An fMRI study of violations of social expectations: When people are not who we expect them to be by Cloutier, J., Ambady, N., Gabrieli, John D. E., O'Young, Daniel

“…In an event-related fMRI experiment, participants were presented with the photographs of either Republican or Democrat politicians paired with either typical Republican or Democrat political views (e.g., “wants a smaller government” or “wants liberal supreme court judges”). …”
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Mayoral Partisanship and the Size of Municipal Government by De Benedictis-Kessner, Justin, Warshaw, Christopher S

“…Democratic mayors spend substantially more than Republican mayors. In order to pay for this spending, Democratic mayors issue substantially more debt than Republican mayors and pay more in interest. …”
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Sincere or motivated? Partisan bias in advice-taking by Zhang, Yunhao, Rand, David G.

“…In an incentivized task assessing the accuracy of nonpolitical news headlines, we find partisan bias in advice-taking: Democratic participants are less swayed by (accurate) information that comes from Republicans compared to the same information from Democrats (Republican participants display no such bias). …”
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Voter Confidence in Context and the Effect of Winning by Llewellyn, Morgan H., Hall, Thad E., Alvarez, R. Michael

“…One consistent finding of these studies is that, relative to Democrats, Republican voters tend to be more confident that their ballots are counted correctly. …”
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The SO2 Allowance Trading System: The Ironic History of a Grand Policy Experiment by Schmalensee, Richard, Stavins, Robert N.

“…Third, it is ironic that cap-and-trade has come to be demonized by conservative politicians in recent years, since this market-based, cost-effective policy innovation was initially championed and implemented by Republican administrations. Fourth, court decisions and subsequent regulatory responses have led to the collapse of the SO2 market, demonstrating that what the government gives, the government can take away.…”
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Whigs against Whigs against Whigs: The Imperial Debates of 1765–76 Reconsidered by Maier, Pauline

“…Examining this remarkable turn toward royal power demonstrates the true drama of the republican turn in 1776 and highlights the persistent allure of prerogative powers in the formative period of American constitutionalism. …”
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Electoral Context and Voter Confidence: How The Context of an Election Shapes Voter Confidence in the Process by Llewellyn, Morgan H., Hall, Thad E., Alvarez, R. Michael

“…One consistent finding of these studies is that, relative to Democrats, Republican voters tend to be more confident that their ballots are counted correctly. …”
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The Rise of Partisanship and Super-Cooperators in the U.S. House of Representatives by Andris, Clio, Lee, David, Hamilton, Marcus J., Martino, Mauro, Gunning, Christian E., Selden, John Armistead

“…We quantify the level of cooperation, or lack thereof, between Democrat and Republican Party members in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1949–2012. …”
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Processing political misinformation: comprehending the Trump phenomenon by Lewandowsky, Stephan, Ecker, Ullrich K. H., Swire-Thompson, Briony, Berinsky, Adam

“…Experiment 1 found that (i) if information was attributed to Trump, Republican supporters of Trump believed it more than if it was presented without attribution, whereas the opposite was true for Democrats and (ii) although Trump supporters reduced their belief in misinformation items following a correction, they did not change their voting preferences. …”
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Military Voting and the Law: Procedural and Technological Solutions to the Ballot Transit Problem by Alvarez, R. Michael, Hall, Thad E., Roberts, Brian F.

“…Headlines at the time noted that “Odds Against Gore Absentee Gains: Republican-Leaning Counties Appear to Have More Uncounted Overseas Ballots,” “Bush Lead Swells with Overseas Votes,” “Military Ballot Review is Urged,” and “How Bush Took Florida: Mining the Overseas Absentee Vote.” …”
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