David T Canon
Biographic Data
| ID | 1068686 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David T Canon |
| GIVEN NAMES | David T |
| FAMILY NAME | Canon |
| SIGNATURE | CANON D T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 508 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Textbooks in Political Science: Advice from Authors
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Writing an American Government Textbook: Lessons Learned
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Debunking the “Big Lie”: Election Administration in the 2020 Presidential Election
The democratic process in the United States was sorely tested in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election. Our electoral institutions survived that test, but the fragility of our democracy was exposed by a concerted effort to overturn the results of the presidential election, first in the courts and then with an insurrection at the nation's Capitol on January 6, 2021. We examine how this happened. Specifically, we will attempt to answer th…
The Unsolid South: Mass Politics and National Representation in a One-Party Enclave
The Unsolid South: Mass Politics and National Representation in a One-Party Enclave." Congress & the Presidency, 47(2), pp. 260–261
Schickler, Eric. Racial Realignment: The Transformation of American Liberalism, 1932–1965
The Complicated Partisan Effects of State Election Laws
Conventional political wisdom holds that policies that make voting easier will increase turnout and ultimately benefit Democratic candidates. We challenge this assumption, questioning the ability of party strategists to predict which changes to election law will advantage them. Drawing on previous research, we theorize that voting laws affect who votes in diverse ways depending on the specific ways that they reduce the costs of participating. We …
What Happens at the Polling Place: Using Administrative Data to Look Inside Elections
Tremendous attention has been paid to local election administration since the 2000 presidential election meltdown, yet policy makers still lack basic information about what happens at the polling place. One strategy to understand the interactions between citizens and street‐level election bureaucrats is to turn to administrative data. Using logs collected by polling place workers, the authors analyze more than 66,000 individual incidents recorded…
American Politics Today
Election Laws, Mobilization, and Turnout: The Unanticipated Consequences of Election Reform
State governments have experimented with a variety of election laws to make voting more convenient and increase turnout. The impacts of these reforms vary in surprising ways, providing insight into the mechanisms by which states can encourage or reduce turnout. Our theory focuses on mobilization and distinguishes between the direct and indirect effects of election laws. We conduct both aggregate and individual‐level statistical analyses of voter …
Selection Method, Partisanship, and the Administration of Elections
The methods used to select public officials affect the preferences they bring to office, the incentives they face while in office, and, ultimately, the policy goals they pursue. We argue that the preferences and actions of local election officials (LEOs) differ depending on whether they are elected or appointed. We test these expectations with a data set that includes the survey responses of 1,200 Wisconsin LEOs, structured interviews, census dat…
The Effect of Administrative Burden on Bureaucratic Perception of Policies: Evidence from Election Administration
This article argues that administrative burden—that is, an individual's experience of policy implementation as onerous—is an important consideration for administrators and influences their views on policy and governance options. The authors test this proposition in the policy area of election administration using a mixed‐method assessment of local election officials. They find that the perceived administrative burden of policies is associated wit…
The Year of the Outsider: Political Amateurs in the U.S. Congress
The 2010 elections produced the largest number of political amateurs elected to Congress in more than sixty years. This article will examine both the popular fascination with amateur candidates and the scholarly interest in political careers. Specifically, I will discuss celebrity politicians, amateurs who become celebrities because of their unusual campaigns, the impact of the Tea Party, and the implications of the large class of amateurs for am…
Redistricting and Representation: Why Competitive Elections are Bad for America by Thomas L. Brunell
Vote Switching in the U.S. House
Previous work on voting behavior in Congress leads to an expectation of stability in roll-call voting. Yet, there remains a degree of unexplained variability in roll-call voting. Utilizing a unique set of data from the 103rd Congress of vote switching on revotes, we seek to account for the random component of congressional voting. We offer four categories of variables to explain this instability: leeway effects, error correction, reduction in unc…
The Representational Consequences of a Random National Constituency
Race, Redistricting, and Representation: The Unintended Consequences of Black Majority Districts
Electoral Systems and the Representation of Minority Interests in Legislatures
The rules and institutions used to translate preferences into electoral outcomes have a profound impact on the nature of representation provided in a political system. This is especially true when it comes to representing divergent racial and ethnic group interests. This essay examines the range of alternatives that nations have used to address this fundamental problem, with a focus on the representation of minority interests within U.S. legislat…
The Supply Side of Congressional Redistricting: Race and Strategic Politicians, 1972-1992
The goal of empowering minorities through redistricting has been attacked from all sides. The Supreme Court recently called the North Carolina redistricting plan "political apartheid" (Shaw v. Reno 1993) while critics on the left reject the approach because it merely provides descriptive rather than substantive representation (Guinier 1991a, 1134-53). This article offers a new perspective from which to assess the viability of this approach to bla…
Partisan Divisions and Voting Decisions: U. S. Senators, Governors, and the Rise of a Divided Federal Government
Partisan Divisions and Voting Decisions: U.S. Senators, Governors, and the Rise of a Divided Federal Government
This paper argues that existing research on divided government has ig nored the intergovernmental dimensions and implications of this phe nomenon. We address the intergovernmental case by exploring the historical rise and micro-level foundations of divided outcomes among same-state U.S. senator and governor pairs. The electoral results for senator-governor pairs lie at the intersection of state and national-level divided government, and are subje…
Recent Reference Works on the U.S. Congress and Presidency
Bacon, Donald C., Roger H. Davidson, and Morton Keller. The Encyclopedia of the United States Congress. New York: Simon and Schuster. Pp. Iviii, 2359 (4 volumes). $355.00 hardbound. Congressional Quarterly. Guide to U.S. Elections, 3rd ed. Washington, DC: CQ Press, 1994. Pp. xii, 1543. $229.00 hardbound. Congressional Quarterly. National Party Conventions, 1831-1992. Washington, DC: CQ Press, 1995. Pp. vii, 301. $28.95 softbound. Congressional Qu…
Changing Patterns in State Legislative Careers. Gary F. Moncrief , Joel A. Thompson
The Presidential Pulse of Congressional Elections by James E. Campbell
Sacrificial Lambs or Strategic Politicians? Political Amateurs in U.S. House Elections
Why do hundreds of amateurs challenge entrenched U.S. House incumbents every two years? Previous work offers a range of explanations, from naivetd to love of politics. The most systematic study of this question concluded that amateurs challenge incumbents because it maximizes their chances of being elected to the House. This article argues that distinctions must be drawn between ambitious and amateurs because no single theory can explain amateurs…
Purposive Politicians Meet the Institutional Congress: A Review Essay
The Effect of Administrative Burden on Bureaucratic Perception of Policies: Evidence from Election Administration
This article argues that administrative burden—that is, an individual's experience of policy implementation as onerous—is an important consideration for administrators and influences their views on policy and governance options. The authors test this proposition in the policy area of election administration using a mixed‐method assessment of local election officials. They find that the perceived administrative burden of policies is associated wit…
Election Laws, Mobilization, and Turnout: The Unanticipated Consequences of Election Reform
State governments have experimented with a variety of election laws to make voting more convenient and increase turnout. The impacts of these reforms vary in surprising ways, providing insight into the mechanisms by which states can encourage or reduce turnout. Our theory focuses on mobilization and distinguishes between the direct and indirect effects of election laws. We conduct both aggregate and individual‐level statistical analyses of voter …
Sacrificial Lambs or Strategic Politicians? Political Amateurs in U.S. House Elections
Why do hundreds of amateurs challenge entrenched U.S. House incumbents every two years? Previous work offers a range of explanations, from naivetd to love of politics. The most systematic study of this question concluded that amateurs challenge incumbents because it maximizes their chances of being elected to the House. This article argues that distinctions must be drawn between ambitious and amateurs because no single theory can explain amateurs…
The Supply Side of Congressional Redistricting: Race and Strategic Politicians, 1972-1992
The goal of empowering minorities through redistricting has been attacked from all sides. The Supreme Court recently called the North Carolina redistricting plan "political apartheid" (Shaw v. Reno 1993) while critics on the left reject the approach because it merely provides descriptive rather than substantive representation (Guinier 1991a, 1134-53). This article offers a new perspective from which to assess the viability of this approach to bla…
Party System Change and Political Career Structures in the U. S. Congress
The Complicated Partisan Effects of State Election Laws
Conventional political wisdom holds that policies that make voting easier will increase turnout and ultimately benefit Democratic candidates. We challenge this assumption, questioning the ability of party strategists to predict which changes to election law will advantage them. Drawing on previous research, we theorize that voting laws affect who votes in diverse ways depending on the specific ways that they reduce the costs of participating. We …
Electoral Systems and the Representation of Minority Interests in Legislatures
The rules and institutions used to translate preferences into electoral outcomes have a profound impact on the nature of representation provided in a political system. This is especially true when it comes to representing divergent racial and ethnic group interests. This essay examines the range of alternatives that nations have used to address this fundamental problem, with a focus on the representation of minority interests within U.S. legislat…
The Institutionalization of Leadership in the U. S. Congress
Debunking the “Big Lie”: Election Administration in the 2020 Presidential Election
The democratic process in the United States was sorely tested in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election. Our electoral institutions survived that test, but the fragility of our democracy was exposed by a concerted effort to overturn the results of the presidential election, first in the courts and then with an insurrection at the nation's Capitol on January 6, 2021. We examine how this happened. Specifically, we will attempt to answer th…
Vote Switching in the U.S. House
Previous work on voting behavior in Congress leads to an expectation of stability in roll-call voting. Yet, there remains a degree of unexplained variability in roll-call voting. Utilizing a unique set of data from the 103rd Congress of vote switching on revotes, we seek to account for the random component of congressional voting. We offer four categories of variables to explain this instability: leeway effects, error correction, reduction in unc…
Partisan Divisions and Voting Decisions: U.S. Senators, Governors, and the Rise of a Divided Federal Government
This paper argues that existing research on divided government has ig nored the intergovernmental dimensions and implications of this phe nomenon. We address the intergovernmental case by exploring the historical rise and micro-level foundations of divided outcomes among same-state U.S. senator and governor pairs. The electoral results for senator-governor pairs lie at the intersection of state and national-level divided government, and are subje…
What Happens at the Polling Place: Using Administrative Data to Look Inside Elections
Tremendous attention has been paid to local election administration since the 2000 presidential election meltdown, yet policy makers still lack basic information about what happens at the polling place. One strategy to understand the interactions between citizens and street‐level election bureaucrats is to turn to administrative data. Using logs collected by polling place workers, the authors analyze more than 66,000 individual incidents recorded…
Race, Redistricting, and Representation: The Unintended Consequences of Black Majority Districts
Selection Method, Partisanship, and the Administration of Elections
The methods used to select public officials affect the preferences they bring to office, the incentives they face while in office, and, ultimately, the policy goals they pursue. We argue that the preferences and actions of local election officials (LEOs) differ depending on whether they are elected or appointed. We test these expectations with a data set that includes the survey responses of 1,200 Wisconsin LEOs, structured interviews, census dat…
The Presidential Pulse of Congressional Elections by James E. Campbell
The Representational Consequences of a Random National Constituency
The Unsolid South: Mass Politics and National Representation in a One-Party Enclave
The Unsolid South: Mass Politics and National Representation in a One-Party Enclave." Congress & the Presidency, 47(2), pp. 260–261
The Year of the Outsider: Political Amateurs in the U.S. Congress
The 2010 elections produced the largest number of political amateurs elected to Congress in more than sixty years. This article will examine both the popular fascination with amateur candidates and the scholarly interest in political careers. Specifically, I will discuss celebrity politicians, amateurs who become celebrities because of their unusual campaigns, the impact of the Tea Party, and the implications of the large class of amateurs for am…
The Institutionalization of Leadership in the U. S. Congress
The Status of Women in Ph.D. Departments
Dorothy McBride Stetson, Diane Wall, Diane Blair, Mary Ellen Guy, Erika Fairchild, David Canon, Cheryl Brown, Committee on the Status of Women, Southern Political Science Association, The Status of Women in Ph.D. Departments, PS: Political Science and Politics, Vol. 23, No. 1 (Mar., 1990), pp. 82-86
Purposive Politicians Meet the Institutional Congress: A Review Essay
Party System Change and Political Career Structures in the U. S. Congress
Sacrificial Lambs or Strategic Politicians? Political Amateurs in U.S. House Elections
Why do hundreds of amateurs challenge entrenched U.S. House incumbents every two years? Previous work offers a range of explanations, from naivetd to love of politics. The most systematic study of this question concluded that amateurs challenge incumbents because it maximizes their chances of being elected to the House. This article argues that distinctions must be drawn between ambitious and amateurs because no single theory can explain amateurs…
Changing Patterns in State Legislative Careers. Gary F. Moncrief , Joel A. Thompson
The Presidential Pulse of Congressional Elections by James E. Campbell
Partisan Divisions and Voting Decisions: U. S. Senators, Governors, and the Rise of a Divided Federal Government
Partisan Divisions and Voting Decisions: U.S. Senators, Governors, and the Rise of a Divided Federal Government
This paper argues that existing research on divided government has ig nored the intergovernmental dimensions and implications of this phe nomenon. We address the intergovernmental case by exploring the historical rise and micro-level foundations of divided outcomes among same-state U.S. senator and governor pairs. The electoral results for senator-governor pairs lie at the intersection of state and national-level divided government, and are subje…
Recent Reference Works on the U.S. Congress and Presidency
Bacon, Donald C., Roger H. Davidson, and Morton Keller. The Encyclopedia of the United States Congress. New York: Simon and Schuster. Pp. Iviii, 2359 (4 volumes). $355.00 hardbound. Congressional Quarterly. Guide to U.S. Elections, 3rd ed. Washington, DC: CQ Press, 1994. Pp. xii, 1543. $229.00 hardbound. Congressional Quarterly. National Party Conventions, 1831-1992. Washington, DC: CQ Press, 1995. Pp. vii, 301. $28.95 softbound. Congressional Qu…
The Supply Side of Congressional Redistricting: Race and Strategic Politicians, 1972-1992
The goal of empowering minorities through redistricting has been attacked from all sides. The Supreme Court recently called the North Carolina redistricting plan "political apartheid" (Shaw v. Reno 1993) while critics on the left reject the approach because it merely provides descriptive rather than substantive representation (Guinier 1991a, 1134-53). This article offers a new perspective from which to assess the viability of this approach to bla…
Race, Redistricting, and Representation: The Unintended Consequences of Black Majority Districts
Electoral Systems and the Representation of Minority Interests in Legislatures
The rules and institutions used to translate preferences into electoral outcomes have a profound impact on the nature of representation provided in a political system. This is especially true when it comes to representing divergent racial and ethnic group interests. This essay examines the range of alternatives that nations have used to address this fundamental problem, with a focus on the representation of minority interests within U.S. legislat…
The Representational Consequences of a Random National Constituency
Redistricting and Representation: Why Competitive Elections are Bad for America by Thomas L. Brunell
Vote Switching in the U.S. House
Previous work on voting behavior in Congress leads to an expectation of stability in roll-call voting. Yet, there remains a degree of unexplained variability in roll-call voting. Utilizing a unique set of data from the 103rd Congress of vote switching on revotes, we seek to account for the random component of congressional voting. We offer four categories of variables to explain this instability: leeway effects, error correction, reduction in unc…
The Year of the Outsider: Political Amateurs in the U.S. Congress
The 2010 elections produced the largest number of political amateurs elected to Congress in more than sixty years. This article will examine both the popular fascination with amateur candidates and the scholarly interest in political careers. Specifically, I will discuss celebrity politicians, amateurs who become celebrities because of their unusual campaigns, the impact of the Tea Party, and the implications of the large class of amateurs for am…
The Effect of Administrative Burden on Bureaucratic Perception of Policies: Evidence from Election Administration
This article argues that administrative burden—that is, an individual's experience of policy implementation as onerous—is an important consideration for administrators and influences their views on policy and governance options. The authors test this proposition in the policy area of election administration using a mixed‐method assessment of local election officials. They find that the perceived administrative burden of policies is associated wit…
Selection Method, Partisanship, and the Administration of Elections
The methods used to select public officials affect the preferences they bring to office, the incentives they face while in office, and, ultimately, the policy goals they pursue. We argue that the preferences and actions of local election officials (LEOs) differ depending on whether they are elected or appointed. We test these expectations with a data set that includes the survey responses of 1,200 Wisconsin LEOs, structured interviews, census dat…
Election Laws, Mobilization, and Turnout: The Unanticipated Consequences of Election Reform
State governments have experimented with a variety of election laws to make voting more convenient and increase turnout. The impacts of these reforms vary in surprising ways, providing insight into the mechanisms by which states can encourage or reduce turnout. Our theory focuses on mobilization and distinguishes between the direct and indirect effects of election laws. We conduct both aggregate and individual‐level statistical analyses of voter …
What Happens at the Polling Place: Using Administrative Data to Look Inside Elections
Tremendous attention has been paid to local election administration since the 2000 presidential election meltdown, yet policy makers still lack basic information about what happens at the polling place. One strategy to understand the interactions between citizens and street‐level election bureaucrats is to turn to administrative data. Using logs collected by polling place workers, the authors analyze more than 66,000 individual incidents recorded…
American Politics Today
Schickler, Eric. Racial Realignment: The Transformation of American Liberalism, 1932–1965
The Complicated Partisan Effects of State Election Laws
Conventional political wisdom holds that policies that make voting easier will increase turnout and ultimately benefit Democratic candidates. We challenge this assumption, questioning the ability of party strategists to predict which changes to election law will advantage them. Drawing on previous research, we theorize that voting laws affect who votes in diverse ways depending on the specific ways that they reduce the costs of participating. We …
The Unsolid South: Mass Politics and National Representation in a One-Party Enclave
The Unsolid South: Mass Politics and National Representation in a One-Party Enclave." Congress & the Presidency, 47(2), pp. 260–261
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