Gregory Shufeldt
Biographic Data
| ID | 352516 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gregory Shufeldt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gregory |
| FAMILY NAME | Shufeldt |
| SIGNATURE | SHUFELDT G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Butler University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9107-0140 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 104 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
A Democratic Process? Party Reform and the Role of Elites in Democratic Presidential Nominations
While the party elites selected the Democratic nominees in 1968 and 2024, conventional wisdom suggests that conventions have become meaningless as the nominee is regularly chosen by voters well ahead of time. We contend that while presidential nominations are undoubtedly more democratic than they were pre-1972, various reforms have affected the opportunities for meaningful participation by voters while still ensuring a central role for elites. Th…
When Push Comes to Shove: An Experimental Analysis of Voter Support of a Woman President and the 2024 Nomination
A woman has not yet shattered the “hardest, highest glass ceiling” of the American presidency. Our research answers two questions: Which groups are more likely to believe electing a woman president to be historically important? (R 1 ), and When a presidential election is at stake, who is likely to support a woman candidate? (R 2 ). Using observational data ( n = 1075), our findings indicate that women, people who recognize sexism within politics,…
Citizens’ perceptions of the quality of democracy in the American states
Objective We examine the relationship between citizens’ evaluations of democratic performance in their state of residence and demographic, political, and institutional factors. Methods We fielded two original surveys (summer 2021 and summer 2022) that asked respondents to evaluate democratic performance in their state both in general and for specific metrics. Results Citizens who identify with the political party that controls state government ha…
State Pride and the Quality of Democracy in the American States
We evaluate whether feelings of state pride in the USA are linked to the quality of democracy in one’s state. Using two original surveys, we find no relationship between an objective measure of the quality of state democracy and feelings of state pride. In contrast, we find a consistent positive relationship between subjective evaluations and state pride such that citizens with more positive evaluations of the quality of democracy in their state …
State-Level Policies, Descriptive Representation, and the Gender Pay Gap, 2010–2019
How identity influences public attitudes towards the US federal government: Lessons from the European Union
The life of the parties: Party activists and the 2016 presidential election
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump secured their respective party’s 2016 nominations only after raucous, spirited debates among delegates at the start of each party convention. Groups and their preferred candidates behaved consistently with the policy demanders view of parties, which identifies parties as comprised of coalitions of groups with strong policy preferences that negotiate with one another for influence in the party decision-making and p…
A Rigged Game? How Candidate, Partisan, and Electoral Factors Shape Elite Support for the Party Nomination Process
The 2016 presidential nominations revealed deep, yet distinct, divisions within each major party. These divisions persisted and permeated the general election campaign and were reflected in voters’ dissatisfaction with the candidates. Movements such as the “Bernie or Bust” supporters and the “Never-Trumpers” indicated that vocal portions of the parties were dissatisfied with the party nominees or the processes that selected those candidates. Ther…
Explaining State Preemption of Local Laws: Political, Institutional, and Demographic Factors
Despite increasing popular and media attention to the preemption of local policymaking by state governments, the empirical political science literature on preemption remains relatively scarce. After first identifying and discussing state preemption laws across twenty-one diverse public policies, we investigate how political, institutional, and demographic factors predict the implementation of these laws. Our empirical analysis reveals that states…
Group Commitment Among U.S. Party Factions: A Perspective From Democratic and Republican National Convention Delegates
Parties need to win elections, but they also heed the policy preferences of activists to provide the incentive to mobilize. Moving beyond the debate as to whether parties as a whole are policy or office driven, we examine groups within parties and identify different factions that place differential emphasis on office-seeking versus policy-demanding. Using data from the 2012 Convention Delegate Study of Democratic and Republican Party national del…
Comparing Two Measures of Electoral Integrity in the American States
We compare two widely publicized measures of state electoral integrity in the United States: the Electoral Integrity Project's 2016 U.S. Perceptions of Electoral Integrity Survey and the Pew 2014 Elections Performance Index. First, we review the theoretical and empirical differences between the two measures and find that they correlate at a surprisingly low level across the states. Second, given this low correlation, we examine the component part…
Party–Group Ambivalence and Voter Loyalty: Results From Three Experiments
Renewed emphasis on the group-based nature of political parties makes understanding the relationship between partisan and group identities essential. How do citizens respond to the internal disconnect between their partisan identity and their other politically salient identities? In addition, do differences in the group-based nature of each party lead to asymmetric effects of party–group ambivalence? Using data from an original survey experiment …
The State of the Minimum Wage: Federalism, Economic Policy, and Workers’ Well-Being
In this essay, we contribute to the growing national discussion about the future of minimum wage policy and its implications for working class Americans. First, we discuss the politics of the minimum wage in the United States, with special attention to the sizable and rich variation across the fifty American states and the importance of federalism. Second, we examine competing theoretical arguments (and, when available, empirical evidence) about …
Labor Union Membership and Life Satisfaction in the United States
While a voluminous literature examines the effects of organized labor on workers’ wage and benefit levels in the United States, there has been little investigation into whether membership in a labor union directly contributes to a higher quality of life. In this paper, we uncover evidence that union members are more satisfied with their lives than those who are not members and that the substantive effect of union membership on life satisfaction r…
Party competition and citizens' political attitudes in the American states
Direct Democracy and Subjective Well-Being: The Initiative and Life Satisfaction in the American States
Scientific opinion in policymaking: The case of climate change adaptation
Two Distinct Concepts: Party Competition in Government and Electoral Competition in the American States
American state politics scholars have generally relied on Ranney's measure of the partisan composition of state legislatures and governors' offices to evaluate competition between parties for control of state government, and Holbrook and Van Dunk's measure of the competitiveness of individual state legislative elections to evaluate the degree of electoral competition in a state. Both measure “competition” and were previously correlated with one a…
Two Distinct Concepts: Party Competition in Government and Electoral Competition in the American States
American state politics scholars have generally relied on Ranney's measure of the partisan composition of state legislatures and governors' offices to evaluate competition between parties for control of state government, and Holbrook and Van Dunk's measure of the competitiveness of individual state legislative elections to evaluate the degree of electoral competition in a state. Both measure “competition” and were previously correlated with one a…
Explaining State Preemption of Local Laws: Political, Institutional, and Demographic Factors
Despite increasing popular and media attention to the preemption of local policymaking by state governments, the empirical political science literature on preemption remains relatively scarce. After first identifying and discussing state preemption laws across twenty-one diverse public policies, we investigate how political, institutional, and demographic factors predict the implementation of these laws. Our empirical analysis reveals that states…
Direct Democracy and Subjective Well-Being: The Initiative and Life Satisfaction in the American States
Party competition and citizens' political attitudes in the American states
Labor Union Membership and Life Satisfaction in the United States
While a voluminous literature examines the effects of organized labor on workers’ wage and benefit levels in the United States, there has been little investigation into whether membership in a labor union directly contributes to a higher quality of life. In this paper, we uncover evidence that union members are more satisfied with their lives than those who are not members and that the substantive effect of union membership on life satisfaction r…
Party–Group Ambivalence and Voter Loyalty: Results From Three Experiments
Renewed emphasis on the group-based nature of political parties makes understanding the relationship between partisan and group identities essential. How do citizens respond to the internal disconnect between their partisan identity and their other politically salient identities? In addition, do differences in the group-based nature of each party lead to asymmetric effects of party–group ambivalence? Using data from an original survey experiment …
Scientific opinion in policymaking: The case of climate change adaptation
Comparing Two Measures of Electoral Integrity in the American States
We compare two widely publicized measures of state electoral integrity in the United States: the Electoral Integrity Project's 2016 U.S. Perceptions of Electoral Integrity Survey and the Pew 2014 Elections Performance Index. First, we review the theoretical and empirical differences between the two measures and find that they correlate at a surprisingly low level across the states. Second, given this low correlation, we examine the component part…
Citizens’ perceptions of the quality of democracy in the American states
Objective We examine the relationship between citizens’ evaluations of democratic performance in their state of residence and demographic, political, and institutional factors. Methods We fielded two original surveys (summer 2021 and summer 2022) that asked respondents to evaluate democratic performance in their state both in general and for specific metrics. Results Citizens who identify with the political party that controls state government ha…
State Pride and the Quality of Democracy in the American States
We evaluate whether feelings of state pride in the USA are linked to the quality of democracy in one’s state. Using two original surveys, we find no relationship between an objective measure of the quality of state democracy and feelings of state pride. In contrast, we find a consistent positive relationship between subjective evaluations and state pride such that citizens with more positive evaluations of the quality of democracy in their state …
Group Commitment Among U.S. Party Factions: A Perspective From Democratic and Republican National Convention Delegates
Parties need to win elections, but they also heed the policy preferences of activists to provide the incentive to mobilize. Moving beyond the debate as to whether parties as a whole are policy or office driven, we examine groups within parties and identify different factions that place differential emphasis on office-seeking versus policy-demanding. Using data from the 2012 Convention Delegate Study of Democratic and Republican Party national del…
The State of the Minimum Wage: Federalism, Economic Policy, and Workers’ Well-Being
In this essay, we contribute to the growing national discussion about the future of minimum wage policy and its implications for working class Americans. First, we discuss the politics of the minimum wage in the United States, with special attention to the sizable and rich variation across the fifty American states and the importance of federalism. Second, we examine competing theoretical arguments (and, when available, empirical evidence) about …
The life of the parties: Party activists and the 2016 presidential election
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump secured their respective party’s 2016 nominations only after raucous, spirited debates among delegates at the start of each party convention. Groups and their preferred candidates behaved consistently with the policy demanders view of parties, which identifies parties as comprised of coalitions of groups with strong policy preferences that negotiate with one another for influence in the party decision-making and p…
Two Distinct Concepts: Party Competition in Government and Electoral Competition in the American States
American state politics scholars have generally relied on Ranney's measure of the partisan composition of state legislatures and governors' offices to evaluate competition between parties for control of state government, and Holbrook and Van Dunk's measure of the competitiveness of individual state legislative elections to evaluate the degree of electoral competition in a state. Both measure “competition” and were previously correlated with one a…
Scientific opinion in policymaking: The case of climate change adaptation
Labor Union Membership and Life Satisfaction in the United States
While a voluminous literature examines the effects of organized labor on workers’ wage and benefit levels in the United States, there has been little investigation into whether membership in a labor union directly contributes to a higher quality of life. In this paper, we uncover evidence that union members are more satisfied with their lives than those who are not members and that the substantive effect of union membership on life satisfaction r…
Party competition and citizens' political attitudes in the American states
Direct Democracy and Subjective Well-Being: The Initiative and Life Satisfaction in the American States
The State of the Minimum Wage: Federalism, Economic Policy, and Workers’ Well-Being
In this essay, we contribute to the growing national discussion about the future of minimum wage policy and its implications for working class Americans. First, we discuss the politics of the minimum wage in the United States, with special attention to the sizable and rich variation across the fifty American states and the importance of federalism. Second, we examine competing theoretical arguments (and, when available, empirical evidence) about …
Party–Group Ambivalence and Voter Loyalty: Results From Three Experiments
Renewed emphasis on the group-based nature of political parties makes understanding the relationship between partisan and group identities essential. How do citizens respond to the internal disconnect between their partisan identity and their other politically salient identities? In addition, do differences in the group-based nature of each party lead to asymmetric effects of party–group ambivalence? Using data from an original survey experiment …
Group Commitment Among U.S. Party Factions: A Perspective From Democratic and Republican National Convention Delegates
Parties need to win elections, but they also heed the policy preferences of activists to provide the incentive to mobilize. Moving beyond the debate as to whether parties as a whole are policy or office driven, we examine groups within parties and identify different factions that place differential emphasis on office-seeking versus policy-demanding. Using data from the 2012 Convention Delegate Study of Democratic and Republican Party national del…
Comparing Two Measures of Electoral Integrity in the American States
We compare two widely publicized measures of state electoral integrity in the United States: the Electoral Integrity Project's 2016 U.S. Perceptions of Electoral Integrity Survey and the Pew 2014 Elections Performance Index. First, we review the theoretical and empirical differences between the two measures and find that they correlate at a surprisingly low level across the states. Second, given this low correlation, we examine the component part…
Explaining State Preemption of Local Laws: Political, Institutional, and Demographic Factors
Despite increasing popular and media attention to the preemption of local policymaking by state governments, the empirical political science literature on preemption remains relatively scarce. After first identifying and discussing state preemption laws across twenty-one diverse public policies, we investigate how political, institutional, and demographic factors predict the implementation of these laws. Our empirical analysis reveals that states…
A Rigged Game? How Candidate, Partisan, and Electoral Factors Shape Elite Support for the Party Nomination Process
The 2016 presidential nominations revealed deep, yet distinct, divisions within each major party. These divisions persisted and permeated the general election campaign and were reflected in voters’ dissatisfaction with the candidates. Movements such as the “Bernie or Bust” supporters and the “Never-Trumpers” indicated that vocal portions of the parties were dissatisfied with the party nominees or the processes that selected those candidates. Ther…
How identity influences public attitudes towards the US federal government: Lessons from the European Union
The life of the parties: Party activists and the 2016 presidential election
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump secured their respective party’s 2016 nominations only after raucous, spirited debates among delegates at the start of each party convention. Groups and their preferred candidates behaved consistently with the policy demanders view of parties, which identifies parties as comprised of coalitions of groups with strong policy preferences that negotiate with one another for influence in the party decision-making and p…
State-Level Policies, Descriptive Representation, and the Gender Pay Gap, 2010–2019
When Push Comes to Shove: An Experimental Analysis of Voter Support of a Woman President and the 2024 Nomination
A woman has not yet shattered the “hardest, highest glass ceiling” of the American presidency. Our research answers two questions: Which groups are more likely to believe electing a woman president to be historically important? (R 1 ), and When a presidential election is at stake, who is likely to support a woman candidate? (R 2 ). Using observational data ( n = 1075), our findings indicate that women, people who recognize sexism within politics,…
Citizens’ perceptions of the quality of democracy in the American states
Objective We examine the relationship between citizens’ evaluations of democratic performance in their state of residence and demographic, political, and institutional factors. Methods We fielded two original surveys (summer 2021 and summer 2022) that asked respondents to evaluate democratic performance in their state both in general and for specific metrics. Results Citizens who identify with the political party that controls state government ha…
State Pride and the Quality of Democracy in the American States
We evaluate whether feelings of state pride in the USA are linked to the quality of democracy in one’s state. Using two original surveys, we find no relationship between an objective measure of the quality of state democracy and feelings of state pride. In contrast, we find a consistent positive relationship between subjective evaluations and state pride such that citizens with more positive evaluations of the quality of democracy in their state …
A Democratic Process? Party Reform and the Role of Elites in Democratic Presidential Nominations
While the party elites selected the Democratic nominees in 1968 and 2024, conventional wisdom suggests that conventions have become meaningless as the nominee is regularly chosen by voters well ahead of time. We contend that while presidential nominations are undoubtedly more democratic than they were pre-1972, various reforms have affected the opportunities for meaningful participation by voters while still ensuring a central role for elites. Th…
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