Does external monitoring improve democratic performance? Fact‐checking has come to
play an increasingly important role in political coverage in the United States, but some …

After an exceptionally swift reform movement in the 1990s, 15 states are now adjusting to the
most significant institutional change to their governments in a generation—legislative term …

Legislative redistricting in the states is highly contentious due, at least in part, to its partisan
implications. But does the method by which states draw legislative districts affect partisan …

The redistricting process evokes major questions about representative democracy, fairness,
and political accountability. This article covers the state of the field along three dimensions …

Legislative term limits adopted in the 1990s are in effect in fifteen states today. This reform is
arguably the most significant institutional change in American government of recent …

Many US states require redistricting authorities to follow traditional districting principles
(TDPs) like the creation of compact districts and respecting the integrity of county and town …

It is common for political scientists to regard campaigns and elections as relatively static
events in American politics. Campaigns occur at regular, indeed legally prescribed intervals …

The year 2011 marked a new low in American politics on two distinct fronts. In Washington,
DC, hyper-partisanship and congressional gridlock led to one of the least productive and …

The nation-wide cycle of redistricting is the most consequential, repetitive decision-making
process shaping the nature of American democracy. Because the arrangement of the …

Redrawing district lines is arguably the most polarizing of political activities in the United
States today. As technological developments permit more and more sophisticated statistical …