Winner of the 2020 Outstanding Book Award Presented by the Public and Nonprofit Section
of the National Academy of Management Winner of the 2019 Louis Brownlow Book Award …

Is support for democracy in the United States robust enough to deter undemocratic behavior
by elected politicians? We develop a model of the public as a democratic check and …

Placebo tests are increasingly common in applied social science research, but the
methodological literature has not previously offered a comprehensive account of what we …

In The Turnout Gap, Bernard L. Fraga offers the most comprehensive analysis to date of the
causes and consequences of racial and ethnic disparities in voter turnout. Examining voting …

In 2016, 90% of young Americans reported an interest in politics. 80% intended to vote. Yet
only 43% of people between the ages of 18 and 29 ended up actually casting a ballot …

Has the decline in traditional sources of local news contributed to the nationalization of US
elections? I hypothesize that local news coverage mitigates nationalization by providing …

Scholars and pundits fear that the American public's commitment to democracy is declining
and that citizens are willing to embrace candidates who would trample democratic …

US states increasingly require identification to vote—an ostensible attempt to deter fraud that
prompts complaints of selective disenfranchisement. Using a difference-in-differences …

Why do vote-suppression efforts sometimes fail? Why does police repression of
demonstrators sometimes turn localized protests into massive, national movements? How …

Studies find that same day registration (SDR) laws increase turnout, but less is known about
which kinds of voters are most affected. Young people are disproportionately burdened by …