Transformation and polarization: The 2008 presidential election and the new American electorate

Cognitive–motivational mechanisms of political polarization in social-communicative contexts

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The New Look in Political Ideology Research

Carmines, E. G., & D'Amico, N. J. (2014) · Annual Review of Political Science · doi:10.1146/annurev-polisci-060314-115422 · Cited by 206 · see citing works

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

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The Forgotten Side of Partisanship

Medeiros, M., & Noël, A. (2013) · Comparative Political Studies · doi:10.1177/0010414013488560 · Cited by 162 · see citing works

Morbid Polarization: Exposure to COVID‐19 and Partisan Disagreement about Pandemic Response

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Unmasking geographic polarization and clustering: A micro-scalar analysis of partisan voting behavior

Kinsella, C. J., McTague, C., & Raleigh, K. N. (2015) · Applied Geography · doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2015.04.022 · Cited by 51 · see citing works

Secular geographical polarization in the American South: The case of Texas, 1996–2010

Myers, A. S. (2012) · Electoral Studies · doi:10.1016/j.electstud.2012.09.002 · Cited by 46 · see citing works

Polarized Mass or Polarized Few? Assessing the Parallel Rise of Survey Nonresponse and Measures of Polarization

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Blinded by the Spite? Path Model of Political Attitudes, Selectivity, and Social Media

Johnson, T. J., Kaye, B. K., & Lee, A. M. (2017) · Atlantic Journal of Communication · doi:10.1080/15456870.2017.1324454 · Cited by 32 · see citing works

A “Sorted” America? Geographic Polarization and Value Overlap in the American Electorate*

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Latinos for Trump: 2020 US Election Results: Why Did So Many Latinos Back Trump?

Soto-Vásquez, A. D., & Hazelton, A. J. (2023) · Springer studies on populism, identity politics and social justice · doi:10.1007/978-3-031-36343-6_9 · Cited by 29 · see citing works

(Mis-)Perceptions, information, and political polarization: A survey and a systematic literature review

Marino, M., Iacono, R., & Mollerstrom, J. (2024) · European Journal of Political Economy · doi:10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2024.102578 · Cited by 20 · see citing works

Role-Model-In-Chief: Understanding a Michelle Obama Effect

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Closely and deeply divided: Purple counties in the 2016 presidential election

Kinsella, C. J., McTague, C., & Raleigh, K. N. (2021) · Applied Geography · doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2021.102386 · Cited by 15 · see citing works

It’s Only You and Me and We Just Disagree: The Ideological Foundations of Affective Polarization

Abramowitz, A. I. (2021) · The Forum · doi:10.1515/for-2021-0019 · Cited by 11 · see citing works

Education and ideological polarisation: Cross‐country evidence and recommendations for higher education

Lee, I., & Tipoe, E. (2024) · British Educational Research Journal · doi:10.1002/berj.4081 · Cited by 9 · see citing works

Bringing Together Spatial Demography and Political Science: Reexamining the Big Sort

Darmofal, D., & Strickler, R. (2015) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-22810-5_8 · Cited by 11 · see citing works

Red states, blue states: How well do the recent national election labels capture state political and policy differences?

Shin, G., & Webber, D. J. (2014) · The Social Science Journal · doi:10.1016/j.soscij.2014.04.006 · Cited by 11 · see citing works

Geographic Polarization, Partisan Voting, And The Battle Over Same‐Sex Marriage Within The Culture War

Kinsella, C. J., McTague, C., & Raleigh, K. N. (2018) · Geographical Review · doi:10.1111/gere.12312 · Cited by 10 · see citing works

Polarizing Feedback Loops on Twitter: Congressional Tweets during the 2022 Midterm Elections

Rafail, P., O’Connell, W. E., & Sager, E. (2024) · Socius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World · doi:10.1177/23780231241228924 · Cited by 6 · see citing works

Polarization, religiosity, and support for gender equality: A comparative study across four Muslim-majority countries

Çakın, B., Glas, S., & Spierings, N. (2024) · Women s Studies International Forum · doi:10.1016/j.wsif.2024.102880 · Cited by 6 · see citing works

The geographic evolution of political cleavages in Switzerland: A network approach to assessing levels and dynamics of polarization between local populations

Koseki, S. A. (2018) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0208227 · Cited by 7 · see citing works

Urban–rural policy disagreement

Borwein, S., Lucas, J., Romualdi, T., Taylor, Z., Armstrong, D. A., II, & McCoy, K. (2025) · European Journal of Political Research · doi:10.1111/1475-6765.70009 · Cited by 5 · see citing works

Activating Self-Interest: The Role of Party Polarization in Preferences for Redistribution

Mayo, M. P. (2023) · Party Politics · doi:10.1177/13540688231161772 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Jumping on the Trump Train or Ditching the Donald: Campaign Rhetoric and the 2016 Congressional Election

Hayden, J. M., Rhinehart, S., & Crespin, M. H. (2018) · Journal of Political Marketing · doi:10.1080/15377857.2018.1478650 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

United or Divided? A Polarized Society’s Response to War

Feinstein, Y., & Ben-David, G. (2026) · Public Opinion Quarterly · doi:10.1093/poq/nfag014 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

Does environmental education work differently across sociopolitical contexts in the United States? PART I. Exploration of outcomes for adolescent youth

Thorpe, E. G., Stern, M. J., Powell, R. B., & Hemby, T. L. (2023) · Environmental Education Research · doi:10.1080/13504622.2023.2273795 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

Does environmental education work differently across sociopolitical contexts in the United States? Part II. Examining pedagogy in school field trip programs for early adolescent youth across political contexts

Thorpe, E. G., Stern, M. J., Powell, R. B., & Hemby, T. L. (2023) · Environmental Education Research · doi:10.1080/13504622.2023.2295781 · Cited by 4 · see citing works

Leader Effects in an Era of Negative Politics: Who Has a Negativity Bias?

Aaldering, L., da Silva, F. F., Garzia, D., Gattermann, K., & Nai, A. (2025) · Politics and Governance · doi:10.17645/pag.9187 · Cited by 6 · see citing works

Change, Continuity and Partisan Sorting on Moral Issues

Ridenour, J., Schmitt, E., & Norrander, B. (2019) · The Forum · doi:10.1515/for-2019-0008 · Cited by 3 · see citing works

Presidential Pathways and Profiles

Inácio, M., & Llanos, M. (2020) · Oxford University Press eBooks · doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198809296.013.10 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

Kick the bums out?: A structural equation model exploring the degree to which mainstream and partisan sources influence polarization and anti-incumbent attitudes

Johnson, T. J., & Lee, A. M. (2015) · Electoral Studies · doi:10.1016/j.electstud.2015.08.008 · Cited by 2 · see citing works

‘Rejuvenating Politics? Youth, Citizenship and Politics in the United States and Europe’Preprint

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A “broken egg” of U.S. Political Beliefs: Using response-item networks (ResIN) to measure ideological polarization

Chen, Y., Speer, A., de Bruin, B., Carpentras, D., & Warncke, P. (2025) · Network Science · doi:10.1017/nws.2025.10016 · Cited by 1 · see citing works

The Forgotten Side of Partisanship: Negative Party Identification in Four Anglo-American Democracies (forthcoming, Comparative Political Studies, November 2014)

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Urban-Rural Policy Disagreement in Canada, 2000-PresentPreprint

Borwein, S., Lucas, J., Romualdi, T., Armstrong, D. A., II, Taylor, Z., & McCoy, K. (2023) · doi:10.31219/osf.io/8rnpc · Cited by 1 · see citing works

A County-Level Analysis of the Relationship between Voter Behavior as a Proxy for Partisan Ideology, Income, and the Effects on Health Morbidity and Mortality Measures

Trimmer, S. M. (2022) · Digital Archive @ GSU · doi:10.57709/4107354

Polarized and liking it: How political polarization affects active avoidance behavior on Facebook

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Their Minds Will Follow: Examining the Role of Voters' Emotions When Formulating Attitudes on Campaign Issues in the 2004 and 2008 Presidential Elections

Yates, H. E. (2012) · KU ScholarWorks (The University of Kansas)

Political Science: Political Ideologies

Carmines, E. G., & D'Amico, N. J. (2015) · Emerging Trends in the Social and Behavioral Sciences · doi:10.1002/9781118900772.etrds0254

Mobilization and Persuasion in the Two Americas: How Perceptions of Growing Income Inequality Influence Partisan Electoral Behavior

Foos, F. (2012)

The New Politics of Hope and Change

Yates, H. E. (2016) · Palgrave Macmillan US eBooks · doi:10.1057/978-1-137-51527-8_4

Media, Race, and Presidential Legitimacy: The Role (and Non-Role) of Mass Media in the Assessment of Presidential Legitimacy

Zarkower, N. M. (2016) · UA Campus Repository (The University of Arizona)

How I learned to stop worrying and love polarization

Roth, M. G. (2018) · Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties · doi:10.1080/17457289.2018.1481414

Opposition to Government Efforts to Improve the Standard of Living: The Effects of Tea Party Discourse on the Religious

Lehman, D. (2014) · OpenSIUC (Southern Illinois University Carbondale)

Media coverage of the 2018 midterms

Soto-Vásquez, A. D. (2020) · Routledge eBooks · doi:10.4324/9780367816506-7

Political mobilization in the post-modern digital era

Soto-Vásquez, A. D. (2020) · Routledge eBooks · doi:10.4324/9780367816506-4

The Unintentional Gerrymandering of America

Sharp, H. (2020) · doi:10.18122/td/1641/boisestate

Introduction

Soto-Vásquez, A. D. (2020) · Routledge eBooks · doi:10.4324/9780367816506-1

Changes in the electorate and firm values: Evidence from the introduction of female suffrage in Switzerland

Stahl, J. R. (2022) · Journal of Empirical Finance · doi:10.1016/j.jempfin.2022.12.009

МЕМЛЕКЕТТІК ИДЕОЛОГИЯНЫҢ ҚОҒАМҒА ӘСЕРІ ТУРАЛЫ

Дузбаев, Т. М. (2023) · Habaršy. Tarih ža̋ne saâsi-a̋leumettìk ġylymdar seriâsy · doi:10.51889/1728-5461.2023.1.76.030

Political Preferences in the Governance of Public Pension Funds: Evidence from Police and Teacher Pension PlansPreprint

Çağlayan, M. O., Lawrence, E. R., & Reyes‐Peña, R. (2024) · SSRN Electronic Journal · doi:10.2139/ssrn.4888153

Polarization in the Canadian Public: A Myth?

Wu, C. (2025) · Journal of Canadian Studies · doi:10.3138/jcs-2025-0211

Elite cues and electoral systems: the impact of political elites on voter attitudes towards ranked choice voting

Simmons, A. J., & Waterbury, N. W. (2025) · Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties · doi:10.1080/17457289.2025.2565207

Political polarization on the move: Analyzing geographical mobility between counties in the U.S.

Liang, Z., & Cho, J. (2026) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0339333

Democracy in the Digital Age: Investigating Fake News, Political Polarization, and Media’s Role in Taiwan and South Africa

Weng, D. L.-C., & Alberts, K. (2026) · Journal of Asian and African Studies · doi:10.1177/00219096251380770

Sex and the city: A spatial analysis of shifting attitudes toward gay rights

Kinsella, C. J., McTague, C., & Raleigh, K. N. (2026) · Cities · doi:10.1016/j.cities.2026.107428

Polarization as a linguistic feature: a systematic review of computational operationalizations of polarization

Rauxloh, H. (2026) · Communication Methods and Measures · doi:10.1080/19312458.2026.2704557

"All Blacks Vote the Same?": Assessing Predictors of Black American Political Participation and Partisanship

Jackson, A. L. (2013) · Digital Commons - University of South Florida (University of South Florida)

Barack Obama and the Transformation of the American ElectoratePreprint

Abramowitz, A. I. (2009) · SSRN Electronic Journal · Cited by 2 · see citing works

Racial Polarization in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election

Taylor, S. J. (2011) · The Western journal of black studies · Cited by 2 · see citing works

The Emerging Democratic Presidential Majority: Lessons of Obama’s VictoryPreprint

Abramowitz, A. I. (2013) · SSRN Electronic Journal

The Age Gap in the 2008 Presidential Election

Fisher, P. (2010) · Society · doi:10.1007/s12115-010-9332-4 · Cited by 13 · see citing works

The Demographics of the American Contemporary Voter: The Possibility for the Re-Election of President Barack Obama and Realignment PoliticsPreprint

Larkin, B. A. (2011) · SSRN Electronic Journal