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Joseph Bafumi

Joe BafumiAssistant Professor of Government
Silsby 225
Joseph.Bafumi@dartmouth.edu

B.A., University of Connecticut
M.A., University of Connecticut
M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University

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Recent Publications

  • "Preference Aggregation, Representation and Elected American Political Institutions," coauthored with Michael Herron, American Political Science Review, forthcoming.
  • "Animal Spirits: The Effect of Economic Sentiment on Economic Output and Politics," Applied Economics, forthcoming.
  • “Forecasting House Seats from Generic Congressional Polls: The 2010 Midterm Election,” coauthored with Robert Erikson and Chris Wlezien, PS: Political Science & Politics, forthcoming.
  • "International Polarity and Domestic Polarization: Explaining American Disunity," coauthored with Joseph Parent, International Politics, under review.
  • "Ideological Balancing, Generic Polls and Midterm Congressional Elections," coauthored with Robert S. Erikson and Christopher Wlezien, Journal of Politics 72: 705-719. 2010.
  • “Prejudice, Black Threat and the Racist Voter in the 2008 Presidential Election,” coauthored with Michael Herron, Journal of Political Marketing 8: 334-348. 2009.
  • "A New Partisan Voter," coauthored with Robert Y. Shapiro, Journal of Politics 71: 1-24. 2009.
  • "Forecasting House Seats from Generic Congressional Polls," coauthored with Robert Erikson and Christopher Wlezien. In F.J. Scheuren and Wendy Alvey (eds.), Elections and Exit Polling. New York: Wiley. 2008.
  • "Correspondence: Of Polarity and Polarization," coauthored with Joseph Parent, International Security 33: 170-173. 2008.
  • "Rich State, Poor State, Red State, Blue State. What's the Matter with Connecticut?" coauthored with Andrew Gelman, Boris Shor and David K. Park. Quarterly Journal of Political Science 2: 345-367. 2007.
  • "A Bayesian Multilevel Approach to Time Series Cross-Sectional Data." coauthored with Boris Shor, Luke Keele and David K. Park, Political Analysis 15: 165-181. 2007.

Research Interests

  • American Government: Electoral Behavior; Campaigns and Elections; Ideology; Public Opinion; Representation; Public Policy; Supreme Court
  • Political Methodology: Research Design; Bayesian Inference; Time Series; Multilevel Modeling; Factor Analysis

Teaches

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