OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of American Politics Research is 1. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Building Support Through the Personalization of Twitter Messages in a Permanent Campaign	39
Partisan Self-Interest and Views on the Electoral College: How Electoral Inversions Activate Differences in Support for the System	28
Constitutional Amendment Proposals as Position-Taking Activity in the U.S. House of Representatives (1979–2020)	18
Errors and Calibration in Mail Ballot Signature Rejections	15
Trapped in a Vicious Cycle of Political Negativity and Incivility on Social Media? Yes, but Only Before Elections	15
De-Policing as Reform? Police Tactics after Black Lives Matter’s 2020 Protests	14
Beyond Pan-Ethnicity: Responsiveness of Elected Officials to Asian American Subgroups	14
Hahn-Sigelman Prizes 2020-2024	12
What Public Comments During Rulemaking Do (and Why)	12
r/The_Donald Had a Forum: How Socialization in Far-Right Social Media Communities Shapes Identity and Spreads Extreme Rhetoric	11
The Limits of Issue Ownership in a Polarized Era	11
Intraparty Republican Factionalism as Identity in the Modern American South	11
More Choices, More Problems? Ranked Choice Voting Errors in New York City	11
The Personal is Political: Assessing the Effects of Personal Narratives on Public Opinion	11
Considerations of American Democracy, Feeling Like a Loser, and Support for Changing the Rules	11
The Great Lockdown and Economic Voting: Estimating the Impact of the COVID-19 Recession on the 2020 US Presidential Election	10
Educational Polarization in American Politics: More than Just a Diploma Divide	10
Gender Affinity, Ideology, and the Contributions of Individuals to Women State Supreme Court Candidates	9
Card-Carrying Members on the Ballot: Group Affiliations and Their Electoral Implications	9
Popularity or Partisanship? Cue Taking on Social Media Among Teens and Adults	9
Climate Change and Terrorism News: Similar or Different?	9
All Eyes on Kansas: Voter Turnout and the 2022 Abortion Referendum	8
The Effects of the Great Compromise on the Constitutional Convention of 1787	8
Professed Democracy Support and Openness to Politically Congenial Authoritarian Actions Within the American Public	8
NIMBY Syndrome and Abortion Access	8

In the Light: Procedural Legitimacy, the Shadow Docket, and Support for the U.S. Supreme Court	8
Blind Trust, Blind Skepticism: Liberals’ & Conservatives’ Response to Academic Research	8
Campaigning Through Cable: Examining the Relationship Between Cable News Appearances and House Candidate Fundraising	8
Too Close to Home? Proximity to BLM Protests and Support for Police Spending	8
Who Feels the Bern? An Analysis of Support for Bernie Sanders in the 2020 Democratic Primary	7
Fair Game or Foul Play: Public Perceptions of Solicitor General Involvement in U.S. Supreme Court Cases	7
Change and Continuity in Citizens’ Evaluations of Supreme Court Nominees	7
Talk Local to Me: Assessing the Heterogenous Effects of Localistic Appeals	7
Are Shifts in Same-Sex Marriage Attitudes Associated With Declines in Religious Behavior and Affiliation?	6
The Voting Wars: Public Opinion About Battles Over Voting Rules	6
Who Controls the Immigration Bureaucracy? The Relative Influence of the Three Branches Over Asylum Policy Implementation	6
Do Party Rules Matter? An Examination of State Party Bylaws and Congressional Nominations	6
Tweeting for a Win: How the Competitiveness of a Congressional District Affects Party Nominee Language Use on Twitter	6
Candidate Ideology and Vote Choice in the 2020 US Presidential Election	5
The Size and Structure of the Gender Gap in Economic Evaluations	5
Urban-Rural Differences in Respect for the Norms of American Civil-Military Relations	5
Do Political Beliefs Drive Environment Selection?	5
The Relationship Between Racial Attitudes and Perceived Economic Threat Among Whites: A Three Study Analysis	5
When Politics Override Place: How Political Affiliation Supersedes Rural Identity	5
How College Students React to COVID Vaccine PSAs: An Experimental Investigation	5
Campaigning During a Crisis: The Pandemic’s Impact on Congressional Campaign Strategy and Spending in 2020	5
Polarizing Online Elite Rhetoric at the Federal, State, and Local Level During the COVID-19 Pandemic	5
Political Awareness and Sorting	5
President Biden and Diversity in Executive Appointments	5
Perceived Local Population Dynamics and Immigration Policy Views	5
Rage on the Record: Angry Emotional Appeals in Congress	4
County Sheriffs and Immigration and Customs Enforcement: The Will of the People or a Lack of Accountability?	4
Concede or Resist? Experimental Evidence on How Partisanship Shapes Local Officials’ Responses to Preemption	4
Gasoline Prices and Presidential Approval Ratings of the United States	4
Who Thinks It is Easy to Register and Vote?	4
White Racial Identity and Preferences for (Non) White Immigrants in the United States	4
Friendship is Rare: The Influence of Off-Bench Friendships on Support for the U.S. Supreme Court	4
Credible Claims: The Effect of Committee Positioning on Congressional Credit Claiming	4
Voting in the Mall: Ideology, Grievance, and Political Consumerism	4
When Advocates Become Adjudicators: Tracing the Effects of Prosecutorial and Public Defense Experience on Judicial Decision Making	4
Interest Groups and Legislative Ideology: Who Influences Whom?	4
State Courts, Public Opinion, and the Changing Abortion Landscape after Dobbs	4
Playing Ball: Collaboration in the U.S. Congress	4
From Consensus to Fracture: Reagan, the Contras, and the Politics of Intelligence Oversight	4
Poll Worker Experience and Polling Place Operations	3
Explaining Variation in the Use of Electoral Fusion	3
Access or Experience? Determinants of Distrust in US Elections	3
Resentment or Empowerment? Civic Education and the Political Efficacy of Rural Individuals	3
What Explains a Representative’s Staffing “Style”? Exploring the Relationship between Congressional Staffing Decisions and Electoral Considerations	3
How Anti-Social Personality Traits and Anti-Establishment Views Promote Beliefs in Election Fraud, QAnon, and COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories and Misinformation	3
Proper Protective (Voting) Equipment: How Covid-19 Safety Measures Shaped In-Person Voting Experiences During the 2020 Election	3
Incivility or Invalidity? Evaluating Perspective API Scores as a Measure of Political Incivility	3
Institutional Design and Policy Responsiveness in US States	3
What Drives a Contemporary Lack of Trust in Government and Science in the United States?	3
Late-Deciding Voters in U.S. Presidential Elections	3

Race or Place: Partisanship Among Black Rural Voters	3
Welfare at the Statehouse Democracies: Assessing the Impact of Public Opinion on Welfare Policies at the State Level	3
War Metaphors (What Are They Good For?): Militarized Rhetoric and Attitudes Toward Essential Workers During the Covid-19 Pandemic	3
Do network Connections Between Republican and Democratic Members of Congress Encourage Bipartisan Cooperation?	3
How Educational Attainment Moderates the Recursive Relationship Between Policy Orientations and Partisanship	3
The Impact of Survey Mode on the Measurement of Polarization in the Public: 2016–2020 U.S. Panel Evidence	3
All About Location: The Geographic Politics of District Office Placement	3
Candidate Repositioning, Valence, and a Backfire Effect from Criticism	3
Why Does Corrective Information Have a Muted Effect on Immigration Attitudes? Motivated Reasoning and Shifting Goalposts	2
Why Making Voting Easier Isn’t Enough: Early Voting, Campaigns, and Voter Turnout	2
Congressional Earmarks and Credit Claiming in a Partisan Era	2
The Policy Preferences of Marginal Voters: Complicating Political Polarization in Education Policy	2
The Effects of Targeted Campaign Messages on Candidate Evaluations	2
Preventative Polarization: Republican Senators’ Positional Adaptation in the Tea Party Era	2
The Signals of Unlikely Allies: Ideologically Diverse Amicus Coalitions and Judicial Behavior	2
Delegate, Trustee, or Personal: Preferences for Different Forms of Representation in America	2
Following the Science? Examining the Issuance of Stay-At-Home Orders Related to COVID-19 by U.S. Governors	2
Perceptions of Political Corruption in State Government	2
The Partisan Vote: Shared Partisanship and Constituent Service in the U.S. Congress	2
Voter Fraud, Voter ID, and Legitimacy	2
Ideology, Information, and Social Welfare Preferences	2
Do Voters Punish Women Politicians More?	2
A Tormenting Dilemma: American Identity and Attitudes Towards Torture	2
The Influence of Local Patriotism on Participation in Local Politics, Civic participation, Trust in Local Government and Collective Action	2
Reporting on Congress: Research Note on Journalists’ Norms in a Political Media Climate	2
Maintaining the Machinery of Democracy: Assessing the Impact of Spending on Voting Equipment on Turnout	2
The Price of Legislative Success: The President's Legislative Agenda and Midterm Seat Loss	2
Electoral Crisis Communications: Combatting Disinformation & the Contest for Electoral Legitimacy	1
In Search of Determinants of Abortion Policy in a Post-Casey World	1
Language and LGBTQ Politics: The Effect of Changing Group Labels on Public Attitudes	1
A Demographic Approach to Detecting Racial Gerrymanders in U.S. Congressional Districts	1
Choice Overload in Crowded Primary Elections	1
The Punitive Public? Exploring the Opinion-Election Connection in Criminal Justice Policy	1
Dueling Incumbent House Elections, 1843-2018	1
Assessing Ideological Representation Using Policy Repositioning: Panel Evidence From 2012 to 2020	1
The Supreme Court and Congress: Information, Threat, and the Separation of Powers	1
Humanitarianism, Egalitarianism, and Public Support for Political Compromise	1
Response Latencies as Evidence of Social Desirability Bias in Voter Turnout Overreports	1
Partisan Politics in the 21st Century South: The Fading Impact of Antebellum Slavery	1
Preemptive Action: Measuring Presidential Assertiveness in Foreign Policy Lawmaking	1
Who Gives to American Trade and Professional Association Political Action Committees and Why?	1
Campaign Endorsements and Election Outcomes in Judicial Elections	1
The Rule of Law in Red and Blue: Affective Polarization and Support for Legal Institutions in the United States	1
Landscape of Distrust: Political Trust Across America’s Urban-Rural Divide	1
Drivers of Congressional Behavior: Analyzing Members, Constituents, and Committees With CongressData	1
Does the U.S. Congress Respond to Public Opinion on Trade?	1
Partisan Differences in Voters’ Desire for Punishment in Response to Politicians’ Moral Transgressions	1
When Push Comes to Shove: An Experimental Analysis of Voter Support of a Woman President and the 2024 Nomination	1
Economics, COVID, Election Forecasting: Did Trump Escape Blame?	1
Sources of Candidate Fundraising Affect Perceptions of Electability	1
Policy, Position-Taking, and Congressional Voting under Judicial Review	1
The Effect of Priming Structural Fairness on Inequality Beliefs and Preferences	1
The Gender Gap in Supreme Court Legitimacy	1
Encouraging Black and Latinx Radio Audiences to Register to Vote: A Field Experiment	1
A Thermostatic Model of Congressional Elections	1
Does Interaction With Out-Party Elites in a Classroom Setting Diminish Negative Partisanship?	1
The Personality and Politics of Cryptocurrency Investors	1
The Rural-Urban Divide in Public Goods Satisfaction	1
Do Polarized Issues Carry More Weight in Voter Decision-Making? Insights From the 2022 Congressional Midterm Elections	1
Mitigating the Turnout Effects of Bad Weather With Early Voting: 1948–2016	1
Public Attitudes Toward Immigration: Was There a Trump Effect?	1
“Extending the Referendum Model of Presidential Election Outcomes: Both Candidates Matter”	1
Sincere, Strategic, or Something Else? The Impact of Ranked-Choice Voting on Voter Decision Making Processes	1