Institute for Social Research API | Research Themes | Elections, Political Behavior, Public Opinion, & Political Psychology

The Elections Archive (THEA)

The Elections Archive (THEA) is an archive of detailed, subnational election results and associated materials. Our motivation is to preserve and consolidate these valuable data in one comprehensive and reliable resource that is ready for analysis and publicly available at no cost. This public good is expected to be of use to a range of… Continue reading The Elections Archive (THEA)

American National Election Studies

Founded in 1948, the core mission of the American National Election Study (ANES) is to inform explanations of election outcomes by providing data that support rich hypothesis testing, maximize methodological excellence, measure many variables, and promote comparisons across people, contexts and time. The ANES serves this mission by providing researchers with survey data from a… Continue reading American National Election Studies

Hasell,Ariel

Ariel Hasell is an Associate Professor of Communication and Media at the University of Michigan. Broadly, her research examines how the contemporary media environment influences exposure to information about science and politics, the effects of that exposure on knowledge and beliefs, as well as public engagement with science and politics in society. She uses quantitative… Continue reading Hasell,Ariel

Kollman,Kenneth W

07/24/25

Ken Kollman is Frederick G. L. Huetwell Professor Emeritus and Emeritus Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan. He is also Emeritus Research Professor at the Center for Political Studies (Institute for Social Research) at the university. He is on leave for academic year 2025-26, writing a book on political parties. As of January 1,… Continue reading Kollman,Kenneth W

Valentino,Nicholas A

Professor Valentino is the Donald R. Kinder Collegiate Professor of Political Science and currently serves as a PI of the American National Election Studies (ANES). He is a student of political communication, political psychology, and electoral behavior. His work focuses on political campaigns, racial attitudes, emotions, and social group cues in news and political advertising.… Continue reading Valentino,Nicholas A

Brader,Ted

Professor Brader currently serves as Associate Principal Investigator for Time-sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences. He has formerly served as Principal Investigator for the American National Election Studies. His research examines how public opinion and political behavior are shaped by emotions, partisanship, social identities, group attitudes, and media messaging; he also studies survey and experimental methods. Current… Continue reading Brader,Ted

Burns,Nancy E

Professor Burns studies gender, race, political participation, public opinion, and intergovernmental relations in the American context.

Hutchings,Vincent L

Professor Hutchings’ general interests include public opinion, elections, voting behavior, and African American politics. Professor Hutchings has also studied how well members of Congress represent the interests of their Black constituents and more recently has explored how much citizens know about the racial wealth gap. Currently, Professor Hutchings is working on an NSF sponsored project involving race… Continue reading Hutchings,Vincent L

Chen,Jowei

Jowei Chen’s research interests include distributive politics, executive agencies, and legislatures. He has studied how legislators’ pork-barreling strategies are shaped by the electoral geography of their districts, and he has examined how government spending influences voters. He is also interested in the political control of executive agencies. Link to CV