonald, SL Popkin American Political Science Review 95 (4), 963-974, 2001 | 746 | 2001 |
| United States elections project M McDonald United States Elections Project, 2008 | 291* | 2008 |
| Numerical issues in statistical computing for the social scientist M Altman, J Gill, MP McDonald John Wiley & Sons, 2004 | 176 | 2004 |
| A comparative analysis of redistricting institutions in the United States, 2001-02 MP McDonald State Politics & Policy Quarterly 4 (4), 371-395, 2004 | 140 | 2004 |
| The promise and perils of computers in redistricting M Altman, M McDonald Duke J. Const. L. & Pub. Pol'y 5, 69, 2010 | 121 | 2010 |
| BARD: Better automated redistricting M Altman, MP McDonald Journal of Statistical Software 42, 1-28, 2011 | 114 | 2011 |
| On the overreport bias of the National Election Study turnout rate MP McDonald Political Analysis 11 (2), 180-186, 2003 | 106 | 2003 |
| Congress and America's political development: the transformation of the post office from patronage to service S Kernell, MP McDonald American Journal of Political Science, 792-811, 1999 | 106 | 1999 |
| The true electorate: A cross-validation of voter registration files and election survey demographics MP McDonald Public Opinion Quarterly 71 (4), 588-602, 2007 | 97 | 2007 |
| From crayons to computers: The evolution of computer use in redistricting M Altman, K MacDonald, M McDonald Social Science Computer Review 23 (3), 334-346, 2005 | 91 | 2005 |
| Drawing the line on district competition MP McDonald PS: Political Science & Politics 39 (1), 91-94, 2006 | 86 | 2006 |
| A New Look at Split‐Ticket Outcomes for House and President: The Comparative Midpoints Model B Grofman, W Koetzle, MP McDonald, TL Brunell Journal of Politics 62 (1), 34-50, 2000 | 72 | 2000 |
| The return of the voter: Voter turnout in the 2008 presidential election MP McDonald The Forum 6 (4), 2009 | 71 | 2009 |
| Taking the Re out of Redistricting: State Constitutional Provisions on Redistricting Timing J Levitt, MP McDonald Geo. LJ 95, 1247, 2006 | 69 | 2006 |
| Portable voter registration MP McDonald Political Behavior 30, 491-501, 2008 | 67 | 2008 |
| The marketplace of democracy: Electoral competition and American politics MP McDonald, J Samples Rowman & Littlefield, 2007 | 60 | 2007 |
| Up, up and away! Voter participation in the 2004 presidential election MP McDonald The forum 2 (4), 0000102202154088841058, 2004 | 58 | 2004 |
| Validity, data sources MP McDonald Elsevier, 2005 | 56 | 2005 |
| The turnout rate among eligible voters in the states, 1980–2000 MP McDonald State Politics & Policy Quarterly 2 (2), 199-212, 2002 | 56 | 2002 |
| From equality to fairness: The path of political reform since Baker v. Carr BE Cain, K MacDonald, M McDonald Party lines: Competition, partisanship, and congressional redistricting 6 (8), 2005 | 55 | 2005 |