Kenneth W. Shotts

Kenneth W. Shotts publication distribution in Political Science in 2026

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Kenneth W. Shotts D-index placement in Political Science in 2026

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Best Publications

• Leadership and Pandering: A Theory of Executive Policymaking

  Brandice Canes-Wrone;Michael C. Herron;Kenneth W. Shotts

  679
  Citations

• The Butterfly Did It: The Aberrant Vote for Buchanan in Palm Beach County, Florida

  Jonathan N. Wand;Kenneth W. Shotts;Jasjeet S. Sekhon;Walter R. Mebane

  405
  Citations

• Recycling the Garbage Can: An Assessment of the Research Program

  Jonathan Bendor;Terry M. Moe;Kenneth W. Shotts

  355
  Citations

• The Conditional Nature of Presidential Responsiveness to Public Opinion

  Brandice Canes-Wrone;Kenneth W. Shotts

  310
  Citations

• Delegates or Trustees? A Theory of Political Accountability

  Justin Fox;Kenneth W. Shotts

  216
  Citations

• The Effect of Majority-Minority Mandates on Partisan Gerrymandering

  Kenneth W. Shotts

  129
  Citations

• Does informative media commentary reduce politicians' incentives to pander?

  Scott Ashworth;Kenneth W. Shotts

  102
  Citations

• Gerrymandering, Legislative Composition, and National Policy Outcomes

  Kenneth W. Shotts

  92
  Citations

• Competitive Policy Development

  Alexander V. Hirsch;Kenneth W. Shotts

  87
  Citations

• Does Racial Redistricting Cause Conservative Policy Outcomes? Policy Preferences of Southern Representatives in the 1980s and 1990s

  Kenneth W. Shotts

  80
  Citations

• Using Ecological Inference Point Estimates as Dependent Variables in Second‐Stage Linear Regressions

  Michael C. Herron;Kenneth W. Shotts

  79
  Citations

• A Signaling Model of Repeated Elections

  Kenneth W. Shotts

  71
  Citations

• Pivots versus signals in elections

  Adam Meirowitz;Kenneth W. Shotts

  69
  Citations

• Policy-Specific Information and Informal Agenda Power

  Alexander V. Hirsch;Kenneth W. Shotts

  67
  Citations

• A Consensus on Second Stage Analyses in Ecological Inference Models

  Christopher Adolph;Gary King;Michael C. Herron;Kenneth W. Shotts

  64
  Citations

• When Do Elections Encourage Ideological Rigidity

  Brandice Canes-Wrone;Kenneth W. Shotts

  63
  Citations

• The Politics of Investigations and Regulatory Enforcement by Independent Agents and Cabinet Appointees

  Kenneth W. Shotts;Alan E. Wiseman

  38
  Citations

• Term Limits and Pork

  Michael C. Herron;Kenneth W. Shotts

  31
  Citations

• Law and Data: The Butterfly Ballot Episode

  Henry E. Brady;Michael C. Herron;Walter R. Mebane;Jasjeet Singh Sekhon

  24
  Citations

• Policy-Development Monopolies: Adverse Consequences and Institutional Responses

  Alexander V. Hirsch;Kenneth W. Shotts

  22
  Citations