- Fred Cutler
- Alan Jacobs
- Matthew Wright
- Paul Quirk
- Chris Kam
Key Publications:
- "Telephone versus Online Survey Modes for Election Studies: Comparing Canadian Public Opinion and Vote Choice in the 2015 Federal Election" Canadian Journal of Political Science, 2017
- "Riding the orange wave: Leadership, values, issues, and the 2011 Canadian election," Canadian Journal of Political Science, 2013.
- "Having their say: Authority, voice, and satisfaction with democracy," Journal of Politics, 2019.
See Fred Cutler's full profile here
Key Publications:
- “Policy Attitudes in Institutional Context: Rules, Uncertainty, and the Mass Politics of Public Investment,” Am J of Poli Sci, 2017
- “Inequality and Electoral Accountability: Class-Biased Economic Voting in Comparative Perspective,” Journal of Politics, 2016
- “Why Do Citizens Discount the Future? Public Opinion and the Timing of Policy Consequences,” British Journal of Political Science, 2012
Current Research Projects:
- Citizen Support for Policy Tradeoffs
- Public Assessments of COVID-19 Economic Response
See Alan Jacobs' full profile here.
Key Publications:
- "Multiculturalism and Muslim Accommodation: Policy and Predisposition Across Three Contexts" Comparative Political Studies, 2016
- "Diversity and the imagined community: Immigrant diversity and conceptions of national identity" Political Psychology, 2011
- "Alternative Measures of American National Identity: Implications for the Civic-Ethnic Distinction" Political Psychology, 2012
Current Research Projects: Changing American Hearts & Minds on Immigration Policy
See Matthew Wright's full profile here.
Key Publications:
- "Having their say: Authority, voice, and satisfaction with democracy," Journal of Politics, 2019.
- “Polarized Populism: Masses, Elites, and Ideological Conflict,” in LaRaja, New Directions in American Politics, 2010
- “Misinformation and the Currency of Citizenship,” Journal of Politics, 2001
- “Reconsidering the Rational Public,” in Lupia, McCubbins, and Popkin, Elements of Reason, 2000
Current Research Project: The Psychology of Opposition to Carbon Pricing
See Paul Quirk's full profile here
Key Publications:
- The Economic Origins of Political Parties. Cambridge Elements in Political Economy. Cambridge University Press. 2021
- “The Electoral System, the Party System, and Accountability in Parliamentary Government.” American Political Science Review, 114 (3): 744-760. 2020
- “The Secret Ballot and the Market for Votes at 19th-Century British Elections.” Comparative Political Studies 50: 594–635. 2017
See Chris Kam's full profile here
Current Research Project: Polarization in multiparty systems
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