We review recent empirical evidence that shows political campaigns are more potent than
widely believed, focusing on the conceptual and methodological advances that have …

This review concerns political preferences—what they are and where they come from. We
begin by documenting the close relationship between processes of preference formation …

The good result of the recently formed Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) was a striking
outcome of the 2013 Federal Election. This article explores why AfD supporters chose this …

Zusammenfassung Der Beitrag stellt ein Modell der Wahlkampfkommunikation vor, das es
erlaubt, Akteure, Strategien und Instrumente der Wahlkampfkommunikation systematisch zu …

What makes people decide to vote? In addressing this simple question, André Blais
examines the factors that increase or decrease turnout at the aggregate, cross-national level …

As recently as the early 1970s, the news media was one of the most respected institutions in
the United States. Yet by the 1990s, this trust had all but evaporated. Why has confidence in …

We report the results of the first large-scale experiment involving paid political advertising.
During the opening months of a 2006 gubernatorial campaign, approximately $2 million of …

This book develops and tests a" thermostatic" model of public opinion and policy, in which
preferences for policy both drive and adjust to changes in policy. The representation of …

The last few decades have witnessed an extraordinary transfer of policy-making
prerogatives from individual nation-states to supranational institutions. If you think this is …

Pradeep Chhibber and Ken Kollman rely on historical data spanning back to the eighteenth
century from Canada, Great Britain, India, and the United States to revise our understanding …