2026 Christopher Warshaw: Political Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Political Science	29	1271	1150	639	557	145	4410

Overview

Christopher Warshaw is affiliated with George Washington University in the United States. Their research spans several areas within political science and related fields, with a focus on electoral systems, media influence, and local government dynamics.

Their recent publications cover a range of topics and have appeared in leading academic journals. Notable papers include:

"Accountability for the Local Economy at All Levels of Government in United States Elections" (2020), published in American Political Science Review
"Moderates" (2022), published in American Political Science Review
"The Effect of Television Advertising in United States Elections" (2021), published in American Political Science Review
"The Impact of Partisan Gerrymandering on Political Parties" (2020), published in Legislative Studies Quarterly
"Fatalities from COVID-19 are reducing Americans' support for Republicans at every level of federal office" (2020), published in Science Advances

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with Warshaw include:

Justin De Benedictis-Kessner
Lynn Vavreck
Ryan Baxter-King
Chris Tausanovitch
Parrish Bergquist

The venues where Warshaw has published most frequently include:

Harvard Dataverse
SSRN Electronic Journal
American Political Science Review
Science Advances
Legislative Studies Quarterly

Their research intersects multiple subfields of study such as:

Political Science and International Relations
Economics and Econometrics
Sociology and Political Science
Communication
Strategy and Management

Main topics addressed in Warshaw's work include:

Electoral Systems and Political Participation
Media Influence and Politics
Social Media and Politics
Fiscal Policies and Political Economy
Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
Media Studies and Communication
Local Government Finance and Decentralization

Best Publications

Measuring Constituent Policy Preferences in Congress, State Legislatures, and Cities

Chris Tausanovitch;Christopher Warshaw

508
Citations
Representation in Municipal Government

Chris Tausanovitch;Christopher Warshaw

480
Citations
Policy Preferences and Policy Change: Dynamic Responsiveness in the American States, 1936–2014

Devin Caughey;Christopher Warshaw

282
Citations
How Should We Measure District-Level Public Opinion on Individual Issues?

Christopher Warshaw;Jonathan Rodden

263
Citations
Renewable energy policy design and framing influence public support in the United States

Leah C. Stokes;Christopher Warshaw

260
Citations
The Dynamics of State Policy Liberalism, 1936–2014

Devin Caughey;Christopher S Warshaw

224
Citations
Mayoral Partisanship and Municipal Fiscal Policy

Justin de Benedictis-Kessner;Christopher Warshaw

198
Citations
Policy Ideology in European Mass Publics, 1981–2016

Devin Caughey;T. O.M. O'Grady;Christopher Warshaw

159
Citations
Incremental Democracy: The Policy Effects of Partisan Control of State Government

Devin Caughey;Yiqing Xu;Christopher Warshaw

140
Citations
Dynamic Estimation of Latent Opinion Using a Hierarchical Group-Level IRT Model

Devin Caughey;Christopher S Warshaw

140
Citations
Does Global Warming Increase Public Concern about Climate Change

Parrish Bergquist;Christopher Warshaw

109
Citations
Moderates

Unknown

93
Citations
Local Elections and Representation in the United States

Christopher Warshaw

77
Citations
Accountability for the Local Economy at All Levels of Government in United States Elections

Justin De Benedictis-Kessner;Christopher Warshaw

63
Citations
Using screeners to measure respondent attention on self-administered surveys: Which items and how many?

Adam J. Berinsky;Michele F. Margolis;Michael W. Sances;Christopher Warshaw

59
Citations
Dynamic Democracy

Unknown

57
Citations
Politics in forgotten governments: the partisan composition of county legislatures and county fiscal policies

Christopher Warshaw;Justin De Benedictis-Kessner

55
Citations
On the Representativeness of Primary Electorates

John Sides;Chris Tausanovitch;Lynn Vavreck;Christopher Warshaw

51
Citations
The Impact of Partisan Gerrymandering on Political Parties

Nicholas O. Stephanopoulos;Christopher Warshaw

42
Citations
Fatalities from COVID-19 are reducing Americans' support for Republicans at every level of federal office.

Christopher Warshaw;Lynn Vavreck;Ryan Baxter-King

36
Citations
The Effect of Television Advertising in United States Elections

John Sides;Lynn Vavreck;Christopher Warshaw

34
Citations
The ideological nationalization of partisan subconstituencies in the American States

Devin Caughey;James Dunham;Christopher Warshaw

31
Citations
Estimating Candidates’ Political Orientation in a Polarized Congress

Chris Tausanovitch;Christopher Warshaw

30
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan Rodden Stanford University

John Sides Vanderbilt University

Barry R. Weingast Stanford University

Nolan McCarty Princeton University

Alan O. Sykes Stanford University

Adam J. Berinsky MIT

External Links

Personal website of Christopher Warshaw

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