Journal of Politics

Papers
(The TQCC of Journal of Politics is 7. 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Leviathan’s Latent Dimensions: Measuring State Capacity for Comparative Political Research87
The Stability of Immigration Attitudes: Evidence and Implications67
Helping or Hurting? How Governing as a Junior Coalition Partner Influences Electoral Outcomes67
What Have We Learned about Gender from Candidate Choice Experiments? A Meta-Analysis of Sixty-Seven Factorial Survey Experiments67
Do People Really Become More Conservative as They Age?60
Racial Sympathy and Its Political Consequences52
Word Embeddings: What Works, What Doesn’t, and How to Tell the Difference for Applied Research49
What Explains Taxation by Resource-Rich Rebels? Evidence from the Islamic State in Syria47
Politics in Forgotten Governments: The Partisan Composition of County Legislatures and County Fiscal Policies46
Quid Pro Quo? Corporate Returns to Campaign Contributions45
Understanding Partisan Cue Receptivity: Tests of Predictions from the Bounded Rationality and Expressive Utility Perspectives42
Was There a Culture War? Partisan Polarization and Secular Trends in US Public Opinion42
(Mis)estimating Affective Polarization38
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 Crisis35
Do Nonpartisan Programmatic Policies Have Partisan Electoral Effects? Evidence from Two Large-Scale Experiments34
Projecting Confidence: How the Probabilistic Horse Race Confuses and Demobilizes the Public32
Do Women Pay a Higher Price for Power? Gender Bias in Political Violence in Sweden32
Populist Psychology: Economics, Culture, and Emotions31
Self-Confidence and Gender Gaps in Political Interest, Attention, and Efficacy31
Democratic Hypocrisy and Out-Group Threat: Explaining Citizen Support for Democratic Erosion31
Voter Preferences and the Political Underrepresentation of Minority Groups: Lesbian, Gay, and Transgender Candidates in Advanced Democracies28
Partisan Consumerism: Experimental Tests of Consumer Reactions to Corporate Political Activity28
Gender Quotas, Women’s Representation, and Legislative Diversity28
Networks of Violence: Predicting Conflict in Nigeria28
Does Public Opinion Affect the Preferences of Foreign Policy Leaders? Experimental Evidence from the UK Parliament26
Does Homeownership Influence Political Behavior? Evidence from Administrative Data26
The Welfare State with Private Alternatives: The Transformation of Popular Support for Social Insurance26
Information Control and Public Support for Social Credit Systems in China25
Cities in the Statehouse: How Local Governments Use Lobbyists to Secure State Funding25
The Populist Appeal: Personality and Antiestablishment Communication25
Combining Patronage and Merit in Public Sector Recruitment25
Where Self-Interest Trumps Ideology: Liberal Homeowners and Local Opposition to Housing Development25
Local Government Efficiency and Anti-immigrant Violence24
The Psychophysiology of Political Ideology: Replications, Reanalyses, and Recommendations24
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 Nondemocracies22
The Connections of Party Brokers: Which Brokers Do Parties Select?22
Property, Legitimacy, Ideology: A Reality Check22
Intraparty Polarization in American Politics22
Who’s at the Party? Group Sentiments, Knowledge, and Partisan Identity21
Public Reactions to International Legal Institutions: The International Criminal Court in a Developing Democracy21
Politicians as Party Hacks: Party Loyalty and Public Distrust in Politicians21
Rock the Registration: Same Day Registration Increases Turnout of Young Voters21
Legislative Term Limits and Polarization20
How State and Protester Violence Affect Protest Dynamics20
Culture, Capital, and the Political Economy Gender Gap: Evidence from Meghalaya’s Matrilineal Tribes20
Unpopular Protest: Mass Mobilization and Attitudes to Democracy in Post-Mubarak Egypt20
The Media Matters: Muslim American Portrayals and the Effects on Mass Attitudes20
Affluence and Congruence: Unequal Representation around the World19
Reform, Representation, and Resistance: The Politics of Property Rights’ Enforcement19
Peacekeeping and the Enforcement of Intergroup Cooperation: Evidence from Mali19
Reducing Bias in Citizens’ Perception of Crime Rates: Evidence from a Field Experiment on Burglary Prevalence19
Past Place, Present Prejudice: The Impact of Adolescent Racial Context on White Racial Attitudes19
Does Voting Have Upstream and Downstream Consequences? Regression Discontinuity Tests of the Transformative Voting Hypothesis19
Less Is More: A Cross-Generational Analysis of the Nature and Role of Racial Attitudes in the Twenty-First Century18
Disruption: What Is It Good For?18
Inaccurate Politicians: Elected Representatives’ Estimations of Public Opinion in Four Countries18
Do Partisan Types Stop at the Water’s Edge?17
Corruption, Accountability, and Women’s Access to Power17
Strategic Proposals, Endogenous Comments, and Bias in Rulemaking17
Why Do Governments Tax or Subsidize Fossil Fuels?17
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
Congressional Oversight Revisited: Politics and Procedure in Agency Rulemaking17
More Donors, More Democracy17
Ethnic Marginalization and (Non)Compliance in Public Health Emergencies17
Fighting Propaganda with Censorship: A Study of the Ukrainian Ban on Russian Social Media17
Does Police Repression Spur Everyday Cooperation? Evidence from Urban India17
Hierarchy and the Provision of Order in International Politics16
Who Do Voter ID Laws Keep from Voting?16
The Power to Hurt and the Effectiveness of International Sanctions16
Regional Governance in Divided Societies: Evidence from the Republic of Congo and Kenya16
Anticipating Dissent: The Repression of Politicians in Pinochet’s Chile16
Bilateral or Multilateral? International Financial Flows and the Dirty-Work Hypothesis16
Antinormative Messaging, Group Cues, and the Nuclear Ban Treaty16
The Ethics of Delegating Monetary Policy15
The Social Consequences of Political Anger15
Do Transitional Justice Museums Persuade Visitors? Evidence from a Field Experiment15
Business Owners and Executives as Politicians: The Effect on Public Policy15
A Certain Type of Descriptive Representative? Understanding How the Skin Tone and Gender of Candidates Influences Black Politics15
A Republic, If You Can Keep It: Breakdown and Erosion in Modern Democracies15
Private Returns to Public Investment: Political Career Incentives and Infrastructure Investment in China15
Who Is High Income, Anyway? Social Comparison, Subjective Group Identification, and Preferences over Progressive Taxation15
From Conquest to Centralization: Domestic Conflict and the Transition to Direct Rule14
Partisan Enclaves and Information Bazaars: Mapping Selective Exposure to Online News14
A Conditional Model of Local Income Shock and Civil Conflict14
Sheltering Populists? House Prices and the Support for Populist Parties14
How Does Armed Conflict Shape Investment? Evidence from the Mining Sector13
No Easy Way Out: The Effect of Military Coups on State Repression13
Just a Number? Voter Evaluations of Age in Candidate-Choice Experiments13
Private Sector Policy Making: Business Background and Politicians’ Behavior in Office13
Neither Left Behind nor Superstar: Ordinary Winners of Digitalization at the Ballot Box13
The Temporal Focus of Campaign Communication13
The World Economy, Political Control, and Presidential Success13
Beyond Gatekeeping: Propaganda, Democracy, and the Organization of Digital Publics13
The Morning After: Cabinet Instability and the Purging of Ministers after Failed Coup Attempts in Autocracies13
Social Welfare Policy Outputs and Governing Parties’ Left-Right Images: Do Voters Respond?12
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
Information, Candidate Selection, and the Quality of Representation: Evidence from Nepal12
A Little Bit of Cheap Talk Is a Dangerous Thing: States Can Communicate Intentions Persuasively and Raise the Risk of War12
Learning from Democratic Practices: New Perspectives in Institutional Design12
The Stability and Durability of the US Supreme Court’s Legitimacy12
Does Campaign Spending Affect Election Outcomes? New Evidence from Transaction-Level Disbursement Data12
Who Supports QAnon? A Case Study in Political Extremism12
Social Lobbying12
Studying the Impact of ISIS Propaganda Campaigns12
The Political Logic of Government Disclosure: Evidence from Information Requests in Mexico11
Responsive Campaigning: Evidence from European Parties11
Closing the Gap: Information and Mass Support in a Dominant Party Regime11
Competence versus Priorities: Negative Electoral Responses to Education Quality in Brazil11
Changing Tides: Public Attitudes on Climate Migration11
Civil Service and Patronage in Bureaucracies11
Can Political Alignment Be Costly?11
Survey Design, Order Effects, and Causal Mediation Analysis10
Government Formation as Logrolling in High-Dimensional Issue Spaces10
Rebel Leader Ascension and Wartime Sexual Violence10
Valence Attacks Harm the Electoral Performance of the Left but Not the Right10
Do Welfare Benefits Pay Electoral Dividends? Evidence from the National Food Stamp Program Rollout10
Can International Courts Enhance Domestic Judicial Review? Separation of Powers and the European Court of Justice10
One Run Leads to Another: Minority Incumbents and the Emergence of Lower Ticket Minority Candidates10
What Leads Racially Resentful Voters to Choose Black Candidates?10
ANES Scales Often Do Not Measure What You Think They Measure10
Objective Facts and Elite Cues: Partisan Responses to COVID-1910
Humiliation and International Conflict Preferences10
At What Cost? Reexamining Audience Costs in Realistic Settings10
Information Technology and Political Engagement: Mixed Evidence from Uganda10
The Social Divisions of Politics: How Parties’ Group-Based Appeals Influence Social Group Differences in Vote Choice10
The Culture of Corruption across Generations: An Empirical Study of Bribery Attitudes and Behavior9
Do Belief Systems Exhibit Dynamic Constraint?9
Extended Dependence: Trade, Alliances, and Peace9
The Politics of Property Taxation: Fiscal Infrastructure and Electoral Incentives in Brazil9
Political Science Is a Data Science9
Inequality Growth and Economic Policy Liberalism: An Updated Test of a Classic Theory9
How Distributional Conflict over In-Kind Benefits Generates Support for Far-Right Parties9
Responsiveness, If You Can Afford It: Policy Responsiveness in Good and Bad Economic Times9
Breaking the Judicial Glass Ceiling: The Appointment of Women to High Courts Worldwide9
Bargain Down or Shop Around? Outside Options and IMF Conditionality9
Playing Politics with Environmental Protection: The Political Economy of Designating Protected Areas9
When Do Politicians Grandstand? Measuring Message Politics in Committee Hearings9
On Constitutionalizing a Balanced Budget9
Industry Politicization and Interest Group Campaign Contribution Strategies8
Jizyaagainst Nationalism: Abul A‘la Maududi’s Attempt at Decolonizing Political Theory8
Civic Duty and Voting under Autocracy8
Not All Elections Are Created Equal: Election Quality and Civil Conflict8
The Current Population Survey Voting and Registration Supplement Overstates Minority Turnout8
Why So Secretive? Unpacking Public Attitudes toward Secrecy and Success in US Foreign Policy8
Can Institutions Make Voters Care about Corruption?8
Coalition Policy Perceptions8
How the Ultrarich Use Media Ownership as a Political Investment8
Traditional Leaders and the 2014–2015 Ebola Epidemic8
Building Parties from City Hall: Party Membership and Municipal Government in Brazil8
Parliamentary Positions and Politicians’ Private Sector Earnings: Evidence from the UK House of Commons8
Bean Counters: The Effect of Soy Tariffs on Change in Republican Vote Share between the 2016 and 2018 Elections8
Do Authoritarian Elections Help the Poor? Evidence from Russian Cities8
Understanding Journalist Killings8
Diffusing Political Concerns: How Unemployment Information Passed between Social Ties Influences Danish Voters8
Protest Participation and Attitude Change: Evidence from Ukraine’s Euromaidan Revolution8
Home Price Subsidies Increase Local-Level Political Participation in Urban India8
Loyalty or Incentives? How Party Alignment Affects Bureaucratic Performance8
Racial Resentment, Prejudice, and Discrimination7
Elite Cleavage and the Rise of Capitalism under Authoritarianism: A Tale of Two Provinces in China7
Is an Ultimatum the Last Word on Crisis Bargaining?7
Decentralization, Repression, and Gambling for Unity7
Improved Multilevel Regression with Poststratification through Machine Learning (autoMrP)7
The Real Consequences of Symbolic Politics: Breaking the Soviet Past in Ukraine7
Electoral Dis-Connection: The Limits of Reelection in Contexts of Weak Accountability7
Do Women Vote Less Correctly? The Effect of Gender on Ideological Proximity Voting and Correct Voting7
Local Conflict Intensity and Public Perceptions of the Police: Evidence from Afghanistan7
Can Good Politicians Compensate for Bad Institutions? Evidence from an Original Survey of Italian Mayors7
Opportunistic Election Timing, a Complement or Substitute for Economic Manipulation?7
State Action to Prevent Violence against Women: The Effect of Women’s Police Stations on Men’s Attitudes toward Gender-Based Violence7
Deadly Populism: How Local Political Outsiders Drive Duterte’s War on Drugs in the Philippines7
Do Shifts in Late-Counted Votes Signal Fraud? Evidence from Bolivia7
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
Against Detaching the Duty to Vote7
Multiracial Identity and Political Preferences7
Personalizing Moral Reframing in Interpersonal Conversation: A Field Experiment7
From Political Mobilization to Electoral Participation: Turnout in Barcelona in the 1930s7
Moderation or Strategy? Political Giving by Corporations and Trade Groups7
Power for the Powerless: Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Late Theory of Civil Disobedience7
Engineering Informal Institutions: Long-Run Impacts of Alternative Dispute Resolution on Violence and Property Rights in Liberia7
Issues versus Affect: How Do Elite and Mass Polarization Compare?7
National Penalties Reversed: The Local Politics of Citizenship and Politician Responsiveness to Immigrants7
Multilingual Parties and the Ethics of Partisanship7
Is the Political Right More Credulous? Experimental Evidence against Asymmetric Motivations to Believe False Political Information7
Public Opinion and Nuclear Use: Evidence from Factorial Experiments7
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