Journal of Politics

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Politics is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Leviathan’s Latent Dimensions: Measuring State Capacity for Comparative Political Research94
The Stability of Immigration Attitudes: Evidence and Implications71
What Have We Learned about Gender from Candidate Choice Experiments? A Meta-Analysis of Sixty-Seven Factorial Survey Experiments71
Helping or Hurting? How Governing as a Junior Coalition Partner Influences Electoral Outcomes69
Word Embeddings: What Works, What Doesn’t, and How to Tell the Difference for Applied Research53
Racial Sympathy and Its Political Consequences52
Quid Pro Quo? Corporate Returns to Campaign Contributions47
Was There a Culture War? Partisan Polarization and Secular Trends in US Public Opinion42
Understanding Partisan Cue Receptivity: Tests of Predictions from the Bounded Rationality and Expressive Utility Perspectives42
(Mis)estimating Affective Polarization42
It Is Not Only What You Say, It Is Also How You Say It: The Strategic Use of Campaign Sentiment36
Family History and Attitudes toward Out-Groups: Evidence from the European Refugee Crisis36
Populist Psychology: Economics, Culture, and Emotions36
Self-Confidence and Gender Gaps in Political Interest, Attention, and Efficacy34
Democratic Hypocrisy and Out-Group Threat: Explaining Citizen Support for Democratic Erosion34
Projecting Confidence: How the Probabilistic Horse Race Confuses and Demobilizes the Public33
Gender Quotas, Women’s Representation, and Legislative Diversity32
Do Women Pay a Higher Price for Power? Gender Bias in Political Violence in Sweden32
Partisan Consumerism: Experimental Tests of Consumer Reactions to Corporate Political Activity31
Voter Preferences and the Political Underrepresentation of Minority Groups: Lesbian, Gay, and Transgender Candidates in Advanced Democracies29
Where Self-Interest Trumps Ideology: Liberal Homeowners and Local Opposition to Housing Development28
Does Public Opinion Affect the Preferences of Foreign Policy Leaders? Experimental Evidence from the UK Parliament28
Does Homeownership Influence Political Behavior? Evidence from Administrative Data28
The Populist Appeal: Personality and Antiestablishment Communication26
Combining Patronage and Merit in Public Sector Recruitment26
Information Control and Public Support for Social Credit Systems in China26
The Psychophysiology of Political Ideology: Replications, Reanalyses, and Recommendations25
Local Government Efficiency and Anti-immigrant Violence24
Intraparty Polarization in American Politics24
Immigration, Voting Rights, and Redistribution: Evidence from Local Governments in Europe24
Ideology of Affluence: Explanations for Inequality and Economic Policy Preferences among Rich Americans23
Measuring the Consolidation of Power in Nondemocracies23
Politicians as Party Hacks: Party Loyalty and Public Distrust in Politicians23
Unpopular Protest: Mass Mobilization and Attitudes to Democracy in Post-Mubarak Egypt22
Who’s at the Party? Group Sentiments, Knowledge, and Partisan Identity22
The Connections of Party Brokers: Which Brokers Do Parties Select?22
Property, Legitimacy, Ideology: A Reality Check22
How State and Protester Violence Affect Protest Dynamics22
The Media Matters: Muslim American Portrayals and the Effects on Mass Attitudes22
Rock the Registration: Same Day Registration Increases Turnout of Young Voters22
Public Reactions to International Legal Institutions: The International Criminal Court in a Developing Democracy21
Reform, Representation, and Resistance: The Politics of Property Rights’ Enforcement21
Culture, Capital, and the Political Economy Gender Gap: Evidence from Meghalaya’s Matrilineal Tribes20
Inaccurate Politicians: Elected Representatives’ Estimations of Public Opinion in Four Countries19
Affluence and Congruence: Unequal Representation around the World19
Does Voting Have Upstream and Downstream Consequences? Regression Discontinuity Tests of the Transformative Voting Hypothesis19
Peacekeeping and the Enforcement of Intergroup Cooperation: Evidence from Mali19
Do Partisan Types Stop at the Water’s Edge?19
Why Do Governments Tax or Subsidize Fossil Fuels?19
Less Is More: A Cross-Generational Analysis of the Nature and Role of Racial Attitudes in the Twenty-First Century18
Fighting Propaganda with Censorship: A Study of the Ukrainian Ban on Russian Social Media17
Congressional Oversight Revisited: Politics and Procedure in Agency Rulemaking17
State Violence and Wartime Civilian Agency: Evidence from Peru17
The Electoral Impact of Newly Enfranchised Groups: The Case of Women’s Suffrage in the United States17
Bilateral or Multilateral? International Financial Flows and the Dirty-Work Hypothesis17
Corruption, Accountability, and Women’s Access to Power17
Does Police Repression Spur Everyday Cooperation? Evidence from Urban India17
Business Owners and Executives as Politicians: The Effect on Public Policy17
Ethnic Marginalization and (Non)Compliance in Public Health Emergencies17
A Republic, If You Can Keep It: Breakdown and Erosion in Modern Democracies16
Who Do Voter ID Laws Keep from Voting?16
Who Is High Income, Anyway? Social Comparison, Subjective Group Identification, and Preferences over Progressive Taxation16
Regional Governance in Divided Societies: Evidence from the Republic of Congo and Kenya16
Private Returns to Public Investment: Political Career Incentives and Infrastructure Investment in China16
Antinormative Messaging, Group Cues, and the Nuclear Ban Treaty16
Partisan Enclaves and Information Bazaars: Mapping Selective Exposure to Online News16
The Morning After: Cabinet Instability and the Purging of Ministers after Failed Coup Attempts in Autocracies16
Anticipating Dissent: The Repression of Politicians in Pinochet’s Chile16
The Power to Hurt and the Effectiveness of International Sanctions16
A Certain Type of Descriptive Representative? Understanding How the Skin Tone and Gender of Candidates Influences Black Politics15
Do Transitional Justice Museums Persuade Visitors? Evidence from a Field Experiment15
The Social Consequences of Political Anger15
From Conquest to Centralization: Domestic Conflict and the Transition to Direct Rule15
Private Sector Policy Making: Business Background and Politicians’ Behavior in Office14
Just a Number? Voter Evaluations of Age in Candidate-Choice Experiments14
A Conditional Model of Local Income Shock and Civil Conflict14
Sheltering Populists? House Prices and the Support for Populist Parties14
The Temporal Focus of Campaign Communication14
Survey Design, Order Effects, and Causal Mediation Analysis13
Does Campaign Spending Affect Election Outcomes? New Evidence from Transaction-Level Disbursement Data13
How Does Armed Conflict Shape Investment? Evidence from the Mining Sector13
No Easy Way Out: The Effect of Military Coups on State Repression13
Studying the Impact of ISIS Propaganda Campaigns13
Humiliation and International Conflict Preferences13
Information, Candidate Selection, and the Quality of Representation: Evidence from Nepal13
Neither Left Behind nor Superstar: Ordinary Winners of Digitalization at the Ballot Box13
Who Supports QAnon? A Case Study in Political Extremism13
Beyond Gatekeeping: Propaganda, Democracy, and the Organization of Digital Publics13
The Stability and Durability of the US Supreme Court’s Legitimacy13
Social Welfare Policy Outputs and Governing Parties’ Left-Right Images: Do Voters Respond?12
Rebel Leader Ascension and Wartime Sexual Violence12
Changing Tides: Public Attitudes on Climate Migration12
A Little Bit of Cheap Talk Is a Dangerous Thing: States Can Communicate Intentions Persuasively and Raise the Risk of War12
Social Lobbying12
Learning from Democratic Practices: New Perspectives in Institutional Design12
Objective Facts and Elite Cues: Partisan Responses to COVID-1912
Dixie’s Drivers: Core Values and the Southern Republican Realignment12
Family Matters: The Double-Edged Sword of Police-Community Connections12
Reconsidering the Relationship between Authoritarianism and Republican Support in 2016 and Beyond12
Closing the Gap: Information and Mass Support in a Dominant Party Regime11
Can International Courts Enhance Domestic Judicial Review? Separation of Powers and the European Court of Justice11
Responsive Campaigning: Evidence from European Parties11
Civil Service and Patronage in Bureaucracies11
Competence versus Priorities: Negative Electoral Responses to Education Quality in Brazil11
Valence Attacks Harm the Electoral Performance of the Left but Not the Right11
The Political Logic of Government Disclosure: Evidence from Information Requests in Mexico11
At What Cost? Reexamining Audience Costs in Realistic Settings11
Breaking the Judicial Glass Ceiling: The Appointment of Women to High Courts Worldwide10
The Social Divisions of Politics: How Parties’ Group-Based Appeals Influence Social Group Differences in Vote Choice10
Do Welfare Benefits Pay Electoral Dividends? Evidence from the National Food Stamp Program Rollout10
What Leads Racially Resentful Voters to Choose Black Candidates?10
ANES Scales Often Do Not Measure What You Think They Measure10
Protest Participation and Attitude Change: Evidence from Ukraine’s Euromaidan Revolution10
Information Technology and Political Engagement: Mixed Evidence from Uganda10
Diffusing Political Concerns: How Unemployment Information Passed between Social Ties Influences Danish Voters9
Parliamentary Positions and Politicians’ Private Sector Earnings: Evidence from the UK House of Commons9
Extended Dependence: Trade, Alliances, and Peace9
Deadly Populism: How Local Political Outsiders Drive Duterte’s War on Drugs in the Philippines9
Do Authoritarian Elections Help the Poor? Evidence from Russian Cities9
Political Science Is a Data Science9
The Culture of Corruption across Generations: An Empirical Study of Bribery Attitudes and Behavior9
Do Belief Systems Exhibit Dynamic Constraint?9
Home Price Subsidies Increase Local-Level Political Participation in Urban India9
Responsiveness, If You Can Afford It: Policy Responsiveness in Good and Bad Economic Times9
How Distributional Conflict over In-Kind Benefits Generates Support for Far-Right Parties9
Bean Counters: The Effect of Soy Tariffs on Change in Republican Vote Share between the 2016 and 2018 Elections9
Bargain Down or Shop Around? Outside Options and IMF Conditionality9
Is an Ultimatum the Last Word on Crisis Bargaining?9
Playing Politics with Environmental Protection: The Political Economy of Designating Protected Areas9
When Do Politicians Grandstand? Measuring Message Politics in Committee Hearings9
The Politics of Property Taxation: Fiscal Infrastructure and Electoral Incentives in Brazil9
On Constitutionalizing a Balanced Budget9
Loyalty or Incentives? How Party Alignment Affects Bureaucratic Performance8
Industry Politicization and Interest Group Campaign Contribution Strategies8
Can Institutions Make Voters Care about Corruption?8
Coalition Policy Perceptions8
Personalizing Moral Reframing in Interpersonal Conversation: A Field Experiment8
How the Ultrarich Use Media Ownership as a Political Investment8
Traditional Leaders and the 2014–2015 Ebola Epidemic8
The Current Population Survey Voting and Registration Supplement Overstates Minority Turnout8
International Pressure, State Repression, and the Spread of Protest8
The Real Consequences of Symbolic Politics: Breaking the Soviet Past in Ukraine8
Public Opinion and Nuclear Use: Evidence from Factorial Experiments8
Policy Effects, Partisanship, and Elections: How Medicaid Expansion Affected Public Opinion toward the Affordable Care Act8
Civic Duty and Voting under Autocracy8
Not All Elections Are Created Equal: Election Quality and Civil Conflict8
Decentralization, Repression, and Gambling for Unity8
Why So Secretive? Unpacking Public Attitudes toward Secrecy and Success in US Foreign Policy8
The Costs of Court Curbing: Evidence from the United States8
Understanding Journalist Killings8
Local Conflict Intensity and Public Perceptions of the Police: Evidence from Afghanistan8
Jizyaagainst Nationalism: Abul A‘la Maududi’s Attempt at Decolonizing Political Theory8
Building Parties from City Hall: Party Membership and Municipal Government in Brazil8
Racial Resentment, Prejudice, and Discrimination8
Moderation or Strategy? Political Giving by Corporations and Trade Groups7
State Action to Prevent Violence against Women: The Effect of Women’s Police Stations on Men’s Attitudes toward Gender-Based Violence7
Issues versus Affect: How Do Elite and Mass Polarization Compare?7
Aiding War or Peace? The Insiders’ View on Aid to Postconflict Transitions7
Does International Terrorism Affect Public Attitudes toward Refugees? Evidence from a Large-Scale Natural Experiment7
An International Game of Risk: Troop Placement and Major Power Competition7
Political Misinformation and Factual Corrections on the Facebook News Feed: Experimental Evidence7
Do Women Vote Less Correctly? The Effect of Gender on Ideological Proximity Voting and Correct Voting7
Inequality in Agency Response: Evidence from Salient Wildfire Events7
Irrelevant Events and Voting Behavior: Replications Using Principles from Open Science7
Opportunistic Election Timing, a Complement or Substitute for Economic Manipulation?7
The Primary Path for Turning Legislative Effectiveness into Electoral Success7
Do Shifts in Late-Counted Votes Signal Fraud? Evidence from Bolivia7
Leadership Targeting and Militant Alliance Breakdown7
Engineering Informal Institutions: Long-Run Impacts of Alternative Dispute Resolution on Violence and Property Rights in Liberia7
Leadership Styles and Political Survival of Chinese Communist Party Elites7
National Penalties Reversed: The Local Politics of Citizenship and Politician Responsiveness to Immigrants7
Multilingual Parties and the Ethics of Partisanship7
Multiracial Identity and Political Preferences7
Wait and See? Public Opinion Dynamics after Terrorist Attacks7
Can Good Politicians Compensate for Bad Institutions? Evidence from an Original Survey of Italian Mayors7
Elite Cleavage and the Rise of Capitalism under Authoritarianism: A Tale of Two Provinces in China7
Voters and Donors: The Unequal Political Consequences of Fracking7
Improved Multilevel Regression with Poststratification through Machine Learning (autoMrP)7
Contact and Context: How Municipal Traffic Stops Shape Citizen Character7
Electoral Dis-Connection: The Limits of Reelection in Contexts of Weak Accountability7
Strategic Power Sharing: Commitment, Capability, and Authoritarian Survival7
Is the Political Right More Credulous? Experimental Evidence against Asymmetric Motivations to Believe False Political Information7
From Political Mobilization to Electoral Participation: Turnout in Barcelona in the 1930s7
Motivating the Machine: Which Brokers Do Parties Pay?6
Ex Post Review and Expert Policy Making: When Does Oversight Reduce Accountability?6
Testing Legislator Responsiveness to Citizens and Firms in Single-Party Regimes: A Field Experiment in the Vietnamese National Assembly6
How Do Third Parties Affect Compliance in the Trade Regime?6
Effects of Settlement into Ethnic Enclaves on Immigrant Voter Turnout6
Age of Marriage and Women’s Political Engagement: Evidence from India6
Foreign Direct Investment, Unmet Expectations, and the Prospects of Political Leaders: Evidence from Chinese Investment in Africa6
Freedom of Movement Restrictions Inhibit the Psychological Integration of Refugees6
All (Mayoral) Politics Is Local?6
Stakeholder Participation in Policy Making: Evidence from Medicare Fee Schedule Revisions6
The Black Market Blues: The Political Costs of Illicit Currency Markets6
The Supply-Equity Trade-Off: The Effect of Spatial Representation on the Local Housing Supply6
Flip-Flopping and Electoral Concerns6
Is Ideal Theory Useless for Nonideal Theory?6
Trust in Public Policy Algorithms6
The Importance of Candidate Sex and Partisan Preference over Time: A Multiday Study of Voter Decision Making6
Comparing Campaign Finance and Vote-Based Measures of Ideology6
Do Major-Power Interventions Encourage the Onset of Civil Conflict? A Structural Analysis6
X Marks the Spot: Unlocking the Treasure of Spatial-X Models6
Does Party Competition Affect Political Activism?6
Military Coalitions and the Politics of Information6
The Budgetary Origins of Fiscal-Military Prowess6
Why Do Voters Support Corrupt Politicians? Experimental Evidence from South Africa6
Lobbyists as Gatekeepers: Theory and Evidence6
Tracing Causal Paths from Experimental and Observational Data6
Disparities in a Flagship Political Science Journal? Analyzing Publication Patterns in the Journal of Politics, 1939–20196
The Intersection of Racial and Partisan Discrimination: Evidence from a Correspondence Study of Four-Year Colleges6
Political Parties, Interest Groups, and Unequal Class Influence in American Policy6
Women’s Advancement in Politics: Evidence from Congressional Staff5
Higher Education and Cultural Liberalism: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Romania5
What Makes Anticorruption Punishment Popular? Individual-Level Evidence from China5
Republican-Majority Appellate Panels Increase Execution Rates for Capital Defendants5
The Effect of Electing Female Candidates on Attitudes toward Intimate Partner Violence5
Who Votes More Strategically? Evidence from Canada5
Latino-Targeted Misinformation and the Power of Factual Corrections5
A Reanalysis of the Relationship between Indirect Rule, Ethnic Inclusion, and Decolonization5
Coercion and the Credibility of Assurances5
Never Forget the First Time: The Persistent Effects of Corruption and the Rise of Populism in Italy5
How Interpersonal Contact Affects Appellate Review5
Authoritarian Infiltration of Organizations: Causes and Consequences5
A Longevity Mechanism of Chinese Absolutism5
Evaluating Claims of Intersectionality5
Heterogeneity in How Investors Respond to Disputes: Greenfield Foreign Direct Investment and Coindustrial Disputes5
Political Agency, Election Quality, and Corruption5
Communicating the Rift: Voter Perceptions of Intraparty Dissent in Parliaments5
Aristocracy in America: Tocqueville on White Supremacy5
Trump and Trade: Protectionist Politics and Redistributive Policy5
Unveiling: An Unexpected Mid-campaign Court Ruling’s Consequences and the Limits of Following the Leader5
Group-Based Voting in Multicandidate Elections5
Ambiguous Rhetoric and Legislative Accountability5
Trojan Horse, Copycat, or Scapegoat? Unpacking the Refugees-Terrorism Nexus5
Political Discontent in China Is Associated with Isolating Personality Traits5
Owning It: Accountability and Citizens’ Ownership over Oil, Aid, and Taxes5
Persistent Inequalities: The Origins of Intergenerational Associations in Voter Turnout5
Permissibility of Electoral Systems: A New Look at an Old Question5
Against Kantian Statism5
Invisible to Political Science: Indigenous Politics in a World in Flux5
Evaluating Escalation: Conceptualizing Escalation in an Era of Emerging Military Technologies5
Electoral Backlash or Positive Reinforcement? Wind Power and Congressional Elections in the United States5
Twice the Trouble: Twinning and the Cost of Voting4
When Capabilities Backfire: How Improved Hassling Capabilities Produce Worse Outcomes4
The Economic Costs of Democratic Backsliding? Backsliding and State Location Preferences of US Job Seekers4
The Missionary Roots of Nationalism: Evidence from China4
Evaluations of Violence at the Polls: Civilian Victimization and Support for Perpetrators after War4
Evade and Deceive? Citizen Responses to Surveillance4
The Politics of Stashing Wealth: The Decline of Labor Power and the Global Rise in Corporate Savings4
Leader Age, Death, and Political Liberalization in Dictatorships4
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