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• David Faris. October 14, 2024. “Swing-State Politics Is Rotting Our Brains and Harming Democracy.” Slate
• Tim Reid and Helen Coster. October 1, 2024. “Trump seeks to boost presidential bid in Hurricane Helene’s wake, analysts say.” Reuters
• Theo Burman. September 11, 2024. “Should Donald Trump Agree to Another Debate? Political Experts Weigh In.” Newsweek
• Andrew Reeves. June 25, 2024. “Opinion: Biden and Trump will talk big at the debate, but how much could either really do?” The Los Angeles Times
• Roger McKinney. February 18, 2024. “Columbia’s political, social climate influenced heavily by Mizzou” Columbia Daily Tribune
• Diane Toroian Keaggy. January 12, 2024. “Old research, new readers: A closer look at some of the most-read research stories from years past” The Source
• Shawn Ballard. October 5, 2022. “When presidential power meets public opinion.” The Ampersand
• Jorge Agobian, and Patsy Widakuswara. October 5, 2022. “Biden Surveys Hurricane Damage in Florida Amid Tension With Governor.” Voice of America
• Domenico Montanaro. October 1, 2022. “How local and national leaders are tested by major natural disasters.” NPR.
• Josh Boak. August 20, 2022. “For Republican governors, all economic success is local.” AP.
• Sara Savat. April 18, 2022. “Perception matters: How fear about crime impacts presidential approval.” The Source
• Charles Stewart III. May 28, 2022. “Republicans want to hand-count paper ballots. That’s less accurate.” Washington Post’s the Monkeycage Blog
• Eleanor Clift. December 14, 2021. “Devastating Tornadoes Give Biden One Last Chance to Bridge Red-Blue Rift.” The Daily Beast.
• Lawrence Lessig. December 10, 2021. “Why the US Is a Failed Democratic State” New York Review of Books.
• Sara Savat. October 21, 2021. Partisanship, the economy and presidential accountability. The Source
• Saranac Hale Spencer. October 7, 2021. “SciCheck’s COVID-19/Vaccination Project.” FactCheck.org.
• David Ryan Miller and Andrew Reeves. June 16, 2021.“Biden’s Supreme Court commission probably won’t sway public opinion.” The Conversation.
• Sarah Savat. April 8, 2021. “Executive orders come ‘at great cost’.” The Source.
• Elaine Godfrey. February 24, 2021. “Texas’s Disaster Is Over. The Fallout Is Just Beginning.” The Atlantic.
• Julie Kennedy. February 22, 2021. “New course studies the business of politics.” Washington Magazine.
• Ronald J. Hansen. October 18.2020. “President Donald Trump is set to visit Prescott, Tucson. Here’s why."Arizona Republic.
• Sara Savat. October 16, 2020. “2020 election talk: Congressional races.” The Source.
• Andrew Duehren and Siobhan Hughes. September 19, 2020. “Trump’s Targeted Moves Seek to Shore Up Support for GOP Senators” The Wall Street Journal.
• Gregory Korte and Matthew Boesler. April 14, 2020. “Trump’s Key 2020 States Reel Under Twin Blows of Virus, Jobb Loss.” Bloomberg.
• Annie Lowrey. April 3, 2020. “The Economy is Collapsing. So Are Trump’s Reelection Chances.” The Atlantic.
• Andrew Reeves. April 1, 2020. “This pandemic is a test for leaders. Voters do the grading.” Saint Louis Dispatch.
• David R. Miller and Andrew Reeves. March 26, 2020. “If Trump took responsibility for coronavirus missteps, it might actually help him” Washington Post.
• Nicholas G. Napolio. March 19, 2020. “The CDC isn’t favoring Trump states with coronavirus spending.” Washington Post.
• Michael Tesler. March 9, 2020. “3 ways the coronavirus could end Trump’s presidency.” Washington Post.
• Joe Cortright.  “The Week Observed, February 28, 2020.” The City Commentary.
• Von Philipp Nagels. February 25, 2020. “Die Nähe zu einer Stadt beeinflusst die politische Gesinnung.” Die Welt.
• James G. Gimpel, Nathan Lovin, Bryant Moy and Andrew Reeves, “Distance and Density, Not Just Demographics, Affect Urban-Rural Vote.” Daily Yonder.
• Sara Savat. February 18, 2020. The divide between us: Urban-rural political differences rooted in geography. The Source.
• Brett Nelson. December, 30, 2019. “Geolocation data show black voters wait longer to vote.” Chicago Booth Review.
• J.D. Tuccille. December 5, 2019. “Republicans Are Learning to Love Unconstrained Executive Power.” Reason.
• Theodore R. Johnson. June 21, 2019. “Reparations Won’t Start With Congress. A President Needs to Do That.” Politico.
• Nathanael Monier-Dana. March 1, 2019. “Going Solo: Public Backlash to Unilateralism.” Chicago Policy Review.
• Julia Azari. April 17, 2018. “The challenge of Trump’s presidency is legitimacy, not power.” Vox.
• Thomas Edsall. February 8, 2018. “Trump’s Tool Kit Does Not Include the Constitution.” New York Times.
• October 19, 2017. “Counties that voted for the president get more in disaster relief,” The Economist.
• Andrew Reeves. October 2, 2017. “Donald Trump’s lukewarm response to Puerto Rico was pretty predictable. Here’s why,” Washington Post.
• Oliver Roeder and Andrea Jones-Rooy. August 31, 2017. “Disaster Politics Can Get In The Way Of Disaster Preparedness,” FiveThirtyEight.
• Amber Phillips. August 28, 2017. “Mixing politics and hurricanes? Trump might want to tread carefully,” Washington Post.
• Andrew Rudalevige. January, 20, 2017. Every president is a minority leader. Trump will be, too. Washington Post.
• Stephen Ansolabehere, Barry C. Burden, Kenneth R. Mayer, and Charles Stewart III. December 5, 2016. “The Wisconsin recount may have a surprise in store after all,” Washington Post.
• Susan Milligan. September 30, 2016. “Playing Games With a Disaster: Communities suffer as Congress feuds over emergency relief.” US News and World Report.
• Molly E. Reynolds. May 18, 2016. “What emergency Zika funding tells us about congressional dysfunction,” FIXGOV: Making Government Work, Brookings.__
• Jeff Stein. February 5, 2016. “We asked 6 political scientists if Bernie Sanders would have a shot in a general election,” Vox.
• Jeff Stein. February 3, 2016. “Americans want limits on their presidents — even the ones they voted for,” Vox.
• Amber Phillips. January 23, 2016. “7 politicians whose careers were broken — or made — by massive storms,” The Washington Posts’s The Fix.
• Claire Navarro. 2015. “The Particularistic President: Political scientist Andrew Reeves reveals when and why presidents play favorites,” The Ampersand.
• Frank Bruni, January 25, 2015, The Millions of Marginalized Americans, New York Times Sunday Review.
• POLL: Does a Politician’s Reaction to Major Snowstorms Influence Your Vote?
• Presidents create political inequality by allocating Federal dollars to electorally useful constituencies across the country | USAPP
• Wash U Expert: Politics of disaster relief spurred aggressive preparations for East Coast storm | Newsroom | Washington University in St. Louis
• Warren: The political perils of snowstorms
• In Emergencies, Politicians Are Expected To Master Disaster
• The Economist explains: Why elections are bad for you | The Economist
• Abstract of the Week – Taegan Goddard’s Wonk Wire
• Do presidents really reward the states that voted them into office?
• The political fallout of natural disasters
• Get States off the Federal Dole – Reason.com
• ‘All disasters are political’ But which politicians stand to win and lose the most? : Rutland Herald Online
• How the Stress of Disaster Translates to “I Voted” | Psychology Today
• One Week Remaining | Advancing a Free Society
• Hurricane Sandy May Affect Election Outcome | LiveScience
• Sandy’s impact on the US Election | The Current with Anna Maria Tremonti | CBC Radio
• Stormen Sandy kan hjælpe Obama til genvalg – Politiken.dk
• Do Disasters Help Incumbents? Survey Says: Yes | WBUR
• Obama ha reagito bene, ma su Twitter Sandy premia Romney | Linkiesta.it
• Quand un président s’occupe d’un ouragan | Agence Science-Presse
• Sandy peut-il avoir un impact sur l’élection présidentielle ?
• Federal Disaster Response Keeping An Eye on the President and the Governors | Oye Times
• Can elections be blown off course by natural disasters? – CNN.com
• Incumbent Obama Seizing Mantle of Rescuer-in-Chief | World | RIA Novosti
• Stormy election: Hurricane Sandy may impact voter behavior, change voters’ minds | Deseret News
• Hurricane Sandy could influence the outcome of the presidential election | Yakima Herald-Republic Online
• How weather affects elections – Salon.com
• Disastrous storms can have impact on race for president – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• In US Elections, Weather Can Make Waves at Polls | World | RIA Novosti
• How President Obama Will Handle Hurricane Sandy – The Daily Beast
• Sandy Is the Most Important Swing Voter – Politics – The Atlantic Wire
• Hurricane Sandy’s Political Impact: Obama’s response to the storm could change voters’ mind.
• Sandy’s Politics – The Dish | By Andrew Sullivan – The Daily Beast
• The way the wind blows: The effects of Hurricane Sandy on the US elections – Opinion – Al Jazeera English
• How Hurricane Sandy Could Swing the Election | Mother Jones
• How Hurricane Sandy Could Matter on Election Day — The Monkey Cage
• Hurricane Sandy and the Presidential Election –
• How Hurricane Sandy could affect the election
• How Obama Is Leveraging the Power of the Incumbency in Swing States | Swampland | TIME.com
• Seven big questions about the 2012 presidential election: Research roundup – Journalist’s Resource: Research for Reporting, from Harvard Shorenstein Center
• Blog > National Affairs
• Hail to the Pork – By Veronique de Rugy – The Corner – National Review Online
• Political Science – Virtual Issue: Representation and Renewal in New Orleans – Wiley Online Library
• Do voters punish politicians for natural disasters? (cont’d)
• Could the drought cost Obama votes this fall?
• Michael Hoover, “Rowboat Federalism: The Politics of U.S. Disaster Relief; Part 2: Politics: The Electoral Connection and Beyond”
• » The weather can influence gubernatorial and presidential re-election Strauss Institute: Did You Know?
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• The Politics of Disaster | Harvard Magazine Mar-Apr 2004
• Some Predictions on the Supreme Court’s Decision — The Monkey Cage
• Supreme Court’s ACA Decision Polarizes, Doesn’t Persuade — The Monkey Cage
• Self-Interest and Attitudes toward Health Care Reform — The Monkey Cage
• Cyclone Yasi | Anna Bligh Versus Julia Gillard
• Targeting Strategies in 2008, and Lessons for 2012 — The Monkey Cage
• GOP Taking Cues from Obama for 2012 White House Campaign – Washington Whispers (usnews.com)
• Getting Gas Prices Right — The Monkey Cage
• Gas Prices Matter to Voters, but They Matter Little to Votes – NYTimes.com
• Voters bypass their own representatives and reward Presidents for federal spending, new research shows
• How local spending helps incumbent presidents (and why it will be harder to know this in the future) – Sunlight Foundation