Micah H Nelson
Biographic Data
| ID | 297080 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Micah H Nelson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Micah H |
| FAMILY NAME | Nelson |
| SIGNATURE | NELSON M H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6579-8370 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests and the 2020 Presidential election
Can protest influence elections? We examine whether Black Lives Matters (BLM) protest during the summer of 2020 shaped the November presidential election. We hypothesize that BLM demonstrations are associated with increased voting for the Democratic candidate. We examine a secondary hypothesis that more contentious events (with arrests, injury, or violence) are likely to produce a negative impact. We use data collected from news media, official e…
Surveying the political divide
Explaining socioeconomic disparities in electoral participation
Resentment Is Like Drinking Poison? The Heterogeneous Health Effects of Affective Polarization
Affective polarization-the tendency for individuals to exhibit animosity toward those on the opposite side of the partisan divide-has increased in the United States in recent years. This article presents evidence that this trend may have consequences for Americans' health. Structural equation model analyses of nationally representative survey data from Pew Research Center's American Trends Panel (n = 4,685) showed heterogeneous relationships betw…
Resentment Is Like Drinking Poison? The Heterogeneous Health Effects of Affective Polarization
Affective polarization-the tendency for individuals to exhibit animosity toward those on the opposite side of the partisan divide-has increased in the United States in recent years. This article presents evidence that this trend may have consequences for Americans' health. Structural equation model analyses of nationally representative survey data from Pew Research Center's American Trends Panel (n = 4,685) showed heterogeneous relationships betw…
Explaining socioeconomic disparities in electoral participation
Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests and the 2020 Presidential election
Can protest influence elections? We examine whether Black Lives Matters (BLM) protest during the summer of 2020 shaped the November presidential election. We hypothesize that BLM demonstrations are associated with increased voting for the Democratic candidate. We examine a secondary hypothesis that more contentious events (with arrests, injury, or violence) are likely to produce a negative impact. We use data collected from news media, official e…
Resentment Is Like Drinking Poison? The Heterogeneous Health Effects of Affective Polarization
Affective polarization-the tendency for individuals to exhibit animosity toward those on the opposite side of the partisan divide-has increased in the United States in recent years. This article presents evidence that this trend may have consequences for Americans' health. Structural equation model analyses of nationally representative survey data from Pew Research Center's American Trends Panel (n = 4,685) showed heterogeneous relationships betw…
Explaining socioeconomic disparities in electoral participation
Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests and the 2020 Presidential election
Can protest influence elections? We examine whether Black Lives Matters (BLM) protest during the summer of 2020 shaped the November presidential election. We hypothesize that BLM demonstrations are associated with increased voting for the Democratic candidate. We examine a secondary hypothesis that more contentious events (with arrests, injury, or violence) are likely to produce a negative impact. We use data collected from news media, official e…
Surveying the political divide
Political science (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Demographic economics (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Political economy (2 works)