Publications

2025: 

Dias, N., J. Druckman, and M. Levendusky. (2025).  “Unraveling a ‘Cancel Culture’ Dynamic: When, Why, and Which Americans Sanction Offensive Speech” Journal of Politics 87(2): 588-600 | Paper | Supplemental Appendix

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2024: 

Partisan Hostility and American Democracy: Explaining Political Divisions and When They Matter. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, Chicago Studies in American Politics (with James Druckman, Samara Klar, Yanna Krupnikov, and John Barry Ryan). | Website

Levendusky, M., Patterson, S., Margolis, M., Pasek, J., Winneg, K. and Jamieson, K.H. (2024). “Has the Supreme Court Become Just Another Political Branch? Public Perceptions of Court Approval and Legitimacy in a Post-Dobbs World.” Science Advances 10 (10): eadk9590 | Paper | Supplemental Material

Levendusky, M. (2024) “Can Information Persuade Rather than Polarize? A Review of Alex Coppock’s Persuasion in Parallel.” Political Science Quarterly  139(3): 435-44 | Review

Voelkel, J. et al. “Megastudy Testing 25 Treatments to Reduce Antidemocratic Attitudes and Partisan Animosity.” Science 386 (6719): https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adh4764 | Paper

Ahn, C., Lelkes, Y. and Levendusky, M. (2024). “Sanctioning Political Speech on Social Media Is Driven by Partisan Norms and Identity Signaling.” PNAS Nexus 3(12): pgae534. | Paper | Supplementary Materials | OSF Repository

Levendusky, M., Patterson, S., Margolis, M., Ophir, Y., Walter, D. and Jamieson, K.H. (2024). “The Long Shadow of the Big Lie: How Beliefs about the Legitimacy of the 2020 Election Spill Over onto Future Elections.” Public Opinion Quarterly  88(3): 933-61. | Paper | Supplementary Materials

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2023:  

Our Common Bonds: Using What Americans Share to Overcome the Partisan Divide. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, Chicago Studies in American Politics. | Website

Democracy Amid Crises: Polarization, Pandemic, Protest, and Persuasion. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press (Annenberg Institutions of Democracy Collaborative). | Website

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2022

Druckman, J., S. Klar, Y. Krupnikov, M. Levendusky and J.B. Ryan. (2022). “(Mis-)Estimating Affective Polarization.” Journal of Politics 84(2): 1106-17 | Paper | Supplemental Appendix

Grossman, G., Kronick, D., Levendusky, M. and Meredith, M. (2022). “The Majoritarian Threat to Liberal Democracy.” Journal of Experimental Political Science 9(1): 36-45. | Paper | Supplemental Appendix

Levendusky, M. (2022). “How Does Local TV News Change Viewers’ Attitudes? The Case of Sinclair Broadcasting.” Political Communication 39(1): 23-38. | Paper | Supplemental Appendix | Full Color Version of Figure 1

Lyons, B., et al. (2022). “Self-Affirmation and Identity-Driven Political Behavior.” Journal of Experimental Political Science 9(2): 225-40 | Paper

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2021 

Levendusky, M. and Stecula, D. (2021).  We Need to Talk: How Cross-Party Dialogue Reduces Affective Polarization. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Elements in Experimental Political Science.  | Publisher’s Website | Supplemental Appendix | USA Today Op-Ed

Druckman, J., S. Klar, Y. Krupnikov, M. Levendusky and J.B. Ryan. (2021). “How Affective Polarization Shapes Americans’ Political Beliefs: A Study of Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Journal of Experimental Political Science 8(3): 223 – 34. | Paper | Supplemental Appendix

Kingzette, J., Druckman, J., S. Klar, Y. Krupnikov, M. Levendusky and J.B. Ryan. (2021). “How Affective Polarization Undermines Support for Democratic Norms” Public Opinion Quarterly 85(2): 663-77. | Paper | Supplemental Appendix

Holbert, R.L., N. Dias, B. Hardy, K. H. Jamieson, M. Levendusky, A. Renninger, D. Romer, K. Winneg, and J. Pasek. (2021). “Exploring the Role of Media Use within an Integrated Behavioral Model (IBM) Approach to Vote Likelihood.” American Behavioral Scientist 65(3): 412-31. | Paper

Druckman, J., S. Klar, Y. Krupnikov, M. Levendusky and J.B. Ryan. (2021). “Affective Polarization, Local Contexts and Public Opinion in America.” Nature: Human Behaviour 5(1): 28-38. | Paper | Supplemental Appendix

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2019

Druckman, J. and M. Levendusky. (2019). “What Do We Measure When We Measure Affective Polarization?” Public Opinion Quarterly 83(1): 114-22 | Paper | Supplemental Appendix

Iyengar, S., Y. Lelkes, M. Levendusky, N. Malhotra, and S. Westwood. (2019). “The Origins and Consequences of Affective Polarization in the United States.” Annual Review of Political Science 22(1): 129-46 | Paper

Druckman, J., S. Gubitz, M. Levendusky, and A. Lloyd (2019). “How Incivility On Partisan Media (De)Polarizes the Electorate.” Journal of Politics 81(1): 291-5 | Paper | Supplemental Appendix

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2018 

Levendusky, M. (2018). When Efforts to Depolarize the Electorate Fail. Public Opinion Quarterly 82(3): 583-92. | Paper | Supplemental Appendix

Levendusky, M. (2018). Americans, Not Partisans: Can Priming American National Identity Reduce Affective Polarization? Journal of Politics 80(1): 59-70. | Paper | Supplemental Appendix

McConnell, C., N. Malhotra, Y. Margalit, & M. Levendusky (2018). “The Economic Consequences of Partisanship in a Polarized Era.” American Journal of Political Science  62(1): 5-18. | Paper | Supplemental Appendix | Published Erratum | Detailed Erratum | Press Coverage

Druckman, J., M. Levendusky, & A. McLain. (2018). No Need to Watch: How the Effects of Partisan Media Can Spread via Inter-Personal Discussions. American Journal of Political Science. 62(1): 99-112. | Paper | Supplemental Appendix

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2017 

Levendusky, M. (2017). Morris Fiorina’s Foundational Contributions to the Study of Partisanship and Mass Polarization. The Forum 15(1): 189-201. | Paper

Levendusky, M. (2017).  Partisan Media & Polarization: Challenges for Future Work. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics., London, UK: Oxford University Press | Paper

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2016

Levendusky, M., & Malhotra N. (2016).  (Mis)Perceptions of Partisan Polarization in the American Public. Public Opinion Quarterly. 80(S1), 387-91. | Paper | Supplemental Appendix

Levendusky, M., & Malhotra N. (2016).  Does Media Coverage of Partisan Polarization Affect Political Attitudes?. Political Communication. 33(2), 283-301. | Paper | Supplemental Appendix | Media Coverage of Article

Levendusky, M., Druckman J., & McLain A. (2016).  How Group Discussions Create Strong Attitudes and Strong Partisans. Research and Politics. 3(2), 1-6. | Paper | Supplemental_Appendix 

Lapinski, J., Levendusky M., Winneg K., & Jamieson K. H. (2016).  What Do Citizens Want from their Member of Congress?. Political Research Quarterly. 69(3), 535-45. | Paper | Supplemental Appendix

2014

Darr, J., & Levendusky M. (2014).  Relying on the Ground Game: The Placement and Effect of Campaign Field Offices. American Politics Research. 42(3), 529-48. | Publication | Supplemental Appendix

2013

Levendusky, M. (2013).  How Partisan Media Polarize America. Chicago: University of Chicago Press | Website

Levendusky, M. (2013).  Partisan Media Exposure and Attitudes Toward the Opposition. Political Communication. 30(4), 565-581. Paper | Supplemental Appendix

Levendusky, M. (2013).  Partisan Polarization in the U.S. Electorate.Oxford Bibliographies Online.

Levendusky, M. (2013).  Why Do Partisan Media Polarize Viewers?.American Journal of Political Science. 57(3), 611-623. | Paper | Supplemental Appendix

2012

Levendusky, M., & Horowitz M. (2012).  When Backing Down Is the Right Decision: Partisanship, New Information and Audience Costs.Journal of Politics. 74(2), 323-338. | Paper

2011

Yeager, D., Krosnick J., Chang L., Javitz H., Levendusky M., Simpser A., & Wang R. (2011).  Comparing the Accuracy of RDD Telephone Surveys and Internet Surveys Conducted with Probability and Non-Probability Samples. Public Opinion Quarterly. 75(4), 709-47. | Paper

Horowitz, M., & Levendusky M. (2011).  Drafting Support for War: Conscription and Mass Support for Warfare. Journal of Politics. 73(2), 524-34. | Paper | Supplemental Appendix

Levendusky, M., & Pope J. (2011).  Red States vs. Blue States: Going Beyond the Mean. Public Opinion Quarterly. 75(2), 227-48. | Paper

Levendusky, M.  (2011).  Rethinking the Role of Political Information.Public Opinion Quarterly. 75(1), 42-64. | Paper | Supplemental Appendix

2010

Levendusky, M. (2010).  Clearer Cues, More Consistent Voters: A Benefit of Elite Polarization. Political Behavior. 32(1), 111-131. | Paper | Supplemental Appendix

Levendusky, M., & Pope J.  (2010).  Measuring Aggregate-Level Ideological Heterogeneity. Legislative Studies Quarterly. 35(2), 259-82. | Paper | Supplemental Appendix | Estimates of State-Level Ideological Heterogeneity

2009

Levendusky, M. (2009).  The Microfoundations of Mass Polarization.Political Analysis. 17(2), 162-76. | Paper | Supplemental Appendix

Levendusky, M. (2009). The Partisan Sort: How Liberals Became Democrats and Conservatives Became Republicans. Chicago: University of Chicago Press | Website

2008

Levendusky, M., Pope J., & Jackman S.  (2008). Measuring District-Level Partisanship with Implications for the Analysis of U.S. Elections. Journal of Politics. 70(3), 736-53. | Paper | Supplemental Appendix | Estimates of District Partisanship

2007

Sniderman, P., & Levendusky M. (2007).  An Institutional Theory of Political Choice. Oxford Handbook of Political Behavior. 437-56., Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press | Paper

2006

Fiorina, M., & Levendusky M. (2006). Disconnected: The Political Class versus the People. Red and Blue Nation? Characteristics, Causes, and Consequences of America’s Polarized Politics. 49-71., Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press and the Hoover Institution | Paper