Exit polls: Better or worse since the 2000 election?
2008 paper from Harvard’s Shorenstein Center reviews the history of exit polls in the United States and examines their evolution and emerging problems.
Politics & Government
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of politics, elections, and local and national governments
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Voting, polling problems and media coverage on Election Day: Research roundup
2012 review of research on Election Day-related issues.
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Why do (some) city police departments enforce federal immigration law?
2012 study in Journal of Public Administration Research about variation in local enforcement of immigration laws.
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Do Latino Christians and seculars fit the “culture war” profile? Latino religiosity and politics
2012 study by the University of Southern Mississippi in the journal Politics and Religion on religion and politics in the Latino community.
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Courting Christians: How candidates prime religious considerations in campaign ads
2012 study from Louisiana State University in The Journal of Politics on the impact of religious messaging in political advertisements.
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Getting out the vote: Minority mobilization in a U.S. presidential election
2011 study in Political Behavior showing how minorities frequently receive less in-person contacts, and how this explains different voter participation rates.
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Census Bureau: Minorities in U.S. growing toward a majority
2012 report from the U.S. Census Bureau providing a picture of how demographic on race and ethnicity are shifting across the United States.
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From violence to voting: War and political participation in Uganda
2009 study published in the American Political Science Review on how soldiers in Uganda’s civil war are more likely to engage in post-conflict political participation.
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The profile of undecided voters: Research roundup
October 2012 review of analysis, polls and research on so-called undecided voters, on the eve of the 2012 presidential election.
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Violent crime in the developing world: Research roundup
2012 review of research studies on violent and transnational crime and its broader social impacts in the developing world.
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