Almost every large-N study of minority legislative representation has observed outcomes of elections (i.e. officeholders), rather than the supply of minority candidates. Because of this, scholars have left a large amount of critically important data, namely the election losers, out of their...

Does the distribution of the among legislative districts affect social welfare policy? Scholars generally treat such state policy as a function of aggregate state-level indicators. This approach, while useful, overlooks a wide degree of variation in the geo-political distribution of the poor in...

Does the distribution of the among legislative districts affect social welfare policy? Scholars generally treat such state policy as a function of aggregate state-level indicators. This approach, while useful, overlooks a wide degree of variation in the geo-political distribution of the poor in...

Felon disenfranchisement (FD) policies are said to not only prohibit (ex)felons from voting, but also reduce the political influence of particular groups that are most affected by FD laws. This study tests several hypotheses regarding the role of socialization on individual-level political...