Off doing good work--former doctoral advisees: Amnon Cavari (IDC, Israel); Erika Fowler (Wesleyan); David Parker (Montana State); MIchael Pisapia (Wake Forest); Patricia Strach (Albany); Timothy Werner (Texas).

Research: Selected Publications, Papers, and Commentary

• "Assessing the Potential Effects of Citizens United: Policy and Corporate Governance in the States." Co-author Timothy Werner. Paper prepared for delivery at the Public Choice Society 50th Anniversary Conference, 2013.

• Understanding American Politics and Government, 3rd ed. Co-authors Kenneth Goldstein and William Howell. Pearson. 2013.

• "Election 2012 in Review." Presentation to the Bascom Hill Society, plus extra slides, November 13, 2012.

• Comments on the Election, Part 1, Part 2 (about 8 minutes total). WISC-TV, November 7, 2012.

• "Assessing the Potential Effects of Citizens United: Evidence from the States." Co-author Timothy Werner. Paper prepared for delivery at the annual meeting of the American Poltiical Science Association, 2012.

• "Parties as a Resource for Presidential Leadership: The Case of Barack Obama." In Steven Schier, ed., Transforming America: Barack Obama in the White House. Rowman and Littlefield, 2011. About the book.

• Understanding American Politics and Government, 2nd ed. Co-authors Kenneth Goldstein and William Howell. Pearson. 2011.

• The Enduring Debate: Classic and Contemporary Readings in American Politics . Co-editors David T. Canon and Kenneth R. Mayer. W. W. Norton, 2011; 2008; 2005; 2003.

• Faultlines:Debating the Issues in American Politics. Co-editors David T. Canon and Kenneth R. Mayer. W. W. Norton, 2011; 2007; 2004.

• "The 2010 Election and Its Aftermath." Presentation to the Wisconsin Credit Union League, January 25, 2011.

• "Citizens United: The Future of Campaign Finance and Political Speech (Madison Federalist Society panel presentation)." October 12, 2010

• "Reading the Tea Party (Office Hours program, Big Ten Network)." October 5, 2010

• "Citizens United and Political Outcomes." A quick analysis of differences in election and policy outcomes in states that allowed and disallowed business campaign involvement prior to the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United.

• "Obama, the Presidency, and Diversity: The Historic, the Ordinary." Presentation, Catholic Charities, Madison WI, September 21, 2009.

• "Health Care and Politics." Presentation, Founder's Day, Wisconsin Alumni Association, Milwaukee WI, May 5, 2009.

• "Legitimacy, Leadership, and Longing for Realignment: The Party Basis of the Bush Presidency." In Steven E. Schier, ed., Ambition and Division: Legacies of the George W. Bush Presidency. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2009. With Kevin S. Price. About the book.

• "The Consequences of Divided Government." In George C. Edwards III and William G. Howell, The Oxford Handbook of the American Presidency. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. With David C. W. Parker. About the book.

• "A Look Back and A Look Ahead: The Election of 2008 and What's Next." Presentation, Wisconsin Credit Union League, Madison WI, January 20, 2009.

• "After the Contests are Over: Post-Election Analysis and Discussion." Presentation, Bascom Hill Society, Madison WI, November 18, 2008.

• "Much Ado About . . . Something?." Presentation on whether campaigns matter, Wisconsin Historical Museum, Madison WI, September 9, 2009.

• "Maverick or McSame?." Pollster.com, September 3, 2008.

• "Outside Ads, Messy as They Are, Give Voters Substance." Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, March 23, 2008.

• "Above the Fray? The Use of Party System References in Presidential Rhetoric." Presidential Studies Quarterly, September 2007.
• "Who Says Money Corrupts Campaigns?" Wisconsin State Journal, October 8, 2006. Reprinted in Wisconsin Real Estate Magazine, November 2006.

• Comments on the presidential election results, November 3, 2004 (Real audio)

• "The Party Base of Presidential Leadership and Legitimacy." In High Risk and Big Ambition: The Presidency of George W. Bush, ed. Steven Schier (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2004). With Kevin S. Price. (prepublication version, not final edited copy, 56k pdf). About the book.

• "Pay to Play: Parties, Interests, and Money in Federal Elections." In The Medium and the Message: Television Advertising and American Elections, eds. Kenneth Goldstein and Patricia Strach (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2004). With David C. W. Parker. (1mb pdf). About the book.

• "The Benefits of Campaign Spending." Cato Institute Briefing Paper No. 84, September 2003. Wall Street Journal editorial.

• "Responsible, Functional, or Both? American Political Parties and the APSA Report after Fifty Years." In The State of the Parties: The Changing Role of Contemporary American Parties, 4th ed., eds. John C. Green and Rick Farmer (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003). (635k pdf). About the book.

• Readings for American Government: Power and Purpose. With David T. Canon and Kenneth R. Mayer. W.W. Norton, 2002. 

• "The Distribution of Campaign Spending Benefits Across Groups." Journal of Politics 63, 3 (2001): 916-34. (246k pdf).

• "Clinton and the Party System in Historical Perspective." In The Postmodern Presidency: Bill Clinton's Legacy in U.S. Politics, ed. Steven E. Schier (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2000). (558k pdf). About the book.

• "Congressional Campaign Spending and the Quality of Democracy." Journal of Politics 62, 3 (2000): 757-89. With Paul F. Manna. (320k pdf).

• "Student Attitudes Toward Instructional Technology in the Large Introductory U.S. Government Course." PS: Political Science and Politics 33, 3 (2000): 597-604. With Kenneth R. Mayer. (937k pdf).

• "Unified Government, Divided Government, and Party Responsiveness."   American Political Science Review 93, 4 (1999): 821-35. (1.51mb pdf).

• "Party Images and Candidate-Centered Campaigns in 1996: What's Money Got to Do with It?" In The State of the Parties: The Changing Role of Contemporary American Parties, 3rd ed., eds. John C. Green and Daniel M. Shea, pp. 337-54 (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1999). (1.55mb pdf). About the book.

• "Bipartisan Order and Partisan Disorder in Postwar Trade Policy." Revised version of conference papers. 1998. (354k pdf).

• "The Importance of Being Republican: Forecasting Party Fortunes in House Midterm Elections." Journal of Politics 59, 2 (1997): 497-519. (1.54mb pdf).

• "The Decline and Resurgence of Congressional Party Conflict." Journal of Politics 59, 1 (1997): 165-84. (1.48mb pdf).

• Party Decline in America: Policy, Politics, and the Fiscal State, ch. 1: "The Past and Present of American Political Parties" (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1996). (2.55mb pdf). About the book.

• "Party Organizational Strength and Public Support for Parties." American Journal of Political Science 40, 3 (1996): 805-824, (2.03mb pdf).

• "Resurgent or Just Busy? Party Organizations in Contemporary America." In The State of the Parties: The Changing Role of Contemporary American Parties, 2nd ed., eds. John C. Green and Daniel M. Shea, pp. 367-84 (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1996). (1.55mb pdf). About the book.

• "State Formation and the Decline of Political Parties: American Parties in the Fiscal State." Studies in American Political Development 8, 2 (1994): 195-230. (3.23mb pdf).

• "The Resurgence of Party Organization? A Dissent from the New Orthodoxy." In The State of the Parties: The Changing Role of Contemporary American Parties, eds. Daniel M. Shea and John C. Green, pp. 312-27 (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1994). (1.41mb pdf). About the book.

• "Institutional Incentives for Protection: The American Use of Voluntary Export Restraints" (with David B. Yoffie). Proceedings of the Academy of Political Science 37, 4 (1990): 137-150. (785k pdf).