The COVID-19 pandemic may lead to a resurgence of the euro crisis. In this context, Italy seems particularly vulnerable: support for the euro is lower than in most other eurozone countries, and a possible exit could have serious consequences for the common currency. Based on a novel survey...

For the past eight years opponents of same-sex marriage have turned to the ballot initiative to block same-sex marriage in the states. This paper examines the key demographic and political factors determining success of state constitutional same-sex marriage bans. Opponents of same-sex marriage...

We examine whether conservative politicians are less likely to support same-sex marriage when they run for office in safe districts using new data based on a roll-call vote in the national German parliament. The results show that the margin of the majority for the incumbent in the previous...

We examine whether voters rewarded conservative politicians who were voting in favor of same-sex marriage. Data is based on a roll-call vote in the German national parliament (Bundestag) in June 2017. This roll-call vote drastically influenced the public discourse about the social political...

Since the Voting Rights Act, blacks have seen significant gains in their political representation, only to suffer a reversal in more recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions. Whereas voting rights litigation once explored ways to prevent minority vote dilution, these cases began a jurisprudential...

This paper examines the effect of sexuality at the 2010 and 2013 Australian federal elections. This is the first study to investigate the impact of sexuality on the vote in Australia. It demonstrates that gay and lesbian communities have distinct voting patterns when controlling for...

Did Barack Obama's successful candidacy for President in 2008 contribute to the passage of Florida's Amendment 2 by turning out newly registered African Americans who voted for Obama and then cast ballots in favor of constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage? If one looks at reportage...