State of the Parties: 2020 and Beyond Virtual Conference
The 2020 presidential election was extraordinary: waged under pandemic conditions, it produced a dramatic increase in voter turnout, many close contests, and a tenuous one-party control of the federal government.
Scholars and practitioners from across the United States explored the state of American party organizations, constituencies and resources at the national, state and local level.
Panel Papers and Videos:
John Green, ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ
Papers:
- Peak Polarization: Ideological Division, Inter-Party Hostility and the Future of American Democracy
Alan I. Abramowitz, Emory University | Download Paper
- #Polarized2020: Division and Duress in Partisan Perceptions of COVID-19
Eric C. Vorst, University of Missouri-St. Louis, and Thomas Leath, Lindenwood University | Download Paper and Appendix
- The Influence of Party ID on COVID-19 Messaging
Lara Wessel, Georgia Southern University | Download Paper
- Political Identity and Beliefs about Stolen Elections in the American Electorate
David C. Kimball, Anita Manion, and Adriano Udani, University of Missouri-St. Louis | Download Paper
David Cohen, ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ
Papers:
- The Consequences of Changing Primary Participation Laws for Party Registration and Partisanship
Barbara Norrander, University of Arizona, and Jay Wendland, Daemen College | Download Paper
- The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Changing Electoral Rules in the 2020 Presidential Nomination
Caitlin E. Jewitt, Virginia Tech, and Gregory Shufeldt, University of Indianapolis | Download Paper
- U.S. Primary Election Competitiveness 2010-2020
Chapman Rackaway, Radford University | Download Paper
- What do the 2020 Congressional Primaries Tell Us About the Direction of the Democratic and Republican Parties?
Robert G. Boatright, Clark University | Download Paper
Regina Wagner, University of Alabama
Papers:
- The 2020 Elections and Beyond: An Era of Unstable Majorities Continues
Morris P. Fiorina, Stanford University | Download Paper
- The Public versus the Activists: Party Structure in Modern American Politics
Byron Shafer, University of Wisconsin, and Regina Wagner, University of Alabama | Download Paper
- Support for Ranked Choice Voting and Partisanship of Voters: Results from a National Survey Experiment
Joseph Anthony, Oklahoma State University, David C. Kimball, University of Missouri St. Louis, Jamil Scott, Georgetown University, and Jack Santucci, Drexel University | Download Paper
Anthony Sparacino, University of Richmond
Papers:
- State-Level Elected Officials, National Party Organizations, and Partisan Polarization in 2020
Anthony Sparacino, University of Richmond | Download Paper
- The Rise of the Unaffiliated Registered Voter in North Carolina
Michael Bitzer, Catawba College, Christopher Cooper, Western Carolina University, Whitney Ross Manzo, Meredith College, and Susan Roberts, Davidson College | Download Paper
- Blue Metros, Red States: The Geography of the 2020 Vote in the Swing States
David F. Damore, Robert E. Lang, and Karen A. Danielsen, University of Nevada, Las Vegas | Download Paper
- Turning the Natural State Red: The Rise of the GOP in Arkansas
John Davis, University of Arkansas at Monticello | Download Paper
Stephen Brooks, ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ
Papers:
- From Tea Party to Trump Party
Ronald B. Rapoport and Henry Crossman, William and Mary | Download Paper
- Democracy and Disinformation: Trump, the Republican Party and the 2020 Election
Brian Conley, Suffolk University | Download Paper
- The Divided Republicans: How the ‘Paranoid Style’ is Re-Shaping Party Politics
Peter L. Francia, East Carolina University
- Riot in the Party: Voter Registrations Following the January 6, 2021 Capitol Insurrection
Daniel A. Smith and Sarah Loving, University of Florida | Download Paper
Mitchell McKinney, ÐãÉ«¶ÌÊÓƵ
Papers:
- Strategic Primordialism: How Political Parties Organize Identity Politics
Shaheen Mozaffar, Bridgewater State University | Download Paper
- Party Factions Among the Voters
Stephen K. Medvic and Berwood A. Yost, Franklin & Marshall College |Download Paper and Appendix
- Orwell’s Collapse: Partisan Polarization and Its Effect on Language Use
Jakob A. Miller, Taylor University | Download Paper
- The Partisan Dynamics of Women in Elective Office: 2020 and Beyond
Laurel Elder, Hartwick College | Download Paper
Paul Herrnson, University of Connecticut
Papers:
- Super PACs as a New Source of Gender Inequality in Congressional Elections
Paul S. Herrnson, University of Connecticut and Jennifer Heerwig, Stoney Brook University | Download Paper
- The Contribution Conundrum of Republican Female Congressional Donors
Anne Baker, Santa Clara University, and Monica Schneider, Miami University of Ohio | Download Paper
- Empty Seats, Political Imbalance, and Partisan Asymmetry at the Federal Election Commission
Karen Sebold, University of Arkansas | Download Paper
- American Party Politics: Organizational Asymmetry and Raising Stakes in the Competition for Votes Cast Abroad
Anca Turcu, University of Central Florida | Download Paper
Jacklyn Kettler, Boise State University
Papers:
- State Party Organizations, Independent Expenditures, and Spending Strategies
Jaclyn J. Kettler, Boise State University, Charles R. Hunt, Boise State University, Michael J. Malbin, University of Albany-SUNY, Brendan Glavin, The Campaign Finance Institute, and Keith E. Hamm, Rice University |Download Paper
- Nationalized Spending in the 2020 House and Senate Campaigns
Kenneth M. Miller, University of Nevada, Las Vegas | Download Paper
- Are Super PACs Super-Efficient? Independent Expenditures in House Elections
Dante J. Scala, University of New Hampshire | Download Paper
- The Ground Game in 2020
Paul A. Beck, The Ohio State University | Download Paper