This article compares the relationship between candidate age and political selection on the
local and national level of politics. On which level are young candidates more likely to be …

Housing policy is one of the most important areas of local politics. Yet little is known about
how local legislatures and executives make housing policy decisions and how their …

In November 2017, New Orleans elected the first woman, and first Black woman, mayor in
the city's history. Voters were unable to rely on gender, race, or partisanship to differentiate …

Voters use heuristics to help them make decisions when they lack information about political
choices. Candidate appearance operates as a powerful low-information cue. However …

Abstract Changes in our informational environment have brought new challenges and
opportunities to address systemic issues of information inequity. Thus, when addressing …

Recent research in the United States has found that municipal governments are responsive
to the ideological complexion of their cities even in the absence of partisan elections. In this …

Conjoint survey designs are spreading across the social sciences due to their unusual
capacity to estimate many causal effects from a single randomized experiment …

The gap between women's representation in the Democratic and Republican parties has
grown significantly in the last three decades. We argue existing explanations undervalue …

Some narratives claim that American presidents can increase their approval ratings by
nominating members of underrepresented groups to positions within the judiciary. Indeed …

Partisanship is the dominant force that dictates American electoral behavior. Yet Americans
often participate in elections in which either the partisanship of candidates is unknown or …