James R G Kirk
Biographic Data
| ID | 3579570 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James R G Kirk |
| GIVEN NAMES | James R G |
| FAMILY NAME | Kirk |
| SIGNATURE | KIRK J R G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Notre Dame |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6992-7443 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Placing Your Faith: The Religious Foundations of America's Urban–Rural Divide
Objective What is the role of religion in America's growing geographic divide? Methods Using the data from the 2020 American National Election Study, we test the extent to which religion is associated with rural identity and rural resentment. Results We find positive empirical relationships between religion (particularly personal religious importance, religious beliefs, and identifying with mainline or evangelical Protestant Christianity) and a v…
Populism, Partisanship, and Protection: Elite Rhetoric and U.S. Public Opinion on Nato
The rise of populists across the globe has caused increasing alarm about the continued functioning of security alliances. This is particularly true for the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), with populist President Donald Trump repeatedly disparaging the alliance since his 2016 campaign. Yet, we know very little about how populism influences support for alliances, particularly in the context of the United States. Her…
God’s country: Perceptions of Religious and Place-Based Candidate Identities
It is often assumed that the rural identity is linked to the Republican Party and the urban identity to the Democratic Party, but little scholarship has investigated how voters connect thiese identities to the parties in an electoral context and how that perception may influence their electoral preferences. Furthermore, recent elections have seen various political elites employ rural and Evangelical Christian identity labels in virtually synonymo…
Landscape of Distrust: Political Trust Across America’s Urban-Rural Divide
Do rural Americans trust the government less than non-rural Americans? In an era of declining trust in government and mounting geographic polarization, this research examines the relationship between geography, identity, and attitudes of political trust in the United States. Using national survey data from the 2016 and 2020 American National Election Studies time series surveys, this quantitative analysis tests hypotheses that rurality in the con…
The Pandemic and Political Behavior: Staying the Course
Political Behavior is the official journal of the Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior organized section of the American Political Science Association. It publishes research on the political behavior of citizens, political activists, and political officeholders in the United States and around the world. From the perspective of its Journal Impact Factor, the journal’s reputation and impact have grown steadily in recent years. The first a…
Religion and the 2020 Presidential Election: The Enduring Divide
Religion played a prominent role in the 2020 presidential campaign. Donald Trump overtly courted white evangelical Protestants and Catholics, while Joe Biden emphasized his Catholicism far more than any Catholic candidate in American history. Did religion play as important a role in electoral behavior in 2020? If so, how and why did religion affect Americans’ voting decisions? We take up those questions by analyzing the religious vote in 2020 and…
Religion and the 2020 Presidential Election: The Enduring Divide
Religion played a prominent role in the 2020 presidential campaign. Donald Trump overtly courted white evangelical Protestants and Catholics, while Joe Biden emphasized his Catholicism far more than any Catholic candidate in American history. Did religion play as important a role in electoral behavior in 2020? If so, how and why did religion affect Americans’ voting decisions? We take up those questions by analyzing the religious vote in 2020 and…
Landscape of Distrust: Political Trust Across America’s Urban-Rural Divide
Do rural Americans trust the government less than non-rural Americans? In an era of declining trust in government and mounting geographic polarization, this research examines the relationship between geography, identity, and attitudes of political trust in the United States. Using national survey data from the 2016 and 2020 American National Election Studies time series surveys, this quantitative analysis tests hypotheses that rurality in the con…
Religion and the 2020 Presidential Election: The Enduring Divide
Religion played a prominent role in the 2020 presidential campaign. Donald Trump overtly courted white evangelical Protestants and Catholics, while Joe Biden emphasized his Catholicism far more than any Catholic candidate in American history. Did religion play as important a role in electoral behavior in 2020? If so, how and why did religion affect Americans’ voting decisions? We take up those questions by analyzing the religious vote in 2020 and…
The Pandemic and Political Behavior: Staying the Course
Political Behavior is the official journal of the Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior organized section of the American Political Science Association. It publishes research on the political behavior of citizens, political activists, and political officeholders in the United States and around the world. From the perspective of its Journal Impact Factor, the journal’s reputation and impact have grown steadily in recent years. The first a…
Populism, Partisanship, and Protection: Elite Rhetoric and U.S. Public Opinion on Nato
The rise of populists across the globe has caused increasing alarm about the continued functioning of security alliances. This is particularly true for the United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), with populist President Donald Trump repeatedly disparaging the alliance since his 2016 campaign. Yet, we know very little about how populism influences support for alliances, particularly in the context of the United States. Her…
God’s country: Perceptions of Religious and Place-Based Candidate Identities
It is often assumed that the rural identity is linked to the Republican Party and the urban identity to the Democratic Party, but little scholarship has investigated how voters connect thiese identities to the parties in an electoral context and how that perception may influence their electoral preferences. Furthermore, recent elections have seen various political elites employ rural and Evangelical Christian identity labels in virtually synonymo…
Landscape of Distrust: Political Trust Across America’s Urban-Rural Divide
Do rural Americans trust the government less than non-rural Americans? In an era of declining trust in government and mounting geographic polarization, this research examines the relationship between geography, identity, and attitudes of political trust in the United States. Using national survey data from the 2016 and 2020 American National Election Studies time series surveys, this quantitative analysis tests hypotheses that rurality in the con…
Placing Your Faith: The Religious Foundations of America's Urban–Rural Divide
Objective What is the role of religion in America's growing geographic divide? Methods Using the data from the 2020 American National Election Study, we test the extent to which religion is associated with rural identity and rural resentment. Results We find positive empirical relationships between religion (particularly personal religious importance, religious beliefs, and identifying with mainline or evangelical Protestant Christianity) and a v…
Political science (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Political economy (3 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Public Administration (2 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (2 works) · Resentment (2 works)