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Writing and Research

Assorted Publications

Immigration, Latinos, and White Partisan Politics: The New Democratic Defection

Who Votes: City Election Timing and Voter Composition

Racial Winners and Losers in American Party Politics

​ Winner: Heinz Eulau Award for the best article published in Perspectives

What Underlies Urban Politics? Race, Class, Ideology, Partisanship, and the Urban Vote

Democratic Party Control Reduces Gender Inequality

Immigration & the Origins of White Backlash

A Disproportionate Burden: Strict Voter Identification Laws and Minority Turnout

Political inequality in America: Who loses on spending policy? When is policy less biased?

We All Agree: Strict Voter ID Laws Disproportionately Burden Minorities

Voter Identification Laws and the Suppression of Minority Votes

Winner: Lawrence Longley Award from the Representation and Electoral Systems section of APSA for the best article on representation and electoral systems

Who Wins When: Election
Timing and Descriptive Representation.

Injustice in the City: Race and Class Inequalities in Local Politics.

Identifying and Understanding Perceived Inequities in Local Politics

Uneven Democracy: Turnout, Minority Interests, and Local Government Spending

Who Loses in American Democracy? A Count of Votes Demonstrates the Limited Representation of African Americans

Runner-up: Heinz Eulau Award for the best article published in the APSR

Black Exceptionalism: Insights from Direct Democracy on the Race vs Class Debate

Transforming Votes into Victories

Where Turnout Matters: The Consequences of Uneven Turnout in City Politics

Minorities and Direct Legislation: Evidence from California Ballot Proposition Elections

White Residents, Black Incumbents, and a Declining Racial Divide

Tyranny of the Majority? Racial and Ethnic Minorities in Direct Democracy

Media Framing and Partisan Identity: The Case of Immigration Coverage and White Macropartisanship

Trump’s All Too Familiar Strategy and Its Future in the GOP

Out of Line: Immigration and Party Identification among Asian Americans and Latinos

The Nature of Concentrated Urban Poverty in Canada and the United States

The Changing Geographic Structure of Black-White Segregation in the United States

The Local Interest-Group System: Who Governs and Why?

Who or What Governs:  The Effects of Economics, Politics, Institutions, and Needs on Local Spending

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