This article examines the relationship between legislative civility and legislative productivity
in US state legislatures. The research employs data from the National Survey of State …

Political scientists have largely come to a consensus that “most citizens are politically
uninformed”(Delli Carpini and Keeter 1997), but even with increased attention to state-level …

Members and congressional parties go to great lengths to signal bipartisanship to voters,
believing they will be electorally rewarded for cooperating with the other party. However, the …

This article examines the relationship between legislative civility and legislative productivity
in US state legislatures. The research employs data from the National Survey of State …

This quantitative study examined how eliminating the Electoral College and transitioning to
a national popular vote (NPV) would affect primary voter attitudes and political polarization …

Legislative gridlock is a topic frequently examined by scholars and often bemoaned by
congressional observers. Past research has linked gridlock to divided government, party …

This paper examines the relationship between legislative civility on the one hand, and
legislative polarization, productivity, and gridlock in US state legislatures on the other. The …

This dissertation is about patterns of alliance and opposition evident in records of financial
contributions to federal political campaigns. Over periods of many years, repeat donors …