How Do Campaigns Matter?

How do galaxies populate Dark Matter halos?

For any assumed standard stellar Initial Mass Function, the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) gives a precise determination of the abundance of galaxies as a function of their stellar mass over the full stellar mass range 108M⊙ < M∗ < 10 12M⊙. Within the concordance ΛCDM cosmology, the Millennium simulations give precise halo abundances as a function of mass and redshift for all halos within whic...

Do Campaigns Drive Partisan Turnout?

Although campaign strategy often, and perhaps increasingly, emphasizes the mobilization of core supporters, we know little about whether campaigns affect the partisan complexion of the electorate. We examine whether the balance of Democratic and Republican voters depends on the balance of campaign activity, the popularity of the incumbent president, and the state of the economy. Drawing on time...

To What Extent and in What Ways do Election Campaigns Matter?

The collapse of the traditional social ties, the advance of the mass media and the advent of political marketing have altered the structure and the direction of electoral campaigns. Present-day media-mediated electoral campaigns are hotly debated. On one side are those who claim that campaigns simplify political reality, manipulate voters, encourage voting apathy and in the long run contribute ...

Media Matter: How Newspapers and Television News Cover Campaigns and Influence Voters

How do different media cover politics and affect voters? Are newspapers a boon and television a bane to democratic functioning? While these questions have long been the subject of debate, a variety of methodological hurdles have hampered prior attempts to document media differences and their effects. In this article, I discuss these challenges and offer an approach for overcoming them to the gr...

Dark Chocolate and Metabolic Syndrome; Do Polyphenols All that Matter?