Election 2020 Learn - American Political Science Association (APSA)

Explore political science research on issues around elections and democratic governance, including ungated articles from APSA journals and public scholarship from political scientists featured in national media outlets.

Research

Journal Articles

Source	Title	Author	Type	Themes
APSR	One Person, One Vote: Estimating the Prevalence of Double Voting in U.S. Presidential Elections	Goel et al	Journal	Voter fraud
APSR	Family Matters? Voting Behavior in Households with Criminal Justice Contact	Ariel White	Journal	Political participation
APSR	Public Opinion and Foreign Electoral Intervention	Tomz and Weeks	Journal	Foreign influence
Perspectives	The White Working Class and the 2016 Election	Carnes and Lupu	Journal	Voter behavior
Perspectives	The Gender Gap is a Race Gap: Women Voters in US Presidential Elections	Junn and Masuoka	Journal	Gender
Perspectives	Democratic Decline in the United States: What Can We Learn from Middle-Income Backsliding?	Kaufman and Haggard	Journal	Democracy
JREP	Millenials and Race in the 2016 Election	Vladimir Enrique Medenica	Journal	Voter behavior
JREP	Examining Causal Impact of the Voting Rights Act Language Minority Provisions	Fraga and Merseth	Journal	Obstacles
Politics & Gender	Gendered Nationalism and the 2016 US Presidential Election: How Party, Class, and Beliefs about Masculinity Shaped Voting Behavior	Deckman and Cassese	Journal	Voter behavior, gender, race, nationalism, election

Election Reflections Series

Source	Title	Author	Type	Themes
Election Reflections	It’s Time for Political Scientists to Come Off of the Sidelines	Christina Greer	2018 Election Reflections	public engagement, political scientists as experts, REP
Election Reflections	Native American Voters and Candidates in Election 2018	Laura E. Evans, Kimberly R. Huyser (Diné), and Gabriel Sanchez	2018 Election Reflections	electoral politics, participation, Native American poltiical behavior
Election Reflections	The Cora Brown Lecture Series – American State & Local Government Course at Howard University	Keneshia Grant	2018 Election Reflections	Black women elected officials, state and local politics, REP
Election Reflections	Women of Color are Bright Spots in Contested Transformation	Pei-te Lien and Carol Hardy-Fanta, with Dianne Pinderhughes and Christine Sierra	2016 Election Reflections	Women of Color candidates, 2016 election
Election Reflections	LGBTQ Rights and the 2016 Election	APSA Committee on the Status of Lesbians, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Individuals in the Profession	2016 Election Reflections	LGBTQ Rights and Politcs

Preprints

Source	Title	Author	Themes
Preprint	What We Know About How to Mobilize College Students to Vote	Elizabeth Bennion and David Nickerson	Voter mobilization
Preprint	Who Votes After Their Registration is Cancelled? Evidence from North Carolina	Kevin Morris	Obstacles
Preprint	Happy Birthday, You Get to Vote	Ellen Seljan and Paul Gronke	Voter registration
Preprint	Why Do Election Results Change After Election Day? The “Blue Shift” in California Elections	Yimeng Li, Michelle Hyun, and R. Michael Alvarez	Voting results

Public Scholarship

Source	Title	Author	Type	Themes
RAISE the Vote	What you need to know about election polls	Eric Loepp	Analysis	Election Polls
New York Times	Six Weeks, Six Ways to Protect Election	Nathan Persily and Charles Stewart III	Opinion	Voting
Science Magazine	‘I’m worried about voters screwing up.’ Election scientist tackles 2020 U.S. vote	Warren Cornwall	Interview	Election fears
The Conversation	6 Ways Mail-In Ballots are Protected from Fraud	Charlotte Hill and Jake Grumbach	Analysis	Voter fraud
The Conversation	Poll Workers on Election Day Will Be Younger–and Probably More Diverse–Due to COVID-19	Thessalia Merivaki	Analysis	Poll workers
Mischiefs of Faction	Four Things That Could Still Affect the Presidential Race But Probably Won’t	Seth Masket	Analysis	General
The Monkey Cage	How will Americans respond when there’s another split between the electoral college and the popular vote?	Carey et al	Analysis	Electoral college
The Monkey Cage	Most American Expect Cheating in the November Elections	Steven S. Smith	Analysis	Electoral integrity
RAISE the Vote	Understanding Contemporary African American Political Engagement through Anger and Empowerment	Christopher Towler	Blog post	Voting behavior
RAISE the Vote	Inclusive and Representative Government Could be the Key to Unlocking the Youth Vote	Jared McDonald	Blog post	Voting behavior

Political Science Initiatives and Projects

Source	Focus
Electoral Management Project	The Electoral Management Project aims to make the latest scientific research, policy advice and news about running elections accessible for practitioners, researchers and students.
Electoral Integrity Project	An independent academic project based at Harvard university producing innovative and policy-relevant research on elections, democracy, and autocracy
Bright Line Watch	This project brings together a group of political scientists based at universities across the country to monitor democratic practices, their resilience, and potential threats to democracy.
Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project	The Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project was developed to ensure that the 2020 election can proceed with integrity, safety, and equal access. The project brings together academics, civic organizations, election administrators, and election administration experts to assess and promote best practices.
United States Elections Project	The aim of the United States Elections Project is to provide timely and accurate election statistics, electoral laws, research reports, and other useful information regarding the United States electoral system.

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