Research

The Electoral Size and Support of Michigan’s Black and MENA Populations in 2024 with Nura Sediqe and Meghan Wilson

RxKids: A New Prescription for Civic Engagement with RxKids Leadership and team

The Decline of Change in American Elections and the Public’s Growing Dissatisfaction With It 

The Political Consequences of Loneliness with Jennifer Wolak

Step Aside & Step Up: When & Why the Party Called for Biden’s Withdrawal & Harris’s Nomination with Dino P. Christenson

Does Independent Redistricting Help or Hurt Minority Turnout? The Case of Michigan 2022 

2025. "On Polarization and Partisan Attachments: Greater Consistency but not Greater Strength" Political Behavior https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-025-10085-9

2018. “The Consequences of Elite Party Politics for American Macropartisanship” Journal of Politics 80(1): 162-177. https://doi.org/10.1086/694202

2017. “Polarization and the Decline of the American Floating Voter.” American Journal of Political Science 61(2): 365-81. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12218

2014. “Dynamics in Partisanship During American Presidential Campaigns.” Public Opinion Quarterly 78(S1): 303-29. http://doi.org/10.1093/poq/nfu014

2011. “The Dynamic Properties of Individual-level Party Identification in the United States.” with Brandon Bartels, Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier and Renee M. Smith.  ́Electoral Studies 30: 210-22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15377857.2011.540189 

2020. “The Coup de Grace to the Sanders Campaign: Michigan, Momentum & Viability” with Dino P. Christenson. Society 57: 662-668. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12115-020-00548-6

2017. “Presidential Primaries and Caucuses” with Dino P. Christenson. In Oxford Bibliographies in Political Science. Ed. Sandy Maisel. New York: Oxford University Press. http://doi.org/10.1093/obo/9780199756223-0194

2014. “Following the Money: Super PACs and the 2012 Presidential Nomination” with Dino P. Christenson. Presidential Studies Quarterly 44(3): 410-30. http://doi.org/10.1111/psq.12130

2014. “Deus ex Machina: Candidate Web Presence and the Presidential Nomination Campaign.” with Dino P. Christenson and Costas Panagopoulos. Political Research Quarterly 67(1): 108-22. https://doi.org/10.1177/1065912913494017 Winner of SAGE PRQ Best Article Award for 2014

2012. “Still Part of the Conversation: Iowa and New Hampshire’s Say within the Invisible Primary.” with Dino P. Christenson. Presidential Studies Quarterly 42(3): 597-621. http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-5705.2012.03994.x 

2012. “More Bang for the Buck: Campaign Spending and Fundraising Success.” with Dino P. Christenson. American Politics Research 40(6): 949-75. http://doi.org/10.1177/1532673X12444308 

2011. “Riding Waves of Money: Contribution Dynamics in the 2008 Presidential Nomination Campaign” with Dino P. Christenson. Journal of Political Marketing 10(1-2):1-23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15377857.2011.540189 

2025. “Guardians at the Gates: Poll Worker Retention in a Challenging Election Environment.” with Robert M. Stein, Barry C. Burden, Matt Lamb (lead authors) and others. Election Law Journal 24(1): 62-73. https://doi.org/10.1089/elj.2024.0017

2020. “Evaluating Legislative Districts Using Measures of Partisan Bias and Simulations” with Barry Burden. SAGE Open 10(4). https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244020981054

2020. "Waiting to vote in the 2016 Presidential election: Evidence from a multi-jurisdiction study." with Robert Stein (lead author) and others.  Political Research Quarterly 73(2): 439-453. https://doi.org/10.1177/1065912919832374 

2018. “Pedagogical Value of Polling-Place Observation by Students” with Christopher B. Mann (lead author) and others. PS: Political Science & Politics 51(4): 831-837. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049096518000550 

2020. “A Uniter and a Divider: American Presidential Campaigns and Partisan Perceptions of the National Economy.” American Politics Research 48(2): 329-340. https://doi.org/10.1177/1532673X19875712

2019. “Understanding the psychological nature and mechanisms of political trust” with Joseph Hamm and Roger Mayer. PLOS ONE. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215835

2012. “Not All News is the Same: Protests, Presidents, and the Mass Public Agenda.” Public Opinion Quarterly 76(1): 72-94. https://doi.org/10.1093/poq/nfr019 

2014. “Analyzing the Robustness of Semi-Parametric Duration Models for the Study of Repeated Events.” with Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier and Suzanna Linn. Political Analysis 22(2): 183-204. https://doi.org/10.1093/pan/mpt015 

2013. “Prelude to Populism: Mass Electoral Support for the Grange and Greenback Parties.” with Samuel DeCanio. Party Politics 19(5): 798-820. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354068811410361