This article reviews evidence for the effects of public opinion on court decision-making,
capital punishment policy and use, correctional expenditures, and incarceration rates. It also …

In recent years, there has been a surge in the study of representation and elections in local
politics. Scholars have made progress on many of the empirical barriers that stymied earlier …

" Short Circuiting Policy examines clean energy policies to understand why US states are
not on track to meet the climate crisis. After two decades of leadership, American states are …

Are legislators responsive to the priorities of the public? Research demonstrates a strong
correspondence between the issues about which the public cares and the issues addressed …

The Trump presidency generated concern about democratic backsliding and renewed
interest in measuring the national democratic performance of the United States. However …

It is often claimed that social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter are profoundly
shaping political participation, especially when it comes to protest behavior. Whether or not …

We estimated ideological preferences of 3.8 million Twitter users and, using a data set of
nearly 150 million tweets concerning 12 political and nonpolitical issues, explored whether …

The conservative asymmetry of elite polarization represents a significant puzzle. We argue
that politicians can maintain systematic misperceptions of constituency opinion that may …

Politicians and citizens increasingly engage in political conversations on social media
outlets such as Twitter. In this article, I show that the structure of the social networks in which …

A growing proportion of citizens rely on social media to gather political information and to
engage in political discussions within their personal networks. Existing studies argue that …