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Society for Political Methodology Career Achievement Award

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House Republicans were rewarded for supporting Donald Trump’s ‘stop the steal’ efforts

Ethnic antagonism erodes Republicans’ commitment to democracy

Partisanship in the Trump Era

Larry Bartels’ scholarship and teaching focus on public opinion, electoral politics, public policy, and political representation. His books include Democracy Erodes from the Top: Leaders, Citizens, and the Challenge of Populism in Europe, Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government (with Christopher Achen), and Unequal Democracy: The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age (2nd edition). He is also the author of numerous scholarly articles, and of commentaries in the New York Times, Washington Post, and other prominent outlets. Bartels has received the Warren E. Miller Prize for contributions to the study of elections, public opinion, and voting behavior, the Career Achievement Award from the Society for Political Methodology, and Vanderbilt’s Earl Sutherland Prize for Career Achievement in Research. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and of the American Philosophical Society, and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.

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The Populist Phantom

What I’m Reading: Why Democracy Erodes From the Top

Biden’s chances of re-election are better than they appear

Spain's Vox party stumbles, testing limits of European far-right advance

A 2023 Recession Wouldn’t Be So Bad for Biden. A Downturn in 2024 Would

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GOP, long the law and order party, slams FBI, Justice Department over search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago

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May Werthan Shayne Professor and University Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Law

In this CDDRL research seminar, Larry Bartels dismantles the pervasive myth of a "populist wave" in contemporary European public opinion. He shows that attitudes regarding immigration, European integration, trust in politicians, and satisfaction with democracy have remained largely unchanged over the past two decades. Electoral gains by right-wing populist parties have mostly reflected idiosyncratic failures of mainstream parties; both their magnitude and their implications have been exaggerated by the press. Europe's most sobering examples of democratic backsliding--in Hungary and Poland--occurred not because voters wanted authoritarianism but because conventional conservative parties, once elected, seized opportunities to entrench themselves in power.

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Larry Bartels' research and teaching focus on public opinion, electoral politics, public policy, and democracy. His books include "Unequal Democracy: The Political Economy of the New Gilded Age" (2nd edition) and (with Christopher Achen) "Democracy for Realists: Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government." He has also published dozens of scholarly articles and brief pieces in the New York Times, Washington Post, Salon, and other popular media outlets. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Academy of Political and Social Science, and the American Philosophical Society.

Larry Bartels: Democracy Erodes From the Top

Join U.S. Congressman David Price (D-NC) and Vanderbilt experts on American politics for a candid conversation charting the transformation of Congress. Vanderbilt Professors Alan Wiseman and Larry Bartels  will share their expertise with Congressman Price in a lively discussion laced with anecdotes and analysis from his book “The Congressional Experience: An Institution Transformed.” In addition to addressing Congress’ evolution through the last seven presidential administrations, the trio are expected to discuss potential paths to reducing polarization and reinvigorating the institution.
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