Annual Conference

Theme Panel: Affect, Polarization and Partisan Identity

Theme Panel: Affect, Polarization and Partisan Identity Sat, September 3, 8:00 to 9:30am The division of the American electorate along affective lines represents a significant shift in the role of partisanship as an identity. Although […]

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(Un)Conventional Wisdom and Presidential Politics: The Myth of Convention Locations and Favorite-Son Vice Presidents

by David Schultz (Hamline University) Conventional wisdom and “old politicians’ tales” pervade  presidential politics, even in 2016.  Among widely held  tales by politicians and the media are two beliefs.  First, that a political party’s placement of […]

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Campaigning Online: Web Display Ads in the 2012 Presidential Campaign

By Andrew O. Ballard (Duke University), D. Sunshine Hillygus (Duke University) and Tobias Konitzer (Stanford University) Although much of what we know about political advertising comes from the study of television advertising alone, online advertising is an increasingly prominent […]