While previously polarization was primarily seen only in issue-based terms, a new type of
division has emerged in the mass public in recent years: Ordinary Americans increasingly …

Do voters effectively hold elected officials accountable for policy decisions? Using data on
natural disasters, government spending, and election returns, we show that voters reward the …

We studied publication bias in the social sciences by analyzing a known population of
conducted studies—221 in total—in which there is a full accounting of what is published and …

When government fails, whom do citizens blame? Do these assessments rely on biased or
content-rich information? Despite the vast literatures on retrospective voting in political …

Do people form relationships based upon political similarity? Past work has shown that social
relationships are more politically similar than expected by chance, but the reason for this …

Despite the substantial growth of telemedicine and the evidence of its advantages, the use of
telemedicine in neurosurgery has been limited. Barriers have included medicolegal issues …

What explains variation in individuals’ opposition to immigration? While scholars have
consistently shown cultural concerns to be strong predictors of opposition, findings regarding the …

Airway concentrations of many reactive nitrogen and oxygen species are high in asthma.
The stability and bioactivities of these species are pH-dependent; however, the pH of the …

We review advances in the study of retrospective voting, or how citizens evaluate and act on
their perceptions of government performance. As a whole, the recent literature provides a …

Does information irrelevant to government performance affect voting behavior? If so, how
does this help us understand the mechanisms underlying voters’ retrospective assessments of …