While women and racial and ethnic minorities remain underrepresented throughout the
United States, the racial, ethnic, and gender diversity of candidates in state and federal …

Since 2016, the number of women running for office has dramatically increased. Although
much of the congressional research has demonstrated that women candidates do not face …

Majority minority districts are widely viewed as opportunities for racial minority groups to
expand their representation in elected office. Do these districts facilitate the same …

Do parties face an electoral penalty when they nominate candidates of colour? We employ a
regression discontinuity design using state legislative election data from 2018, 2019, and …

There is little doubt that individuals are increasingly turning to social media to get news and
information, discuss and debate politics as well as engage in campaigns-be it for promoting …

This project examines how electoral laws have affected matters of participation and
representation. I test this relationship in three ways. First, I examine how participation costs …

Abstract We introduce the Digitally Accountable Public Representation (DAPR) Database,
an innovative archive that systematically tracks and analyzes the online communications of …