MPSA

3:31 Expanding Political Choice: The Mobilizing Effect
of New Political Parties
Sara Binzer Hobolt, London School of Economics
s.b.hobolt@lse.ac.uk
Julian M. Hoerner*, London School of Economics
and Politcal Science
j.m.hoerner@lse.ac.uk
3:44 'Cheap Click'? The Effect of Internet
Participation Opportunity and Issue Relevance on
Political Participation
Fred Slocum, Minnesota State University-Mankato
frederick.slocum@mnsu.edu
Kevin James Parsneau*, Minnesota State
University-Mankato
kevin.parsneau@mnsu.edu
3:57 Disc., Joshua P. Darr, Louisiana State University
and Agricultural & Mechanical College
jdarr@lsu.edu
Disc., Mallory SoRelle, Lafayette College
sorellem@lafayette.edu
4:10 Audience Discussion
32-7 The Flow of Money in U.S. Congressional
Campaigns (Co-sponsored with 30. Electoral
Campaigns, see 30-10)
Sat at 3:00 pm
3:00 Chair, Anne Baker, Miami University-Oxford
abaker4@alumni.nd.edu
3:05 Buying the Center: Campaign Spending and
Voter Perceptions of Candidate Ideology
David Stack, Cleveland State University
stackd85@gmail.com
3:15 Cooperative Issue Agendas in Congressional
Campaigns
Kenneth Miller, The University of Texas at Austin
kenmiller@utexas.edu
3:26 Following the Money: The Evolving Spending
Habits of Candidates for Congress
Charles R. Hunt, University of Maryland-College
Park
crh@umd.edu
Casey Ryan Burgat*, University of Maryland-
College Park
cburgat@umd.edu
3:37 The Policy and Partisan Motives of Campaign
Donors Seeking Surrogate Representation
Anne Baker, Miami University-Oxford
abaker4@alumni.nd.edu
3:48 Who Funds the Donors?: Dark Money Networks
and the Rise of the “Pseudo-Parties”
Stan Nguyen Oklobdzija, University of California-
San Diego
stano@ucsd.edu
3:59 Disc., Anne Baker, Miami University-Oxford
abaker4@alumni.nd.edu
Disc., Alex Keena, University of Richmond
akeena@richmond.edu
4:10 Audience Discussion
33-14 Rules and Representation
Sat at 3:00 pm
3:00 Chair, Ozge Kemahlioglu, Sabanci University
ozgekemah@sabanciuniv.edu
3:05 Duvergerian Effects: How the Electoral System
Influences Mass Polarization
Mattan Sharkansky*, Hebrew University,
Jerusalem
mattan.sharkansky@mail.huji.ac.il
3:18 Mechanical and Political Consequences of
Electoral Systems: A Dynamic Perspective
Philipp Harfst, University of Greifswald
pharfst@uni-greifswald.de
Jessica Fortin-Rittberger*, University of Salzburg-
Austria
j.fortin-rittberger@sbg.ac.at
Sarah Dingler*, University of Salzburg-Austria
sarahcaroline.dingler@sbg.ac.at
Julian Noseck*, University of Greifswald
julian.noseck@uni-greifswald.de
3:31 More Than Seat Maximization: The Role of
Credit Claiming and Political Spoils in Electoral
Reform
Abigail Heller, Emory University
abigail.lauren.heller@emory.edu
3:44 Multiwinner Approval Voting: An Apportionment
Approach
Steven J. Brams, New York University
steven.brams@nyu.edu
Marc Kilgour, Wilfrid Laurier University
mkilgour@wlu.ca
Richard F. Potthoff*, Duke University
potthoff@duke.edu
3:57 Disc., Ozge Kemahlioglu, Sabanci University
ozgekemah@sabanciuniv.edu
4:10 Audience Discussion
35-9 Political Attitudes and Social Networks (Cosponsored
with 36. American Public Opinion, see
36-15)
Sat at 3:00 pm
3:00 Chair, Suzanne M. Robbins, University of Florida
suzanne.robbins@ufl.edu
3:05 A Tea Party Congress?: How Tea Party
Legislators Behave
Rachel Marie Blum, Miami University-Oxford
blumrm@miamioh.edu
3:15 Communication Networks Among Community
Stakeholders
Scott D. McClurg, Southern Illinois University-
Carbondale
mcclurg@siu.edu
Jessica Crowe*, Southern Illinois University-
Carbondale
jessica.crowe@siu.edu
Christopher Stout*, Oregon State University
stoutch@oregonstate.edu
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