The Conversation · May 21, 2025
Commentary & Coverage
News & Media
Selected essays, commentary, and media coverage on presidential power, disaster politics, political geography, and democratic accountability.
Featured Panel
Election Analyst Panel
Andrew Reeves moderates the Election Analyst Panel at Political Analytics 2025 at Harvard University, featuring Dave Wasserman, Jacob Rubashkin, and Geoffrey Skelley.
Commentary
Essays and Op-Eds
Public writing on presidential power, disaster politics, and electoral accountability.
Los Angeles Times · June 25, 2024
Biden and Trump will talk big at the debate, but how much could either really do?
The Conversation · June 16, 2021
Biden’s Supreme Court commission probably won’t sway public opinion
St. Louis Post-Dispatch · April 2, 2020
This pandemic is a test for leaders. Voters do the grading
Daily Yonder · February 24, 2020
Distance and Density, Not Just Demographics, Affect Urban-Rural Vote
Washington Post · October 2, 2017
Donald Trump’s lukewarm response to Puerto Rico was pretty predictable. Here’s why
Reuters · November 5, 2012
How Disasters Change Elections
Los Angeles Times · October 3, 2004
Florida Disaster Aid Can Help Bush
Los Angeles Times · May 12, 2004
Plucking Votes From Disasters
Coverage
Research in the Media
Food Bank News · June 18, 2026
Pantry Punches Above its Weight with Mapping Tool
Slate · October 2024
Swing-State Politics Is Rotting Our Brains and Harming Democracy
Reuters · October 2024
Trump seeks to boost presidential bid in Hurricane Helene’s wake, analysts say
Columbia Tribune · February 18, 2024
Columbia’s political-social climate heavily influenced by University of Missouri
Law & Liberty · January 24, 2023
Checking the American Presidency
WashU Source · April 2022
Perception matters: How fear about crime impacts presidential approval
NPR · October 2022
How local and national leaders are tested by major natural disasters
Voice of America · October 2022
Biden Surveys Hurricane Damage in Florida Amid Tension With Governor
The Daily Beast · December 2021
Devastating Tornadoes Give Biden One Last Chance to Bridge Red-Blue Rift
WashU Source · October 2021
Partisanship, the economy, and presidential accountability
The Atlantic · February 2021
Texas’s Disaster Is Over. The Fallout Is Just Beginning
The Atlantic · April 2020
The Economy is Collapsing. So Are Trump’s Reelection Chances
WashU Source · February 2020
The divide between us: Urban-rural political differences rooted in geography
The Economist · October 2017
Counties that voted for the president get more in disaster relief
FiveThirtyEight · August 2017
Disaster Politics Can Get In The Way Of Disaster Preparedness
Good Authority
Good to Know: What is sociotropic voting in politics?
Washington Post · August 2013
Do presidents really reward the states that voted them into office?
The Monkey Cage · October 2012