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: $12.00 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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Executive Council
Term: 09/2017-08/2019
Patrick Fournier, Universite de Montreal
Shana Gadarian, Syracuse University
Quin Monson, Brigham Young 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.
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Deadline for nominations: March 1, 2019
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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.
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Deadline for nominations: March 1, 2019
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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.
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Deadline for nominations: March 1, 2019
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Philip E. Converse Book Award
The Philip E. Converse Book Award is given for an outstanding book in the field published at least five years before.
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Deadline for nominations: March 1, 2019
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Best Article in Political Behavior Award
The Best Article in Political Behavior is awarded for the best article published in Political Behavior in the previous calendar year.
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Deadline for nominations: March 1, 2019
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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 2017 Annual Meeting.
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Deadline for nominations: March 31, 2019
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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.
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Deadline for nominations: TBA
Award Committee