PUBLICATIONS

Books:

  In Defense of Negativity: Attack Advertising in Presidential Campaigns. 2006. University of Chicago Press.

  Public Opinion and Polling Around the World. 2004. ABC-CLIO Publishers.

  Politicians and Party Politics. Edited Volume. 1998. Johns Hopkins University Press.

  From Tea Leaves to Opinion Polls: Politicians, Information and Leadership. 1996. Columbia University Press.

  Nominating Presidents: An Evaluation of Voters and Primaries. 1989. Greenwood Press.

Guest Editor of Special Issue of Journal:

  Political Behavior, June, September, and December 2002, 24: 85-377.

Articles and Book Chapters:

  “Polarization and Party Responsibility.” 2008. Pietro Nivola and David Brady (ed) Red and Blue Nation. Washington DC: Brookings. (with Deborah Brooks).

  “Beyond Negativity: The Effects of Incivility on the Electorate.” 2007. American Journal of Political Science, 51(1): 1-16, with Deborah Brooks.

  “Filling in the Blanks.” 2006. British Journal of Political Science, 35 (2): 269-290, with Richard Lau.

  “Experimenting with the Balancing Hypothesis.” 2004. Political Psychology, 26 (1): 49-64, with four graduate student co-authors.

  “Remembering Attack Ads: An Experimental Investigation of Radio.” 2003. Political Behavior 25(1): 69-95, with James H. Geer.

  “Declining Uncertainty: Presidents, Polls, and Public Opinion.” 2003. Barry Burden (ed) Uncertainty in American Politics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, with Prateek Goorha.

  “Parties and Partisanship: A Brief Introduction.” 2002. Political Behavior, 24 (2): 85-91.

  “Assessing Attack Advertising: A Silver Lining.” 2000. Campaign Reform: Insights and Evidence, Larry Bartels and Lynn Vavreck (eds), University of Michigan Press.

  “A Spot Check: Casting Doubt on the Demobilization Hypothesis.” 1998. American Journal of Political Science, 43 (4):573-595.(with Steve Finkel).

  “Campaigns, Party Competition, and Political Advertising.” 1998. Politicians and Party Politics, John G. Geer (ed), Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 186-217.

  “Apathy, Democracy, and Electoral Participation: The Case for Compulsory Registration.” 1998. Journal of Social Philosophy 29:103-116 (with Richard Dagger).

  “Creating Impressions: An Experimental Investigation on Political Advertising on Television.” 1994. Political Behavior 16(1):93-116. (with Kim F. Kahn).

  “Grabbing Attention: An Experimental Investigation on the Effects of Headlines during Campaigns.” 1993. Political Communication 10(2):175-191 (with Kim F. Kahn).

  “Party Competition and the Prisoner's Dilemma: An Argument for the Direct Primary.” 1992. Journal of Politics 54(3):741-761 (with Mark Shere).

  “New Deal Issues and the American Electorate, 1952-1988.” 1992. Political Behavior 14(1):45-65.

  “Critical Realignments and the Public Opinion Poll.” 1991. Journal of Politics 53(2):434-453.

  “Do Open-Ended Questions Measure 'Salient' Issues?” 1991. Public Opinion Quarterly 55(3):358-368.

  “The Electorate's Partisan Evaluations: Evidence of a Continuing Democratic Edge.” 1991. Public Opinion Quarterly 55(2):218-231.

  “Assessing the Representativeness of Electorates in Presidential Primaries.” 1988. American Journal of Political Science 32(4):929-945. (Reprinted in American Political Parties, edited by Eric Uslaner, F.E. Peacock Publishers, 1993.)

  “The Effects of Presidential Debates on the Electorate's Preferences for Candidates.” 1988. American Politics Quarterly 16(4):486-501.

  “What Do Open-Ended Questions Measure?” 1988. Public Opinion Quarterly 52(3):365-371.

  “Rules Governing Presidential Primaries.” 1986. Journal of Politics 48(4):1006-1025.

  “Voting and the Social Environment.” 1985. American Politics Quarterly 13(1):3-27.