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Todd Donovan is affiliated with Western Washington University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the social sciences. Their scholarly output includes 31 publications focused on various aspects of political science, economics, sociology, and gender studies.

Their main fields of study encompass political science and international relations, economics and econometrics, sociology and political science, gender studies, and public administration. The scientist's work addresses a range of topics including electoral systems and political participation, populism and right-wing movements, economic and environmental valuation, gender politics and representation, gender, labor, and family dynamics, as well as game theory and voting systems.

Frequent publication venues for Todd Donovan include:

  • Social Science Quarterly
  • Political Research Quarterly
  • Party Politics
  • Representation
  • American Politics Research

Their recent scholarly articles feature a focus on electoral politics, populism, and voting behavior. Selected recent papers include:

  • "Right populist parties and support for strong leaders," 2020, Party Politics
  • "Demographic differences in understanding and utilization of ranked choice voting," 2022, Social Science Quarterly
  • "Measuring and predicting the radical-right gender gap," 2022, West European Politics
  • "Confidence in US Elections After the Big Lie," 2023, Political Research Quarterly
  • "Who Wants to Raise Taxes?," 2020, Political Research Quarterly

Todd Donovan has also contributed to book publications, including a title published by Ohio State University Press: ELECTORAL REFORM AND MINORITY REPRESENTATION (2021).

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors across their work. Notable collaborators include:

  • Caroline J. Tolbert
  • Shaun Bowler
  • Nathan K. Micatka
  • Samuel Harper
  • E. Dowling

Best Publications

  • Demanding Choices: Opinion, Voting, and Direct Democracy

    Shaun Bowler;Todd Andrew Donovan

  • Losers' Consent

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  • Minority Representation, Empowerment, and Participation

    Susan A. Banducci;Todd Donovan;Jeffrey A. Karp

  • Democracy, Institutions and Attitudes about Citizen Influence on Government

    Shaun Bowler;Todd Donovan

  • The elements of social scientific thinking

    Kenneth R. Hoover;Todd Donovan

  • Enraged or Engaged? Preferences for Direct Citizen Participation in Affluent Democracies

    Shaun Bowler;Todd Donovan;Jeffrey A. Karp

  • CITIZENS AS LEGISLATORS: DIRECT DEMOCRACY IN THE UNITED STATES

    Shaun Bowler;Todd Donovan;Caroline J. Tolbert

  • Popular Support for Direct Democracy

    Todd Donovan;Jeffrey A. Karp

  • Why Politicians Like Electoral Institutions: Self‐Interest, Values, or Ideology?

    Shaun Bowler;Todd Donovan;Jeffrey A. Karp

  • Strategic Voting, party activity, and candidate effects: Testing explanations for split voting in New Zealand's new mixed system.

    Jeffrey A. Karp;Jack Vowles;Susan A. Banducci;Todd Donovan

  • Measuring the Effect of Direct Democracy on State Policy: Not All Initiatives Are Created Equal:

    Shaun Bowler;Todd Donovan

  • Ballot Propositions and Information Costs: Direct Democracy and the Fatigued Voter:

    Shaun Bowler;Todd Donovan;Trudi Happ

  • Direct Democracy and Minority Rights: An Extension

    Todd Donovan;Shaun Bowler

  • Proportional representation and attitudes about politics: results from New Zealand

    Susan A. Banducci;Todd Donovan;Jeffrey A. Karp

  • Electoral Reform and Minority Representation: Local Experiments with Alternative Elections

    Shawn Bowler;Todd Donovan;David Brockington

  • The Limits of Electoral Reform

    Shaun Bowler;Todd Donovan

  • Election administration and perceptions of fair elections

    Shaun Bowler;Thomas L. Brunell;Todd Donovan;Paul Gronke

  • Political Engagement, Mobilization, and Direct Democracy

    Todd Donovan;Caroline J. Tolbert;Daniel A. Smith

  • Information and opinion change on ballot propositions

    Shaun Bowler;Todd Donovan

  • Priming Presidential Votes by Direct Democracy

    Todd Donovan;Caroline J. Tolbert;Daniel A. Smith

  • Right-wing populist party supporters: Dissatisfied but not direct democrats

    Shaun Bowler;David Denemark;Todd Donovan;Duncan McDONNELL

  • Initiative Campaigns: Direct Democracy and Voter Mobilization

    Caroline J. Tolbert;Daniel C. Bowen;Todd Donovan

  • Reasoning About Institutional Change: Winners, Losers and Support for Electoral Reforms

    Shaun Bowler;Todd Donovan

Frequent Co-Authors

Shaun Bowler
Shaun Bowler University of California, Riverside
Jeffrey A. Karp
Jeffrey A. Karp Brunel University London
Caroline J. Tolbert
Caroline J. Tolbert University of Iowa
André Blais
André Blais University of Montreal
Christopher J. Anderson
Christopher J. Anderson London School of Economics and Political Science
Daniel A. Smith
Daniel A. Smith University of Florida
David P. Redlawsk
David P. Redlawsk University of Delaware
Susan Banducci
Susan Banducci University of Exeter
Matt A. Barreto
Matt A. Barreto University of California, Los Angeles
David M. Farrell
David M. Farrell University College Dublin

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