Princeton University's Center for the Study of Democratic Politics (CSDP) hosts post-doctoral or more senior research associates each academic year, whose work focuses on empirical research on democratic political processes and institutions. CSDP fellows pursue research and contribute to the intellectual life of the Center, the…
Frances Lee is quoted in the Associated Press (AP) story covering Nancy Pelosi's announcement that she is stepping down from congressional leadership. Pelosi, dominant figure for the ages, leaves lasting imprint
Lauren Wright appeared on Fox News and on News Nation as the 2022 midterm elections approached, weighing in on the use of big names by the Fetterman campaign in Pennsylvania and on celebrity endorsements.
In Pennsylvania, the name of the game for Republicans is to get those…
The Center for the Study of Democratic Politics is pleased to invite Princeton undergraduates to apply for our Undergraduate Research Fellows program. This initiative, launched in the fall term 2020, is designed to engage and encourage Princeton seniors who are…
Charles Cameron, Professor of Politics and Public Affairs and CSDP Faculty Associate at Princeton University, provided analysis of the politics of the Inflation Reduction Act in HAMODIA PRIME newsmagazine. Hamodia is a Hebrew-language daily newspaper…
Nolan McCarty and Frances Lee are both quoted in Thomas Edsall's discussion of demographic trends and predictions about election outcomes, "Red and Blue America Will Never Be the Same" in The New York Times.
Congratulations to recent PhD and CSDP graduate student affiliates Michael Kistner and Nathan Gibson.
Kistner was awarded the Christopher Z. Mooney Best Dissertation Prize by the State Politics & Policy section for his dissertation, “Fundraising for the Caucus: Money, Party Politics, and Policymaking in American Legislatures…
Nieman Lab featured Andrew Guess and co-authors' recent study that finds that NewsGuard's credibility ratings for news sites helped steer the most frequent consumers of misinformation towards more reliable outlets. Their paper was published in Science in May 2022. The…
In “Fixing Social Security: The Politics of Reform in a Polarized Age,” R. Douglas Arnold explores the historical role that Social Security has played in American politics, why Congress has done nothing to fix its solvency problem for three decades,…
