In media effects research a fundamental choice is often made between (field) experiments or
observational studies that rely on survey data in combination with data about the information …

An increasing number of studies exploit the occurrence of unexpected events during the
fieldwork of public opinion surveys to estimate causal effects. In this paper, we discuss the …

Campaign organizers and the media appear to agree that voters' perceptions of party
leaders have an important impact in elections: considerable effort is made to ensure that …

In 1939, George Gallup's American Institute of Public Opinion published a pamphlet
optimistically titled The New Science of Public Opinion Measurement. At the time, though …

This article analyzes the relationship between political trust, ideology, and public support for
government spending. We argue that the political trust heuristic is activated when individuals …

Many studies of media effects use self-reported news exposure as their key independent
variable without establishing its validity. Motivated by anecdotal evidence that people's …

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 …

Three unprecedented large-scale democratic experiments have recently taken place.
Citizen assemblies on electoral reform were conducted in British Columbia, the Netherlands …

Using data on Airbnb listings from San Francisco and the Bay Area, the present study
investigates the relative importance of the four criteria that need to be fulfilled to obtain the …

What matters most to voters when they choose their leaders? This book suggests that
performance politics is at the heart of contemporary democracy, with voters forming …