Shannon Jenkins
Biographic Data
| ID | 4123613 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Shannon Jenkins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Shannon |
| FAMILY NAME | Jenkins |
| SIGNATURE | JENKINS S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Massachusetts Dartmouth |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1579-171X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 176 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Linked fate, #MeToo, and political participation
Popular accounts suggest the surge in political participation post-2016, particularly among women, was driven by the #MeToo movement. But emerging research demonstrates few people report being politically mobilized, or moved to political action, by the #MeToo movement, which raises the question of how to reconcile these narratives. We hypothesize a sense of linked fate is a critical intervening variable. While anger has been shown to increase pol…
Amateur hour: The dominance of purposive benefits among local political party chairs
Objective Prevailing theories posit some party activists are amateurs, driven primarily by purposive benefits, while other activists are professionals, motivated mostly by material benefits. The decline of patronage and the rise of polarization suggest re‐examining the relevancy of this distinction. Methods The study uses data from a 2019 survey of 1,060 local party chairs in the United States, covering 49 states. Results Most respondents are mot…
The Effect of the #MeToo Movement on Political Engagement and Ambition in 2018
Conventional wisdom holds that the #MeToo movement increased awareness of sexual harassment and drove sympathizers, particularly women, to increased participation in the 2018 midterm elections. In this paper, we assess whether #MeToo increased awareness of sexual harassment, as well as whether #MeToo increased self-reported interest in various forms of political participation. Using an original dataset from October 2018, we find that although the…
Flipping the Introductory American Politics Class: Student Perceptions of the Flipped Classroom
Much attention has been centered on the use of emerging technologies in higher education, including flipped classes. However, widespread admiration for and adoption of these innovations seems to be occurring at a much faster pace than the assessment and evaluation of them. Questions about student performance in and perception of flipped classes remain unanswered, so more research is needed. This study examines student perceptions of a partially f…
Parties as the Political Safeguards of Federalism: The Impact of Local Political Party Activity on National Elections
A variety of scholars have theorized about the importance of political forces as safeguards of federalism. However, many of these theories have yet to be tested empirically. This study draws on data from a survey of 1,182 local party chairs in 49 states in 2010 to determine whether political parties may act as bridging mechanisms between the interests of political officials at the state and national levels. The results suggest local party activit…
How Gender Influences Roll Call Voting
Objective Research has established that female legislators act differently than their male counterparts in state legislatures. But the effect of gender on roll call voting is less clear, due in part to the fact that research has not properly differentiated between the multiple ways gender can influence roll call voting. Methods In order to better understand the relationship between gender and roll call voting, structural equation modeling is used…
Examining the Influences over Roll Call Voting in Multiple Issue Areas: A Comparative US State Analysis
Examinations of roll call voting have found that issue salience affects the influences over roll call voting in different issue areas. However, it is unclear whether these findings can be extended to legislatures generally as studies have focused only on the US congress or one US state legislature. This article examines the influences over roll call voting in 15 issue areas in five legislative chambers in four US states. The results show the infl…
Party Influence on Roll Call Voting: A View from the U.S. States
Recent studies have documented that parties influence legislative behavior. But such studies have been unable to distinguish between party voting stemming from ideological agreement and true party influence, as most lack independent measures of legislator ideology and have not been tested at the U.S. state level. Using survey data to control for legislator ideology, this analysis looks at how and under what conditions parties influence voting in …
A Woman's Work Is Never Done? Fund-Raising Perception and Effort among Female State Legislative Candidates
The lack of female politicians has been attributed to a lack of female candidates for office. However, the reason why there are so few female candidates is not clear. The author examines whether differences in fund-raising perceptions and effort between female and male state legislative candidates contribute to the lack of female candidates. The results indicate that women do tend to be more concerned about fund-raising, as is evidenced by greate…
The Impact of Party and Ideology on Roll‐Call Voting in State Legislatures
To assess the relative impact of party and ideology on legislative behavior, I utilize survey‐based measures of legislator ideology to examine voting in five state legislatures. The results suggest that, although party and ideology both influence voting, the impact of party is greater. The magnitude of this impact varies, however, from chamber to chamber. The activity of parties in the electoral arena explains part of this variance, with more act…
A Meta‐Analysis of Campaign Contributions' Impact on Roll Call Voting
Objectives. Conventional wisdom about the link between campaign contributions and roll call votes is that contributions rarely matter because groups tend to give to like‐minded legislators. This meta‐analysis examines the conventional wisdom by analyzing published research on this topic. Methods. More than 30 studies are pooled to produce more than 350 individual tests of the contributions‐roll call link. Extending meta‐regression ( Stanley and J…
Testing Spatial Models of Elections: The Influence of Voters and Elites on Candidate Issue Positions
This research tests spatial models of electoral competition using survey data on state legislative candidates' policy positions and ideology in eight U.S. states. Our data support several hypotheses: 1) candidates' issue positions do not converge; 2) party elites have more extreme positions than do candidates; 3) candidate issue positioning is a function of party‐elite issue positions and union involvement in the campaign, as well as constituency…
Asian-Americans, Political Organizations, and Participation in Chicago Electoral Precincts
Precinct-level data for voter registration and turnout in Chicago elections are used to assess the impact of the Asian population and party organization on political participation during the 1990s. Controlling for the effects of newer immigration, mobility, and socioeconomic status, the authors learn that larger Asian-American populations are associated with higher voter registration. Voter turnout is negatively affected in areas of higher Asian …
A Woman's Work Is Never Done? Fund-Raising Perception and Effort among Female State Legislative Candidates
The lack of female politicians has been attributed to a lack of female candidates for office. However, the reason why there are so few female candidates is not clear. The author examines whether differences in fund-raising perceptions and effort between female and male state legislative candidates contribute to the lack of female candidates. The results indicate that women do tend to be more concerned about fund-raising, as is evidenced by greate…
The Effect of the #MeToo Movement on Political Engagement and Ambition in 2018
Conventional wisdom holds that the #MeToo movement increased awareness of sexual harassment and drove sympathizers, particularly women, to increased participation in the 2018 midterm elections. In this paper, we assess whether #MeToo increased awareness of sexual harassment, as well as whether #MeToo increased self-reported interest in various forms of political participation. Using an original dataset from October 2018, we find that although the…
A Meta‐Analysis of Campaign Contributions' Impact on Roll Call Voting
Objectives. Conventional wisdom about the link between campaign contributions and roll call votes is that contributions rarely matter because groups tend to give to like‐minded legislators. This meta‐analysis examines the conventional wisdom by analyzing published research on this topic. Methods. More than 30 studies are pooled to produce more than 350 individual tests of the contributions‐roll call link. Extending meta‐regression ( Stanley and J…
The Impact of Party and Ideology on Roll‐Call Voting in State Legislatures
To assess the relative impact of party and ideology on legislative behavior, I utilize survey‐based measures of legislator ideology to examine voting in five state legislatures. The results suggest that, although party and ideology both influence voting, the impact of party is greater. The magnitude of this impact varies, however, from chamber to chamber. The activity of parties in the electoral arena explains part of this variance, with more act…
Party Influence on Roll Call Voting: A View from the U.S. States
Recent studies have documented that parties influence legislative behavior. But such studies have been unable to distinguish between party voting stemming from ideological agreement and true party influence, as most lack independent measures of legislator ideology and have not been tested at the U.S. state level. Using survey data to control for legislator ideology, this analysis looks at how and under what conditions parties influence voting in …
How Gender Influences Roll Call Voting
Objective Research has established that female legislators act differently than their male counterparts in state legislatures. But the effect of gender on roll call voting is less clear, due in part to the fact that research has not properly differentiated between the multiple ways gender can influence roll call voting. Methods In order to better understand the relationship between gender and roll call voting, structural equation modeling is used…
Linked fate, #MeToo, and political participation
Popular accounts suggest the surge in political participation post-2016, particularly among women, was driven by the #MeToo movement. But emerging research demonstrates few people report being politically mobilized, or moved to political action, by the #MeToo movement, which raises the question of how to reconcile these narratives. We hypothesize a sense of linked fate is a critical intervening variable. While anger has been shown to increase pol…
Examining the Influences over Roll Call Voting in Multiple Issue Areas: A Comparative US State Analysis
Examinations of roll call voting have found that issue salience affects the influences over roll call voting in different issue areas. However, it is unclear whether these findings can be extended to legislatures generally as studies have focused only on the US congress or one US state legislature. This article examines the influences over roll call voting in 15 issue areas in five legislative chambers in four US states. The results show the infl…
Testing Spatial Models of Elections: The Influence of Voters and Elites on Candidate Issue Positions
This research tests spatial models of electoral competition using survey data on state legislative candidates' policy positions and ideology in eight U.S. states. Our data support several hypotheses: 1) candidates' issue positions do not converge; 2) party elites have more extreme positions than do candidates; 3) candidate issue positioning is a function of party‐elite issue positions and union involvement in the campaign, as well as constituency…
Asian-Americans, Political Organizations, and Participation in Chicago Electoral Precincts
Precinct-level data for voter registration and turnout in Chicago elections are used to assess the impact of the Asian population and party organization on political participation during the 1990s. Controlling for the effects of newer immigration, mobility, and socioeconomic status, the authors learn that larger Asian-American populations are associated with higher voter registration. Voter turnout is negatively affected in areas of higher Asian …
Amateur hour: The dominance of purposive benefits among local political party chairs
Objective Prevailing theories posit some party activists are amateurs, driven primarily by purposive benefits, while other activists are professionals, motivated mostly by material benefits. The decline of patronage and the rise of polarization suggest re‐examining the relevancy of this distinction. Methods The study uses data from a 2019 survey of 1,060 local party chairs in the United States, covering 49 states. Results Most respondents are mot…
Parties as the Political Safeguards of Federalism: The Impact of Local Political Party Activity on National Elections
A variety of scholars have theorized about the importance of political forces as safeguards of federalism. However, many of these theories have yet to be tested empirically. This study draws on data from a survey of 1,182 local party chairs in 49 states in 2010 to determine whether political parties may act as bridging mechanisms between the interests of political officials at the state and national levels. The results suggest local party activit…
Asian-Americans, Political Organizations, and Participation in Chicago Electoral Precincts
Precinct-level data for voter registration and turnout in Chicago elections are used to assess the impact of the Asian population and party organization on political participation during the 1990s. Controlling for the effects of newer immigration, mobility, and socioeconomic status, the authors learn that larger Asian-American populations are associated with higher voter registration. Voter turnout is negatively affected in areas of higher Asian …
Testing Spatial Models of Elections: The Influence of Voters and Elites on Candidate Issue Positions
This research tests spatial models of electoral competition using survey data on state legislative candidates' policy positions and ideology in eight U.S. states. Our data support several hypotheses: 1) candidates' issue positions do not converge; 2) party elites have more extreme positions than do candidates; 3) candidate issue positioning is a function of party‐elite issue positions and union involvement in the campaign, as well as constituency…
A Meta‐Analysis of Campaign Contributions' Impact on Roll Call Voting
Objectives. Conventional wisdom about the link between campaign contributions and roll call votes is that contributions rarely matter because groups tend to give to like‐minded legislators. This meta‐analysis examines the conventional wisdom by analyzing published research on this topic. Methods. More than 30 studies are pooled to produce more than 350 individual tests of the contributions‐roll call link. Extending meta‐regression ( Stanley and J…
The Impact of Party and Ideology on Roll‐Call Voting in State Legislatures
To assess the relative impact of party and ideology on legislative behavior, I utilize survey‐based measures of legislator ideology to examine voting in five state legislatures. The results suggest that, although party and ideology both influence voting, the impact of party is greater. The magnitude of this impact varies, however, from chamber to chamber. The activity of parties in the electoral arena explains part of this variance, with more act…
A Woman's Work Is Never Done? Fund-Raising Perception and Effort among Female State Legislative Candidates
The lack of female politicians has been attributed to a lack of female candidates for office. However, the reason why there are so few female candidates is not clear. The author examines whether differences in fund-raising perceptions and effort between female and male state legislative candidates contribute to the lack of female candidates. The results indicate that women do tend to be more concerned about fund-raising, as is evidenced by greate…
Party Influence on Roll Call Voting: A View from the U.S. States
Recent studies have documented that parties influence legislative behavior. But such studies have been unable to distinguish between party voting stemming from ideological agreement and true party influence, as most lack independent measures of legislator ideology and have not been tested at the U.S. state level. Using survey data to control for legislator ideology, this analysis looks at how and under what conditions parties influence voting in …
Examining the Influences over Roll Call Voting in Multiple Issue Areas: A Comparative US State Analysis
Examinations of roll call voting have found that issue salience affects the influences over roll call voting in different issue areas. However, it is unclear whether these findings can be extended to legislatures generally as studies have focused only on the US congress or one US state legislature. This article examines the influences over roll call voting in 15 issue areas in five legislative chambers in four US states. The results show the infl…
How Gender Influences Roll Call Voting
Objective Research has established that female legislators act differently than their male counterparts in state legislatures. But the effect of gender on roll call voting is less clear, due in part to the fact that research has not properly differentiated between the multiple ways gender can influence roll call voting. Methods In order to better understand the relationship between gender and roll call voting, structural equation modeling is used…
Parties as the Political Safeguards of Federalism: The Impact of Local Political Party Activity on National Elections
A variety of scholars have theorized about the importance of political forces as safeguards of federalism. However, many of these theories have yet to be tested empirically. This study draws on data from a survey of 1,182 local party chairs in 49 states in 2010 to determine whether political parties may act as bridging mechanisms between the interests of political officials at the state and national levels. The results suggest local party activit…
Flipping the Introductory American Politics Class: Student Perceptions of the Flipped Classroom
Much attention has been centered on the use of emerging technologies in higher education, including flipped classes. However, widespread admiration for and adoption of these innovations seems to be occurring at a much faster pace than the assessment and evaluation of them. Questions about student performance in and perception of flipped classes remain unanswered, so more research is needed. This study examines student perceptions of a partially f…
The Effect of the #MeToo Movement on Political Engagement and Ambition in 2018
Conventional wisdom holds that the #MeToo movement increased awareness of sexual harassment and drove sympathizers, particularly women, to increased participation in the 2018 midterm elections. In this paper, we assess whether #MeToo increased awareness of sexual harassment, as well as whether #MeToo increased self-reported interest in various forms of political participation. Using an original dataset from October 2018, we find that although the…
Linked fate, #MeToo, and political participation
Popular accounts suggest the surge in political participation post-2016, particularly among women, was driven by the #MeToo movement. But emerging research demonstrates few people report being politically mobilized, or moved to political action, by the #MeToo movement, which raises the question of how to reconcile these narratives. We hypothesize a sense of linked fate is a critical intervening variable. While anger has been shown to increase pol…
Amateur hour: The dominance of purposive benefits among local political party chairs
Objective Prevailing theories posit some party activists are amateurs, driven primarily by purposive benefits, while other activists are professionals, motivated mostly by material benefits. The decline of patronage and the rise of polarization suggest re‐examining the relevancy of this distinction. Methods The study uses data from a 2019 survey of 1,060 local party chairs in the United States, covering 49 states. Results Most respondents are mot…
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