Craig Leonard Brians
Biographic Data
| ID | 1101124 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Craig Leonard Brians |
| GIVEN NAMES | Craig Leonard |
| FAMILY NAME | Brians |
| SIGNATURE | BRIANS C L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Virginia Tech |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 368 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Empirical Political Analysis: Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods
Empirical Political Analysis introduces readers to the foundations of social science research. Organized around the stages of the research process, this textbook prepares readers to conduct both quantitative and qualitative research, from the formation of theory through the design of research projects, to the collection and analysis of data. The book offers a clear and concise presentation of basic concepts and tools that can be applied in a wide…
Empirical Political Analysis: Pearson New International Edition CourseSmart ETextbook
Three General Laws of Politics and Government in America (with Apologies to Sir Isaac Newton)
Since our earliest days as a profession, regularities of politics have been described in terms of laws of political behavior (Bryce 1909), but not without controversy. Reviewing a century of efforts to identify laws of politics yields numerous offerings, including Duverger's (1954) and Michels' (1915) well-known contributions. Following the structure embodied in Newton's Laws of Motion, I propose three general laws of politics and government in A…
Taking the Temperature: Implications for Adoption of Election Day Registration, State-Level Voter Turnout, and Life Expectancy
We consider the neglected importance of temperature as an explanatory variable. We show that: (1) colder states have turnout that is high relative to the national average; (2) the coldest states in the United States were more likely to adopt Election Day Registration (EDR) than other states, and very hot states never did so; and (3) those who live in colder states live longer
Women for Women: Gender and Party Bias in Voting for Female Candidates
In recent years, popular commentators have suggested that the Republican party could narrow the gender gap by nominating women candidates. This proposition assumes that (at least some) women voters’ partisan identification may be trumped by an affinity with their gender. I evaluate the claim that women voters are often induced to cross party lines on election day to support a woman candidate. Analyzing more than a decade of men’s and women’s voti…
Elections: Voter Support and Partisans’ (Mis)Perceptions of Presidential Candidates’ Abortion Views in 2000
Although the 2000 Republican and Democratic national party platforms show the parties at opposite poles on abortion policy, Governor George W. Bush publicly supported a vaguely defined “culture of life,” rather than the constitutional amendment barring abortion that was advocated by his party. In light of Bush's campaign strategy, this article uses national survey data to examine the accuracy of citizens’ knowledge of the candidates’ abortion pol…
Partisan Turnout Bias in Midterm Legislative Elections
Partisan Turnout Bias in Midterm Legislative Elections
Lower salience elections present greater opportunities for representational bias at the polls than do elections with higher levels of political interest. We hypothesize that turnout bias is most likely to occur during midterm congressional elections in which there are clear short‐term forces that exploit the low turnout setting. The effects of these forces are more likely to be observable among registered nonvoters than citizens who are not regis…
Election Day Registration's Effect on U.S. Voter Turnout
Objective . Early voter registration deadlines make voting more difficult for many American citizens. In an attempt to facilitate voting, several U.S. states now permit registration on election day, at the height of the campaign. This article examines the turnout effects of adopting election day registration (EDR) and other smaller reductions in closing dates. Methods . Primarily using the Current Population Study (1972‐1996), we estimate the tur…
When registration barriers fall, who votes: An empirical test of a rational choice model
Negative Campaign Advertising: Demobilizer or Mobilizer
As political campaigns become increasingly adversarial, scholars are giving some much-needed attention to the effect of negative advertising on turnout. In a widely recognized Review article and subsequent book, Ansolabehere and his colleagues (1994, 1995) contend that attack advertising drives potential voters away from the polls. We dispute the generalizability of this claim outside the experimental setting. Using NES survey data as well as agg…
Empirical Political Analysis: Research Methods in Political Science
Introduction. 1. The Research Process. I. PREPARING TO DO RESEARCH. 2. Theory Building: Concepts & Hypotheses in Political Research. 3. Setting the Foundation: Techniques of Systematic Bibliographic Research. 4. From Abstract to Concrete: Operationalization & Measurement. 5. Working from a Plan: Considerations in Research Design. 6. Who, What, Where: The Problem of Sampling. II. DATA-GATHERING TECHNIQUES. 7. Survey Research. 8. Scaling Techniques…
Residential Mobility, Voter Registration, and Electoral Participation in Canada
Residential Mobility, Voter Registration, and Electoral Participation in Canada
This paper tests two propositions advanced to explain reduced voter turnout among the residentially mobile: (1) when citizens have a personal responsibility to re-register following a move, this poses a participation barrier and reduces turnout; (2) the act of moving severs the social net works that normally provide citizens with the information and support to make political choices, thereby reducing turnout. These alternative expla nations are e…
Campaign Issue Knowledge and Salience: Comparing Reception from TV Commercials, TV News and Newspapers
Theory: The impact of media sources including televised political commercials, television news, and newspapers on candidate issue position knowledge and issuebased candidate evaluations is explored. Hypotheses: From previous research, we expect that citizens who recall political TV commercials and are more attentive to newspaper political coverage will have greater knowledge of candidates' stances on issues than those watching political news on T…
Campaign Issue Knowledge and Salience: Comparing Reception from TV Commercials, TV News and Newspapers
Theory: The impact of media sources including televised political commercials, television news, and newspapers on candidate issue position knowledge and issuebased candidate evaluations is explored. Hypotheses: From previous research, we expect that citizens who recall political TV commercials and are more attentive to newspaper political coverage will have greater knowledge of candidates' stances on issues than those watching political news on T…
Negative Campaign Advertising: Demobilizer or Mobilizer
As political campaigns become increasingly adversarial, scholars are giving some much-needed attention to the effect of negative advertising on turnout. In a widely recognized Review article and subsequent book, Ansolabehere and his colleagues (1994, 1995) contend that attack advertising drives potential voters away from the polls. We dispute the generalizability of this claim outside the experimental setting. Using NES survey data as well as agg…
Women for Women: Gender and Party Bias in Voting for Female Candidates
In recent years, popular commentators have suggested that the Republican party could narrow the gender gap by nominating women candidates. This proposition assumes that (at least some) women voters’ partisan identification may be trumped by an affinity with their gender. I evaluate the claim that women voters are often induced to cross party lines on election day to support a woman candidate. Analyzing more than a decade of men’s and women’s voti…
Election Day Registration's Effect on U.S. Voter Turnout
Objective . Early voter registration deadlines make voting more difficult for many American citizens. In an attempt to facilitate voting, several U.S. states now permit registration on election day, at the height of the campaign. This article examines the turnout effects of adopting election day registration (EDR) and other smaller reductions in closing dates. Methods . Primarily using the Current Population Study (1972‐1996), we estimate the tur…
When registration barriers fall, who votes: An empirical test of a rational choice model
Residential Mobility, Voter Registration, and Electoral Participation in Canada
This paper tests two propositions advanced to explain reduced voter turnout among the residentially mobile: (1) when citizens have a personal responsibility to re-register following a move, this poses a participation barrier and reduces turnout; (2) the act of moving severs the social net works that normally provide citizens with the information and support to make political choices, thereby reducing turnout. These alternative expla nations are e…
Partisan Turnout Bias in Midterm Legislative Elections
Lower salience elections present greater opportunities for representational bias at the polls than do elections with higher levels of political interest. We hypothesize that turnout bias is most likely to occur during midterm congressional elections in which there are clear short‐term forces that exploit the low turnout setting. The effects of these forces are more likely to be observable among registered nonvoters than citizens who are not regis…
Elections: Voter Support and Partisans’ (Mis)Perceptions of Presidential Candidates’ Abortion Views in 2000
Although the 2000 Republican and Democratic national party platforms show the parties at opposite poles on abortion policy, Governor George W. Bush publicly supported a vaguely defined “culture of life,” rather than the constitutional amendment barring abortion that was advocated by his party. In light of Bush's campaign strategy, this article uses national survey data to examine the accuracy of citizens’ knowledge of the candidates’ abortion pol…
Campaign Issue Knowledge and Salience: Comparing Reception from TV Commercials, TV News and Newspapers
Theory: The impact of media sources including televised political commercials, television news, and newspapers on candidate issue position knowledge and issuebased candidate evaluations is explored. Hypotheses: From previous research, we expect that citizens who recall political TV commercials and are more attentive to newspaper political coverage will have greater knowledge of candidates' stances on issues than those watching political news on T…
Residential Mobility, Voter Registration, and Electoral Participation in Canada
Residential Mobility, Voter Registration, and Electoral Participation in Canada
This paper tests two propositions advanced to explain reduced voter turnout among the residentially mobile: (1) when citizens have a personal responsibility to re-register following a move, this poses a participation barrier and reduces turnout; (2) the act of moving severs the social net works that normally provide citizens with the information and support to make political choices, thereby reducing turnout. These alternative expla nations are e…
Empirical Political Analysis: Research Methods in Political Science
Introduction. 1. The Research Process. I. PREPARING TO DO RESEARCH. 2. Theory Building: Concepts & Hypotheses in Political Research. 3. Setting the Foundation: Techniques of Systematic Bibliographic Research. 4. From Abstract to Concrete: Operationalization & Measurement. 5. Working from a Plan: Considerations in Research Design. 6. Who, What, Where: The Problem of Sampling. II. DATA-GATHERING TECHNIQUES. 7. Survey Research. 8. Scaling Techniques…
When registration barriers fall, who votes: An empirical test of a rational choice model
Negative Campaign Advertising: Demobilizer or Mobilizer
As political campaigns become increasingly adversarial, scholars are giving some much-needed attention to the effect of negative advertising on turnout. In a widely recognized Review article and subsequent book, Ansolabehere and his colleagues (1994, 1995) contend that attack advertising drives potential voters away from the polls. We dispute the generalizability of this claim outside the experimental setting. Using NES survey data as well as agg…
Election Day Registration's Effect on U.S. Voter Turnout
Objective . Early voter registration deadlines make voting more difficult for many American citizens. In an attempt to facilitate voting, several U.S. states now permit registration on election day, at the height of the campaign. This article examines the turnout effects of adopting election day registration (EDR) and other smaller reductions in closing dates. Methods . Primarily using the Current Population Study (1972‐1996), we estimate the tur…
Partisan Turnout Bias in Midterm Legislative Elections
Partisan Turnout Bias in Midterm Legislative Elections
Lower salience elections present greater opportunities for representational bias at the polls than do elections with higher levels of political interest. We hypothesize that turnout bias is most likely to occur during midterm congressional elections in which there are clear short‐term forces that exploit the low turnout setting. The effects of these forces are more likely to be observable among registered nonvoters than citizens who are not regis…
Elections: Voter Support and Partisans’ (Mis)Perceptions of Presidential Candidates’ Abortion Views in 2000
Although the 2000 Republican and Democratic national party platforms show the parties at opposite poles on abortion policy, Governor George W. Bush publicly supported a vaguely defined “culture of life,” rather than the constitutional amendment barring abortion that was advocated by his party. In light of Bush's campaign strategy, this article uses national survey data to examine the accuracy of citizens’ knowledge of the candidates’ abortion pol…
Women for Women: Gender and Party Bias in Voting for Female Candidates
In recent years, popular commentators have suggested that the Republican party could narrow the gender gap by nominating women candidates. This proposition assumes that (at least some) women voters’ partisan identification may be trumped by an affinity with their gender. I evaluate the claim that women voters are often induced to cross party lines on election day to support a woman candidate. Analyzing more than a decade of men’s and women’s voti…
Taking the Temperature: Implications for Adoption of Election Day Registration, State-Level Voter Turnout, and Life Expectancy
We consider the neglected importance of temperature as an explanatory variable. We show that: (1) colder states have turnout that is high relative to the national average; (2) the coldest states in the United States were more likely to adopt Election Day Registration (EDR) than other states, and very hot states never did so; and (3) those who live in colder states live longer
Three General Laws of Politics and Government in America (with Apologies to Sir Isaac Newton)
Since our earliest days as a profession, regularities of politics have been described in terms of laws of political behavior (Bryce 1909), but not without controversy. Reviewing a century of efforts to identify laws of politics yields numerous offerings, including Duverger's (1954) and Michels' (1915) well-known contributions. Following the structure embodied in Newton's Laws of Motion, I propose three general laws of politics and government in A…
Empirical Political Analysis: Pearson New International Edition CourseSmart ETextbook
Empirical Political Analysis: Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods
Empirical Political Analysis introduces readers to the foundations of social science research. Organized around the stages of the research process, this textbook prepares readers to conduct both quantitative and qualitative research, from the formation of theory through the design of research projects, to the collection and analysis of data. The book offers a clear and concise presentation of basic concepts and tools that can be applied in a wide…
Law (14 works) · Political science (14 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (12 works) · Politics (12 works) · Law (9 works) · Voting (9 works) · Economics (8 works) · Demographic economics (7 works) · Turnout (7 works) · Public Administration (6 works)