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Michael C. Herron

Michael C. Herron

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Political Science

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Overview

Michael C. Herron is affiliated with Dartmouth College in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the social sciences, with a marked emphasis on political science and related interdisciplinary areas.

Their work covers several subfields within political science, sociology, economics, communication, and even artificial intelligence. Key subfields in their research portfolio include:

  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Communication
  • Artificial Intelligence

Herron's scholarly output engages notably with topics such as:

  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Media Influence and Politics
  • Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting
  • Legal and Constitutional Studies
  • Game Theory and Voting Systems
  • Fiscal Policies and Political Economy

Their recent published papers illustrate focused research interests around election methods and voter behavior, including ballot rejection and postal voting. These include:

  • "Voting by Mail and Ballot Rejection: Lessons from Florida for Elections in the Age of the Coronavirus," 2020, Election Law Journal Rules Politics and Policy
  • "Vote-by-mail Ballot Rejection and Experience with Mail-in Voting," 2021, American Politics Research
  • "Voting Lines, Equal Treatment, and Early Voting Check-In Times in Florida," 2020, State Politics & Policy Quarterly
  • "Postal delivery disruptions and the fragility of voting by mail: Lessons from Maine," 2021, Research & Politics
  • "Auditing the 2020 General Election in Georgia: Residual Vote Rates and a Confusing Ballot Format," 2021, Election Law Journal Rules Politics and Policy

Herron collaborates frequently with other scholars, contributing to a network of research on elections and political processes. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Daniel A. Smith
  • David Cottrell
  • Patricia Pittman
  • Hong-Lun Tiunn
  • Qian Luo

Their work appears repeatedly in specialized academic journals, reflecting research dissemination within several publication venues:

  • Election Law Journal Rules Politics and Policy
  • American Politics Research
  • State Politics & Policy Quarterly
  • Research & Politics
  • American Journal of Political Science

Best Publications

  • Leapfrog Representation and Extremism: A Study of American Voters and Their Members in Congress

    Joseph Bafumi;Michael C. Herron

  • Leadership and Pandering: A Theory of Executive Policymaking

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

  • 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

  • The Influence of Family Regulation, Connection, and Psychological Autonomy on Six Measures of Adolescent Functioning:

    Melissa R. Herman;Sanford M. Dornbusch;Michael C. Herron;Jerald R. Herting

  • Postestimation Uncertainty in Limited Dependent Variable Models

    Michael C. Herron

  • Measurement of Political Effects in the United States Economy: A Study of the 1992 Presidential Election

    Michael C. Herron;James Lavin;Donald Cram;Jay Silver

  • Estimating the Economic Impact of Political Party Competition in the 1992 British Election

    Michael C. Herron

  • Black Candidates and Black Voters: Assessing the Impact of Candidate Race on Uncounted Vote Rates

    Michael C. Herron;Jasjeet S. Sekhon

  • Overvoting and representation: an examination of overvoted presidential ballots in Broward and Miami-Dade counties

    M.C Herron;J.S Sekhon

  • Race, Party, and the Consequences of Restricting Early Voting in Florida in the 2012 General Election

    Michael C. Herron;Daniel A. Smith

  • Souls to the Polls: Early Voting in Florida in the Shadow of House Bill 1355

    Michael C. Herron;Michael C. Herron;Michael C. Herron;Daniel A. Smith;Daniel A. Smith;Daniel A. Smith

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

    Michael C. Herron;Kenneth W. Shotts

  • Government Redistribution in the Shadow of Legislative Elections: A Study of the Illinois Member Initiative Grants Program

    Michael C. Herron;Brett A. Theodos

  • Assessing partisan bias in voting technology: The case of the 2004 New Hampshire recount

    Michael C. Herron;Jonathan Wand

  • A Consensus on Second Stage Analyses in Ecological Inference Models

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

  • Ballot Formats, Touchscreens, and Undervotes: A Study of the 2006 Midterm Elections in Florida

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  • An exploration of Donald Trump's allegations of massive voter fraud in the 2016 General Election

    David Cottrell;Michael C. Herron;Sean J. Westwood

  • A Careful Look at Modern Case Selection Methods

    Michael C. Herron;Kevin M. Quinn

  • The Timeline of Presidential Elections: How Campaigns Do (and Do Not) Matter by Robert S. Erikson and Christopher Wlezien. Chicago, IL, University of Chicago Press, 2012. 216 pp. Paper, $25.00.

    Michael C. Herron

  • Voting by Mail and Ballot Rejection: Lessons from Florida for Elections in the Age of the Coronavirus

    Anna Baringer;Michael C. Herron;Daniel A. Smith

  • Economic Crisis, Iraq, and Race: A Study of the 2008 Presidential Election

    Seth J. Hill;Michael C. Herron;Jeffrey B. Lewis

  • Term Limits and Pork

    Michael C. Herron;Kenneth W. Shotts

  • Did Ralph Nader Spoil Al Gore's Presidential Bid? A Ballot-Level Study of Green and Reform Party Voters in the 2000 Presidential Election

    Michael C. Herron;Jeffrey B. Lewis

  • Law and Data: The Butterfly Ballot Episode

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

  • The Political Methodologist Newsletter of the Political Methodology Section

    Michael C. Herron;Jeffrey B. Lewis;Hans Noel;Susie DeBoef

Frequent Co-Authors

Daniel A. Smith
Daniel A. Smith University of Florida
Henry E. Brady
Henry E. Brady University of California, Berkeley
Sanford M. Dornbusch
Sanford M. Dornbusch Stanford University
Gary King
Gary King Harvard University
Robert M. Stein
Robert M. Stein Rice University
Costas Panagopoulos
Costas Panagopoulos Northeastern University
Brandice Canes-Wrone
Brandice Canes-Wrone Stanford University

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