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.
Founded: 1994
Yearly membership dues: $0 for students and $18.00 for other members. Subscription to Political Behavior included with membership.* Print subscriptions of Political Behavior are available for an additional $20, payable to the publisher, Springer.
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Journal: http://www.springer.com/social+sciences/political+science/journal/11109
Section Counts
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Chair
Elizabeth Zechmeister
Vanderbilt University
Vice-Chair
André Blais
Université de Montréal
Treasurer
David Lublin
American University
Communications Director
John Holbein
University of Virginia
[email protected]
Journal Editor
Political Behavior
Geoffrey Layman
University of Notre Dame
Benjamin Radcliff
University of Notre Dame
2020 Annual Meeting Program Chairs
E&V Division
Hanna Wass, University of Helsinki
PO Division
Tyson King-Meadows, University of Maryland BC
Executive Council
Term 09/19-08/21
Michele Marglois, University of Pennsylvania
Alessandro Nai, University of Amsterdam
John Ryan, Stony Brook University
Term: 09/2018-2020
Camille Burge, Villanova University
Jonathan Ladd, Georgetown University
David Nickerson, Temple University
Section awards are presented during the APSA annual meeting awards ceremony. To learn more about any award listed, contact the award committee chair for the award.
All section 32. Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior awards to-date »
Best Paper Award
The Best Paper Award is given for the best paper delivered at the previous year's APSA Annual Meeting.
Deadline for nominations: March 1, 2020
Award Committee
Emerging Scholar Award
The Emerging Scholar Award is awarded to the top scholar in the field who is within 10 years of her or his Ph.D.
Deadline for nominations: March 1, 2020
Award Committee
John Sullivan Award
The John Sullivan Award for the best paper by a graduate student on a panel sponsored by the APSA Organized Section on Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior at the previous APSA Annual Meeting.
Deadline for nominations: March 1, 2020
Award Committee
Philip E. Converse Book Award
The
Philip E. Converse Book Award is given for an outstanding book in the field
published five or more years ago.
Deadline for nominations: March 1, 2020
Award Committee
Best Article in Political Behavior Award
The
Best Article in Political Behavior is awarded for the best article published
in print in Political Behavior in the previous calendar year.
Deadline for nominations: March 1, 2020
Award Committee
Graduate Student Travel Awards
Multiple grants awarded to graduate students who are authors or co-authors of papers on a panel or poster session sponsored by the section at the Annual Meeting.
Deadline for nominations: March 31, 2020
Award Committee
Warren E. Miller Award
The Warren E. Miller Prize is 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.
Deadline for nominations: March 1, 2020
Award Committee
Noam Lupu (Chair)
Vanderbilt University
[email protected]
Yusaku Horiuchi
Dartmouth College
[email protected]
Elizabeth Suhay
American University
[email protected]