MPSA

4:50 The Election of Obama: A Mobilizing Effect?
Colin Phillips, University of Georgia
cphillips9379@gmail.com
Greg Hawrelak, University of Georgia
gregory.hawrelak25@uga.edu
4:58 Campaign Gaffes and Political Scandals: What,
Why, and How They Matter
William Curtis Ellis, Oral Roberts University
wellis@oru.edu
Colin D. Swearingen, John Carroll University
cswearingen@jcu.edu
5:06 Civic Duty and Participation: The Dynamic
Influence of Civic Duty on Turnout
Matthew F Foster, University of Colorado Boulder
mafo5397@colorado.edu
5:14 Electronic Engagement: How Online Registration
Shapes Participation in the American States
Michael James Ritter, University of Iowa
michael-ritter@uiowa.edu
5:22 The Ground Game: Democratic and Republican
Personal Contact Mobilization Efforts and their
Impact on Voter Turnout in the 2008 and 2012
Presidential Elections
Rafael Felipe Silva Molina, Eastern Illinois
University
rsmolina@eiu.edu
5:30 The Resurgence of Evangelical Political Strength
in 2016 Minnesota Electoral Politics
Christopher P. Gilbert, Gustavus Adolphus College
cgilbert@gustavus.edu
5:38 Who Punishes Extremist Nominees?: Candidate
Ideology and Turning Out the Base in U.S.
Elections
Andrew B. Hall*, Stanford University
andrewbhall@stanford.edu
Dan Thompson, Stanford University
danmckinleythompson@gmail.com
5:46 Audience Discussion
77-408 Lightning Talk: Elections, Parties and
Immigrants in Europe
Fri at 4:45 pm
4:45 Chair, Andrea Stephanie Aldrich, University of
Houston
aldrich.andrea@gmail.com
4:50 Media Framing of Marine Le Pen: A De-
Demonized Future for the Radical Right in
France?
Alexandra Nicole Snipes, University of Georgia
asnipes@uga.edu
4:58 Explaining Differences in Party System Stability
Over Time: Ideological versus Ethnic Polarization
in Latvia and Lithuania, 1990 – 2014
Liucija Balciunaite, Southern Illinois University-
Carbondale
lbalciunaite@siu.edu
5:06 Comparing Nowcasting and Polls in French
Presidential Elections, 1974-2017
Bruno JEROME*, University of Paris II Pantheon
Assas
bruno.jerome@gmail.com
Richard Nadeau*, University of Montreal
richard.nadeau@umontreal.ca
Veronique Jerome*, University of Paris Sud Saclay
veronique.jerome@gmail.com
5:14 Facing New Realities: Responsiveness of
(Euro)parties to the Rise of Euroskepticism in the
European Union
Jelena Vicic, University of Cincinnati-Main Campus
vicicja@mail.uc.edu
5:22 Audience Discussion
81-401 Lightning Talk: Legislatures, Parties and Groups
in the United States
Fri at 4:45 pm
4:45 Chair, Brian Hamel, University of California-Los
Angeles
bhamel@ucla.edu
4:50 Enemies with Benefits: Trade Votes, the Tea
Party, and the Electoral Connection
James Bassett, Texas Tech University
jamie.bassett@ttu.edu
Travis J. Cole, Texas Tech University
travis.j.cole@ttu.edu
4:58 Place Attachment and Legislative Behavior in
Nebraska
Melissa Trueblood, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
mtrueblood@huskers.unl.edu
5:06 Welcome to the Party: Generational Versus
Partisan Socialization in Young Partisan Activists
Jeremiah John Garretson*, California State
University-East Bay
jeremiah.garretson@stonybrook.edu
5:14 Qué Haces Para Mí?: Congressional Hispanic
Caucus and Conference Membership and its
Effects on Representatives’ Legislative Casework
Avram Munoz, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
munoz125@umn.edu
5:22 Informational Interest Group Influence and
Executive Steel Trade Policy
Diana Liu, Shawnee State University
dliu@shawnee.edu
5:30 Audience Discussion
82-315 Poster Session: Politics of African Nations
Fri at 4:45 pm
Post. 1 Learning Distrust: Examining the Link Between
Education and Trust in Government in Zambia
Cameron Arnzen, The College of Idaho
cameron.arnzen@yotes.collegeofidaho.edu
Post. 2 Perceptions of Gender Inequality as a Problem in
Africa
Emily Clarke, Clemson University
eclark3@g.clemson.edu
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