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View article: Vote-by-mail policy and the 2020 presidential election
Vote-by-mail policy and the 2020 presidential election Open
Mail voting became unusually controversial in the 2020 presidential election. Many observers, including former President Trump, believed that more accessible vote by mail would encourage higher turnout at the expense of Republicans. While …
View article: Replication Data for: Vote-by-Mail Policy and the 2020 Presidential Election
Replication Data for: Vote-by-Mail Policy and the 2020 Presidential Election Open
Mail voting became unusually controversial in the 2020 presidential election. Many observers, including former President Trump, believed that more accessible vote by mail would encourage higher turnout at the expense of Republicans. While …
View article: How Did the Voter’s Choice Act Affect Turnout in 2018?
How Did the Voter’s Choice Act Affect Turnout in 2018? Open
In its first year of implementation, did the Voter’s Choice Act (VCA) change turnout patterns in the counties – Madera, Napa, Nevada, Sacramento, and San Mateo – that adopted this new reform? How did this reform affect the turnout of group…
View article: Partisan Gerrymandering and Political Science
Partisan Gerrymandering and Political Science Open
Recent years have seen a tremendous surge of public interest in partisan gerrymandering, including robust reform efforts and multiple high-profile court cases. Political scientists have played an important role in this debate, reaching an …
View article: The Measure of a Metric: The Debate Over Quantifying Partisan Gerrymandering
The Measure of a Metric: The Debate Over Quantifying Partisan Gerrymandering Open
Over the last few years, there has been an unprecedented outpouring of scholarship on partisan gerrymandering. Much of this work has sought either to introduce new measures of gerrymandering or to analyze a metric—the efficiency gap— that …
View article: Has the Top Two Primary Elected More Moderates?
Has the Top Two Primary Elected More Moderates? Open
Party polarization is perhaps the most significant political trend of the past several decades of American politics. Many observers have pinned hopes on institutional reforms to reinvigorate the political center. The Top Two primary is one…
View article: Introduction: Democracy, California Style
Introduction: Democracy, California Style Open
An introduction to this Special Issue of CJPP focused on some of the issues central to democracy in California.
View article: Are Nonvoters Dissatisfied or Just Disengaged?
Are Nonvoters Dissatisfied or Just Disengaged? Open
The question of how to best convert nonvoters into voters is one that continues to plague civicorganizations and political campaigns. Many feel that distrust and anger toward governmentmust be part of what keeps voters from participating, …