Political scientists designing experiments often face the question of how abstract or detailed
their experimental stimuli should be. Typically, this question is framed in terms of trade‐offs …

Political scientists designing experiments often face the question of how abstract or detailed
their experimental stimuli should be. Typically, this question is framed in terms of tradeoffs …

Rhetoric about “rigged” elections has raised concerns about the solidity of public trust in the
integrity of the voting system. Mitigating these concerns, research by Sinclair et al.(2019) on …

Abstract The United States has helped create and lead many international organizations
(IOs). Yet in the last six years, the US announced its withdrawal from several IOs including …

In moments of international crisis, US presidents have historically rallied public support by
evoking the country's national identity. Affective polarization undermines the salience of …

In this paper, we explore how concerns about entrapment influence mass attitudes about
armed support for an alliance partner. We focus on two separate dimensions of entrapment …

Nonresponses to vote intention questions notoriously impact the quality of electoral
predictions. This issue has gained visibility in the US due to the aftermath of the 2020 …

How does the military's popularity influence leaders' domestic leeway in foreign policy? We
argue that leaders have strategic incentives to publicly leverage military prestige because …

How does the US public evaluate claims attributing responsibility for a cyberattack? It seems
plausible that political factors complicate how the US public judges attribution claims. In this …

Foreign electoral interventions have attracted greater attention since the Russian
intervention in the 2016 US elections. Even though the United States has a long history of …