Media & Writing
Public Writing and Research Coverage
Selected commentary and coverage of Andrew Reeves’s work on presidential power, disaster politics, and democratic accountability.
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Andrew Reeves moderates the Election Analyst Panel at Political Analytics 2025 at Harvard University, featuring Dave Wasserman, Jacob Rubashkin, and Geoffrey Skelley.
Recent Commentary
Essays and op-eds on presidential power, disaster politics, and electoral accountability.
- Trump treats laws as obstacles, not limits − and the only real check on his rule-breaking can come from political pressure
The Conversation • May 21, 2025
- Biden and Trump will talk big at the debate, but how much could either really do?
Los Angeles Times • June 25, 2024
- Biden’s Supreme Court commission probably won’t sway public opinion
- This pandemic is a test for leaders. Voters do the grading
Saint Louis Post-Dispatch • April 1, 2020
- If Trump took responsibility for coronavirus missteps, it might actually help him
Washington Post • March 2020
- Donald Trump’s lukewarm response to Puerto Rico was pretty predictable. Here’s why
- Florida Disaster Aid Can Help Bush
- Plucking Votes From Disasters
Selected Research in the Media
- Swing-State Politics Is Rotting Our Brains and Harming Democracy
Slate • October 2024
- Trump seeks to boost presidential bid in Hurricane Helene’s wake, analysts say
Reuters • October 2024
- Columbia’s political-social climate heavily influenced by University of Missouri
Columbia Tribune • February 18, 2024
- Checking the American Presidency
Law & Liberty • January 24, 2023
- Perception matters: How fear about crime impacts presidential approval
WashU Source • April 2022
- How local and national leaders are tested by major natural disasters
NPR • October 2022
- Biden Surveys Hurricane Damage in Florida Amid Tension With Governor
Voice of America • October 2022
- Devastating Tornadoes Give Biden One Last Chance to Bridge Red-Blue Rift
The Daily Beast • December 2021
- Partisanship, the economy, and presidential accountability
- Texas’s Disaster Is Over. The Fallout Is Just Beginning
The Atlantic • February 2021
- The Economy is Collapsing. So Are Trump’s Reelection Chances
- The divide between us: Urban-rural political differences rooted in geography
- Counties that voted for the president get more in disaster relief
The Economist • October 2017
- Disaster Politics Can Get In The Way Of Disaster Preparedness
FiveThirtyEight • August 2017
- Good to Know: What is sociotropic voting in politics?
Good Authority
- Do presidents really reward the states that voted them into office?
- How Hurricane Sandy Could Matter on Election Day