The purpose of this section is to promote interest in teaching and research on elections, electoral behavior, public opinion, voting turnout, and political participation, both within the United States and in comparative perspective.

Website: www.apsanet.org/~elections

Section Journal: Political Behavior
http://www.springer.com/west/home/social+sciences/political+science?SGWID=4-40394-70-35711740-0

2007 - 2008 Officers

President:
Robert Huckfeldt
University of California, Davis
Department of Political Science
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616
rhuckfeldt@ucdavis.edu

Vice-President:
Alan S. Zuckerman
Brown University
Department of Political Science
36 Prospect Street
Providence RI 02912
alan_zuckerman@brown.edu

Treasurer:
David Campbell
University of Notre Dame
Department of Political Science
217 O'Shaughnessy Hall
Notre Dame IN 46556
dave_campbell@nd.edu

Communications Director:
Caroline Tolbert
University of Iowa
Department of Political Science
341 Shaeffer Hall
Iowa City IA 52242
caroline-tolbert@uiowa.edu

2008 APSA Convention Section Organizers on:
Elections and Voting
Jan Leighley
University of Arizona
Political Science
315 Social Sciences Building
Tucson AZ 85721-0027
leighley@email.arizona.edu

Public Opinion
Stephen P. Nicholson
University of California, Merced
School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts
P. O. Box 2039
Merced CA 95344
snicholson@ucmerced.edu

2009 APSA Convention Section Organizers on:
Voting and Elections
Christopher J. Anderson
Cornell University
Government
214 White Hall
Ithaca NY 14853
cja22@cornell.edu

Public Opinion
Marc J. Hetherington
Vanderbilt University
Political Science
VU Station B #351817
Nashville TN 37235-1817
marc.j.hetherington@vanderbilt.edu

Council
William Jacoby, University of South Carolina
Holli Semetko, Emory University
Andre Blais, University of Montreal
Claudine Gay, Harvard University
Jonathan Nagler, New York University
Matthew Wilson, Southern Methodist University

Nominations Committee Members:
Chair, Gary Jacobson, University of California, San Diego
Suzie DeBoef, Pennsylvania State University
Brad Gomez, Florida State University

Awards

• Previous Award Recipients 

The Best Paper Award and the Sullivan Award for the Best Graduate Student paper is given for the best paper delivered at the 2007 APSA Annual Meeting.  Nominations should be submitted by March 1, 2008.

Award Committee Chair:
Scott D. McClurg
Southern Illinois University
Political Science
Mailcode 4501
Carbondale IL 62901-4501

Committee Members:
Lonna Atkeson, University of New Mexico
William Jacoby, Michigan State University

The Philip Converse Book Award for an outstanding book in the field published five or more years ago.  Nominations should be submitted by March 1, 2008.  

Award Committee Chair:
Henry E. Brady
University of California, Berkeley
Political Science
210 Barrows Hall
Berkeley CA 94720-1950

Committee Members:
Taeku Lee, University of California, Berkeley
Cindy Kam, University of California, Davis

The Emerging Scholar Award is awarded to the top scholar in the field who is within ten years of his or her doctorate.  Nominations should be submitted by March 1, 2008.

Award Committee Chair:
Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier
Ohio State University
Political Science
2140 Derby Hall, 154 N. Oval Mall
Columbus OH 43210-1373

Committee Member:
John Greer, Vanderbilt University
Pat Hurley, Texas A&M University

Warren E. Miller Prize awarded every two or three years for an outstanding career of intellectual accomplishment and service to the profession in the Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior field.  

Award Committe Chair:
Alan I. Abramowitz
Emory University
Political Science
Tarbutton Hall
Atlanta GA 30322

Committee Members:
Russ Dalton, University of California, Irvine
Vince Hutchings, University of Michigan