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Wealth, Slaveownership, and Fighting for the Confederacy: An Empirical Study of the American Civil War
Wealth, Slaveownership, and Fighting for the Confederacy: An Empirical Study of the American Civil War

Abstract: How did personal wealth and slaveownership affect the likelihood Southerners fought for the Confederate Army in the American Civil War? On the one hand, wealthy Southerners had incentives to free-ride on poorer Southerners and avoid [...]

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055419000170
Type: Journal Articles
Who Leads? Who Follows? Measuring Issue Attention and Agenda Setting by Legislators and the Mass Public Using Social Media Data
Who Leads? Who Follows? Measuring Issue Attention and Agenda Setting by Legislators and the Mass Public Using Social Media Data

Abstract: Are legislators responsive to the priorities of the public? Research demonstrates a strong correspondence between the issues about which the public cares and the issues addressed by politicians, but conclusive evidence about who lead [...]

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055419000352
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Who Punishes Extremist Nominees? Candidate Ideology and Turning Out the Base in US Elections
Who Punishes Extremist Nominees? Candidate Ideology and Turning Out the Base in US Elections

Abstract: Political observers, campaign experts, and academics alike argue bitterly over whether it is more important for a party to capture ideologically moderate swing voters or to encourage turnout among hardcore partisans. The behavioral l [...]

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055418000023
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Women’s Representation and the Gendered Pipeline to Power
Women’s Representation and the Gendered Pipeline to Power

Abstract: The leading explanation for the underrepresentation of women in American politics is that women are less likely to run for office than men, but scholars have given less attention in recent years to the gender makeup of the pipeline t [...]

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003055420000404
Type: Journal Articles