Voting restrictions and the 2012 election in Florida: Research brief
2014 research brief on the effects of the retrenchment of early voting in Florida, by Daniel A. Smith of the University of Florida and the Scholars Strategy Network.
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Lobbying, special interests and “buying” influence: What research tells us, and remaining unanswered questions
2014 literature review by Duke University and U.T. Austin in Annual Review of Political Science on the state of research on lobbying and its influence on political outcomes.
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“Moochers” and “makers” in the voting booth
2014 study by Dartmouth on how voters’ perceptions of themselves as beneficiaries of federal spending can affect their subsequent choice of presidential candidates.
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Capital is back: Wealth-income ratios in rich countries, 1700-2010
2014 study by Thomas Piketty and Gabriel Zucman in the Quarterly Journal of Economics exploring the dynamics of wealth and income inequality.
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The financial incumbency advantage: Causes and consequences
2014 study from the London School of Economics and Harvard University on the advantages that incumbent candidates in U.S. elections can have over challengers.
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Unions, norms and the rise in American wage inequality
2011 study by University of Washington and Harvard University in the American Sociological Review on union membership trends and impacts on the labor market.
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Who says they have ever used a government social program? The role of policy visibility
2012 paper from Cornell University on the disjunction between citizens who acknowledge using government social programs and the number who actually do.
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Voter ID, voting rights and election 2012: Research roundup
2012 review of relevant studies, reports and media resources relating to voter disenfranchisement, fraud and other issues.
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Unauthorized alien students: Issues and “DREAM Act” legislation
2012 report by the CRS summarizing the proposed immigration reforms on permanent residency status for unauthorized alien students in the United States.
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Evangelical elites’ changing responses to homosexuality, 1960-2009
2012 study from researchers at Purdue University published in Sociology of Religion on the evolution in attitudes of evangelicals toward gays over time.
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