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Publications

Peer Reviewed Books

Anderson, Sarah E., Daniel M. Butler and Laurel Harbridge-Yong. 2020. Rejecting Compromise: Legislators’ Fear of Primary Voters. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Harbridge, Laurel. 2015. Is Bipartisanship Dead? Policy Agreement and Agenda-Setting in the House of Representatives. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Harbridge-Yong, Laurel, Craig Volden and Alan E. Wiseman. 2023. “The Bipartisan Path to Effective Lawmaking.” The Journal of Politics. 85(3): 1048-1063. Online first view May 3, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1086/723805

Anderson, Sarah E., Daniel M. Butler, Laurel Harbridge-Yong, and G. Agustin Markarian. 2023. “Driving Legislators’ Policy Preferences: Constituent Commutes and Gas Taxes.” Legislative Studies Quarterly. 48(1): 203-218. Online first view December 15, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1111/lsq.12366

Redbird, Beth, Laurel Harbridge-Yong, and Rachel Davis Mersey. 2022. “The Social and Political Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Introduction.” RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences 8(8): 1-29. https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2022.8.8.01

Filindra, Alexandra, and Laurel Harbridge-Yong. 2022. “How Do Partisans Navigate Intra-Group Conflict? A Theory of Leadership-Driven Motivated Reasoning.” Political Behavior. 44:1437-1458. Online first view March 11, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-022-09779-1

Harbridge-Yong, Laurel and Celia Paris. 2021. “You Can’t Always Get What You Want: How Majority-Party Agenda-Setting and Ignored Alternatives Shape Public Attitudes.” Legislative Studies Quarterly. 46(2): 323-356. https://doi.org/10.1111/lsq.12279

Gimpel, James G. and Laurel Harbridge-Yong. Forthcoming. “Conflicting Goals of Redistricting: Do Districts That Maximize Competition Reckon with Communities of Interest?” Election Law Journal. DOI: 10.1089/elj.2019.0576.

Harbridge-Yong, Laurel and Gisela Sin. 2020. “A Message from the Guest Editors.” PS: Political Science & Politics.  53(2): 299-300. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049096519002038. (Co-Editor of Spotlight: “Interviews, Reflections, and Advice from Women in  Legislative Studies.” This series of 12 articles draws on the Legislative Studies Section newsletter that was co-edited by Harbridge-Yong and Sin.)

Harbridge-Yong, Laurel. 2020. “Congressional Capacity and Bipartisanship in Congress.” In Congress Overwhelmed: The Decline of Congressional Capacity and Prospects for Reform. Eds. Lee Drutman, Kevin Kosar, and Timothy LaPira. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Doherty, David and Laurel Harbridge-Yong. 2020. “The Effects of Blaming Others for Legislative Inaction on Individual and Collective Evaluations.” Legislative Studies Quarterly. 45(1): 69-99. https://doi.org/10.1111/lsq.12252

Bauer, Nichole M., Laurel Harbridge-Yong, and Yanna Krupnikov. 2017. “Who is Punished? Conditions Affecting Voter Evaluations of Legislators who Do Not Compromise.” Political Behavior 39(2): 279-300. DOI: 10.1007/s11109-016-9356-6.

Flynn, D.J., and Laurel Harbridge. 2016. “How Partisan Conflict in Congress Affects Public Opinion: Strategies, Outcomes, and Issue Differences.” American Politics Research. 44(5): 875-902. DOI: 10.1177/1532673X15610425.

Anderson, Sarah E., Daniel M. Butler, and Laurel Harbridge. 2016. “Legislative Institutions as a Source of Party Leaders’ Influence.” Legislative Studies Quarterly. 41(3): 605-631. DOI: 10.1111/lsq.12124.

Harbridge, Laurel, Neil Malhotra and Brian F. Harrison. 2014. “Public Preferences for Bipartisanship in the Policymaking Process.” Legislative Studies Quarterly. 39(3): 327-355.

Anderson, Sarah, and Laurel Harbridge. 2014. “The Policy Consequences of Motivated Information Processing among the Partisan Elite.” American Politics Research. 42(4): 700-728.

Harbridge, Laurel, and Neil Malhotra. 2011. “Electoral Incentives and Partisan Conflict in Congress: Evidence from Survey Experiments.” American Journal of Political Science. 55(3): 494-510.

Anderson, Sarah, and Laurel Harbridge. 2010. “Incrementalism in Appropriations: Small Aggregation, Big Changes.” Public Administration Review. 70(3): 464-474.

Non-Peer Reviewed Articles and Book Chapters

Anderson, Sarah E., Daniel M. Butler, Laurel Harbridge-Yong, and Renae Marshall. 2023. “Top-Four Primaries Help Moderate Candidates via Crossover Voting: The Case of the 2022 Alaska Election Reforms.” The Forum. https://doi.org/10.1515/for-2023-2001

Harbridge-Yong, Laurel. 2020. “The Challenges of Partisan Conflict for Lawmaking in Congress.” In New Directions in Congressional Politics, 2nd Edition. Eds. Jamie Carson and Michael Lynch. New York: Taylor & Francis/Routledge.

Harbridge, Laurel, Jon Krosnick, and Jeffrey M. Wooldridge. 2016. “Presidential Approval and Gas Prices: Sociotropic or Pocketbook Influence?” In Political Psychology: New Explorations. Ed. Krosnick, Jon. New York: Psychology Press (Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group).

Brady, David, Douglas Rivers, and Laurel Harbridge. 2008. “The 2008 Democratic Shift.” Policy Review. Hoover Institution, No. 152: December 2008 & January 2009.

Brady, David, John Ferejohn, and Laurel Harbridge. 2008. “Polarization and Public Policy: A General Assessment.” In Red and Blue Nation? Consequences and Correction of America’s Polarized Politics, Vol. II. Ed. Pietro S. Nivola and David W. Brady. Washington D.C: Brookings Institution Press.

Book Reviews

Harbridge-Yong, Laurel. 2021. Review of James M. Curry and Frances E. Lee “The Limits of Party: Congress and Lawmaking in a Polarized Era.” Political Science Quarterly 136(3): 559-561.

Harbridge-Yong, Laurel. 2018. Review of Danielle M. Thomsen “Opting Out of Congress: Partisan Polarization and the Decline of Moderate Candidates”. The Forum 16(1): 139-141.

Harbridge, Laurel. 2017. Review of Marc J. Hetherington and Thomas J. Rudolph “Why Washington Won’t Work.” Political Science Quarterly. 132(1): 164.

Harbridge, Laurel. 2016. Review of Nathaniel Persily (Ed.) “Solutions to Political Polarization in America.” Perspectives on Politics. 14(1): 237-9.

Harbridge, Laurel. 2016. Review of Craig Volden and Alan E. Wiseman “Legislative Effectiveness in the United States Congress.” Journal of Politics. 78(1): e3-e4.

Harbridge, Laurel. 2015. Review of Hans Noel “Political Ideologies and Political Parties in America.” Political Science Quarterly. 130(1): 163-164.

Harbridge, Laurel. 2014. Review of Andrew Taylor “Congress: A Performance Appraisal.” Political Science Quarterly. 129(2): 366-368.

Harbridge, Laurel. 2012. Review of Tracy Sulkin “The Legislative Legacy of Congressional Campaigns.” Perspectives on Politics. 10(1): 197-198.