I’m jetting off to the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, which this year is in San Francisco. For the non-political scientists who read this blog, the APSA meeting is the biggest convention of political scientists, with over 7,000 in attendance. Naturally, there will be a number of panels of interest to those who follow the field of election science. For the aid of those who will be attending, below I list the panels (and a few poster sessions) that have papers likely to be of interest to the field. I likely missed some, and would welcome hearing about additional ones I might add.
The links go to the panel descriptions. I’ve been warned that the links don’t always work, so caveat emptor.
In addition, Pippa Norris and her crew will be holding their annual pre-APSA election integrity workshop, where Barry Burden will be presenting a paper he and I co-authored with some great coauthors, about the Wisconsin recount. Take a look at the workshop website here.
Below are the election science panels I’ve identified for the main APSA conference. Enjoy!
Title |
Day |
Time |
Hotel |
Room |
Election Timing: Causes and Consequences |
Thu |
10:00 |
Hilton Union Square |
Franciscan B |
Who Votes? |
Thu |
12:00 |
Hotel Nikko |
Bay View Room |
Electoral Accountability, Integrity, & Security |
Thu |
16:00 |
Hilton Union Square |
Golden Gate 7 |
Experiments on Voter Participation and Partisanship in Southern and East Africa |
Thu |
16:00 |
Westin St. Francis |
Essex |
Big Data and Machine Learning |
Thu |
16:00 |
Parc 55 |
Divisadero |
Voting and Turnout in the 50 States |
Fri |
8:00 |
Parc 55 |
Fillmore |
Racial and Partisan Gerrymandering: New Approaches for the Next Decade? |
Fri |
8:00 |
Westin St. Francis |
Yorkshire |
Experimental Replication Studies |
Fri |
8:00 |
Parc 55 |
Embarcadero |
Field Experimental Studies of Registration, Turnout, and Vote Choice |
Fri |
10:00 |
Hilton Union Square |
Nob Hill 8 & 9 |
Democracy’s Legitimacy at Risk: Critical Perspectives from Mexico |
Fri |
10:00 |
Hilton Union Square |
Franciscan A |
Breaking News Panel: The Legitimacy of Elections: Russia, Fraud, and Public Confidence in the Electoral Process |
Fri |
10:00 |
Hilton Union Square |
Continental Ballroom 6 |
Representation and Electoral Systems (Poster session) |
Fri |
11:30 |
Hilton Union Square |
Grand Ballroom |
Featured Papers in Information Technology and Politics |
Fri |
12:00 |
Hilton Union Square |
Union Square 14 |
How Do Parties Respond to Electoral Rules? |
Fri |
12:00 |
Westin St. Francis |
Elizabethan B |
Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior (Poster session) |
Fri |
13:00 |
Hilton Union Square |
Grand Ballroom |
Voting, Representation, and Legitimacy in the American States |
Fri |
14:00 |
Hilton Union Square |
Union Square 25 |
Democracy in Africa: New Opportunities, New Challenges |
Sat |
8:00 |
Westin St. Francis |
Essex |
Electoral Malpractice in East and Southeast Asia Mini-Conference (Mini-conference) |
Sat |
8:00 |
Westin St. Francis |
California West |
Modifications to State & Local Electoral Rules |
Sat |
10:00 |
Hilton Union Square |
Union Square 17 & 18 |
Election Law and Voter Participation |
Sat |
10:00 |
Hilton Union Square |
Franciscan D |
Report of the Campaign Finance Research Task Force (Roundtable) |
Sat |
10:00 |
Westin St. Francis |
Elizabethan C |
Electoral Legitimacy and Representation |
Sat |
12:00 |
Hilton Union Square |
Nob Hill 10 |
Making Democracy Work: Comparative Democratization in Brazil and South Africa |
Sat |
14:00 |
Hotel Nikko |
Carmel II |
Electoral Systems and Voting Rules |
Sat |
14:00 |
Hilton Union Square |
Union Square 17 & 18 |
Research Methodologies Using Twitter and Facebook |
Sat |
16:00 |
Parc 55 |
Fillmore |
Public Opinion and Law Enforcement |
Sat |
16:00 |
Hilton Union Square |
Plaza A |
The Effects of Electoral System Rules |
Sun |
8:00 |
Hilton Union Square |
Golden Gate 5 |