Representation and Electoral Systems / Representation and Electoral Systems

Matthew Edward Bergman, Marymount University

A Leader Has Two Faces: Using Party Leaders’ Speeches to Capture the Dynamics of Party Representation - Sara Binzer Hobolt, London School of Economics and Political Science; Florence So, Lund University; Robert Klemmensen, Lund University

Congress and Pork: The Conditional Effect of Federal Spending on Voter Evaluations - Jason S. Byers, University of Connecticut; Laine P. Shay, Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi

Minimizing Partisanship in Elections: Nonpartisan Ballots and the Partisanship of Who Serves in Office - Dan Butler, Washington University in St Louis; Adam Michael Dynes, Brigham Young University-Provo; Michelle Torres, University of California-Los Angeles

The Limits of Partisan Motivated Reasoning in Congress - Zachary Dickson, University of Glasgow; Tevfik Murat Yildirim, University of Stavanger

Shiro Kuriwaki, Yale University

Michael Patrick Olson, Washington University in St Louis