Woman suffrage led to one of the greatest enfranchisements in history. Yet, women neither won the right to vote by … jurisdiction's transition to woman suffrage. Our results show that the general scarcity of women in the American West, or a high … sex ratio, was the single most important factor behind the region's lead in the enfranchisement of women in the US. High …

still unclear. Studying the timing of woman suffrage adoption at state level, we find that states in which women were scarce … (the West) enfranchised their women much earlier than states in which the sex ratio was more balanced (the rest of the … and may have made woman suffrage more attractive in the eyes of western legislators that sought to attract more women to …

still unclear. Studying the timing of woman suffrage adoption at state level, we find that states in which women were scarce … (the West) enfranchised their women much earlier than states in which the sex ratio was more balanced (the rest of the … and may have made woman suffrage more attractive in the eyes of western legislators that sought to attract more women to …

education on voter turnout, such that the education gradient in voting is greater in U.S. States with the harshest … disenfranchisement legislature. As such, the observed relationship between education and voting is partly driven by the effect of …

recipients by comparing higher education institutions within border-county pairs. Lastly, using individual-level data on voting …

The 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA) paved the road to Black empowerment. How did southern whites respond? Leveraging newly …

In recent years, voter ID laws and convenience voting have generated heated partisan debates. To shed light on these … consequences on policy choices and for democratic legitimacy. Building on a simple cost-benefit model of voting, we then review … (quasi)-experimental work studying the effects of voting procedures and of other election rules. Voting procedures (which …

compare the differential political career progression of women who closely win versus closely lose a state legislature … women, and its effect on winning a Congressional race is five times larger for men than women. These gaps emerge early in …

compare the differential political career progression of women who closely win versus closely lose a state legislature … women, and its effect on winning a Congressional race is five times larger for men than women. These gaps emerge early in …