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

Using eight decades of data, we examine the magnitude, mechanisms, and moderators of
dynamic responsiveness in the American states. We show that on both economic and …

Economists recommend Pigouvian taxes as the most efficient way to fight climate change.
Yet, carbon taxes are difficult to implement politically. To understand why, we study …

Recent work on US policymaking argues that responsiveness to public opinion is distorted
by money, in that the preferences of the rich matter much more than those of lower-income …

The comparative study of subnational units is on the rise. Multilevel regression and
poststratification (MrP) has become the standard method for estimating subnational public …

Do democratic regimes depend on public support to avoid backsliding? Does public
support, in turn, respond thermostatically to changes in democracy? Two prominent recent …

Extant research on public support for judicial nominees finds that ideological congruence
with the nominee is the most important factor in an individual's decision to support a …

The partisan polarization of environmental policy is an important development in American
politics, but it remains unclear how much such polarization reflects voter preferences, as …

Contemporary US Supreme Court nominations are unavoidably and inevitably political.
Although observers worry that political contestation over nominations undermines support …