Online social media are changing the face of politics in the United States. Beginning with a
strong theoretical foundation grounded in political, communications and psychology …

Who Votes Now? compares the demographic characteristics and political views of voters
and nonvoters in American presidential elections since 1972 and examines how electoral …

The use of wedge issues such as abortion, gay marriage, and immigration has become
standard political strategy in contemporary presidential campaigns. Why do candidates use …

For most of the twentieth century, public opinion was nearly analogous with polling. Enter
social media, which has upended the social, technical, and communication contingencies …

Political campaigns today are won or lost in the so-called ground war--the strategic
deployment of teams of staffers, volunteers, and paid part-timers who work the phones and …

Even if people acknowledge that misinformation is incorrect after a correction has been
presented, their feelings towards the source of the misinformation can remain unchanged …

This paper compares the spread and impact of new digital modes of voter mobilization with
more traditional methods (phone, mail and in person canvassing) in recent national …

This paper provides the first estimate of the effect of door-to-door canvassing on actual
electoral outcomes, via a countrywide experiment embedded in François Hollande's …

Theories of low‐information rationality claim that uninformed voters can compensate for their
lack of political knowledge by employing heuristics, such as interest group endorsements, to …

Studies find that same day registration (SDR) laws increase turnout, but less is known about
which kinds of voters are most affected. Young people are disproportionately burdened by …