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DAVID B. MAGLEBY Distinguished Professor of Political Science Home:

750 Kimball Tower 1095 East 2500 North

Brigham Young University Provo, Utah 84604

Provo, Utah 84602 (801) 375-

2141 (801) 422-5462

david_magleby@byu.edu

Education

B.A. University of Utah, Salt Lake City; 1973, in Political Science

M.A. University of California, Berkeley; 1974, in Political Science

Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley; 1980, in Political Science

Examination fields: American Government, Public Law, Public Administration and

Public Policy

Theses: M.A. Do Congressmen Appointed to the House Appropriations

Committee Become More Conservative in Voting on Social

Welfare Programs?

Ph.D. Direct Legislation: Voting on Ballot Propositions in the United

States.

Teaching fields: American Government

Public Opinion and Voting

Behavior Congress and Legislative

Process Election Law

Academic/Professional Honors Visiting Scholar, American Enterprise Institute, 2013-14 Rackham Visiting Research Scholar, University of Michigan, 2011-12 Fulbright Scholar, Nuffield College, Oxford University, 1996.

President, Pi Sigma Alpha, Political Science Honorary Society, 1994-1996.

American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow, 1986-1987.

Center for the Study of Law and Society Fellowship, U.C. Berkeley, 1974-

1975. Editorial Intern, American Political Science Review, 1974-1977.

Willard Thompson Fellowship, U.C. Berkeley, 1973-

1974. Phi Beta Kappa, 1973.

Phi Kappa Phi, 1972.

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Teaching and Research Experience 2001-2011 Dean, College of Family, Home and Social Sciences

1998-2004 Director, Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy

1995- Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Brigham Young University

1992-1998 Chair, Department of Political Science, Brigham Young University

1990-1995 Professor, Department of Political Science, Brigham Young University

1985-1990 Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Brigham Young University

1981-1985 Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Brigham Young University

1979-1981 Assistant Professor, Woodrow Wilson Department of Government and Foreign

Affairs; and Research Associate, Institute of Government, University of Virginia

1977-1979 Supervisor, American History and Institutions Requirements, University of

California, Berkeley

1976-1977 Instructor, University of California, Santa Cruz; and Research

Assistant, University of California, Berkeley

Teaching and Research Awards Karl G. Maeser Distinguished Faculty Lecturer, 2015

Martin B. Hickman Scholar Award, 2015

Rowman & Littlefield Award for Innovative Teaching in Political Science,

2001. Sponsored Research Achievement Award, 2000. Brigham Young

University.

Pi Sigma Alpha Distinguished Faculty Award, Political Science, 1981-82, 1994-95.

Outstanding Political Science Professor, 1992. Elected by graduating Brigham Young

University students in Political Science.

Karl G. Maeser Distinguished Teacher Award, Brigham Young University, 1991.

Council for Advancement and Support of Education and Carnegie Foundation, 1990 Professor

of the Year for Utah.

Teacher of the Year, 1984-85; Elected by graduating Brigham Young University students in

Political Science.

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Sigma Xi Paper of the Month, “Mail Ballot Elections: A New Application of Direct

Democracy,” January 1985.

Professional Memberships American Association of Public Opinion

Research American Political Science

Association International Political Science

Association Midwest Political Science

Association

Western Political Science Association

Languages

German: Speaking, reading, and writing.

Publications

Books

Who Donates? The Importance of Message, Messenger, Medium, and Structure to American

Presidential Campaign Contributors, with Jay Goodliffe and Joseph Olsen. Under review at

Cambridge University Press and the University of Chicago Press.

Financing the 2012 Election, edited volume. (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution,

2014)

Financing the 2008 Election, edited volume with Anthony Corrado. (Washington, D.C.:

Brookings Institution, 2011).

The Change Election: Money, Mobilization, and Persuasion in the 2008 Federal

Elections, edited volume. (Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 2011).

The Battle for Congress: Iraq, Scandal and Campaign Finance in the 2006 Elections,

edited volume with Kelly D. Patterson. (Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers, 2008).

Dancing Without Partners: How Candidates, Parties and Interest Groups Interact in the

Presidential Campaign, edited volume with Kelly D. Patterson and J. Quin Monson.

(Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2007).

Electing Congress: New Rules for an Old Game, edited volume with Kelly D. Patterson

and J. Quin Monson. (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2007).

Financing the 2004 Election, edited volume with Anthony Corrado and Kelly D.

Patterson. (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution, 2006).

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The Last Hurrah? Soft Money and Issue Advocacy in the 2002 Congressional Elections,

edited volume with J. Quin Monson. (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution, 2004).

The Other Campaign: Soft Money and Issue Advocacy in the 2000 Congressional

Elections, edited volume. (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003).

Financing the 2000 Election, edited volume. (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution,

2002).

Outside Money: Soft Money and Issue Advocacy in 1998 Congressional Elections, edited

volume. (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2000).

Government by the People, 15

th, 16

th, 17

th, 18

th, 19

th, 20

th , 21

st, and 22

nd eds., with James

MacGregor Burns, J. W. Peltason, Thomas E. Cronin, and David M. O’Brien. (Upper

Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1993, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 and with

Paul Light and Christine Nemacheck 23rd

and 24th

eds., (New York: Longman,

2009, 2011). 25th

and 26th

ed. (New York: Pearson, 2014, 2015).

Government by the People, Brief 1

st, 2

nd 3

rd, 4

th, 5

th, 6

th, and 7

th eds., with James

MacGregor Burns, J. W. Peltason, Thomas E. Cronin, and David M. O’Brien. (Upper

Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, and 8th

and

9th

eds. with Paul Light and Christine Nemacheck (New York: Longman, 2009, 2011), 10th

ed. (New York: Pearson, 2014).

State and Local Politics: Government by the People, 7th

, 8th

, 9th

, 10th

, 11th

, and 12th

eds.,

with James MacGregor Burns, J. W. Peltason, Thomas E. Cronin, and David M. O’Brien.

(Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2008, and

13th

, 14th an d

15t5 eds.., with Paul Light and Christine Nemackeck (New York: Longman, 2009, 2011, 2012), State and Local Government by the People, with Paul Light, Christine

Nemacheck and Carmine Scavo, (16th

ed., New York: Pearson, 2014).

The Myth of the Independent Voter, with Bruce E. Keith, Candice J. Nelson, Liz Orr, Mark

C. Westlye, and Raymond E. Wolfinger. (Berkeley: University of California Press,

1992).

The Money Chase: Congressional Campaign Finance and Proposals for Reform, with

Candice J. Nelson. (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution, 1990).

Direct Legislation: Voting on Ballot Propositions in the United States. (Baltimore, MD:

Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984).

Articles and Contributions

“The Necessity of Political Parties and the Importance of Compromise.” BYU

Studies Quarterly 54, no. 4 (2015) pp. 6-23.

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“Classifying Super PACs.” In John Green, Daniel Coffey and David Cohen, eds.,

The State of the Parties, 7th

ed. (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2014) pp.

231-50.

“The 2012 Election as a Team Sport” in David B. Magleby, ed., Financing the 2012

Election, edited volume. (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution, 2014) pp. 1-45.

“Interest Groups” with Jay Goodliffe in David B. Magleby, ed., Financing the 2012

Election, edited volume. (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution, 2014) pp. 215-61. “Voter Confidence and the Election-Day Voting Experience,” with Ryan L. Claassen, J.

Quin Monson and Kelly D. Patterson. Political Behavior Vol. 35, Issue 2, (June 2013) pp.

215-35.

“Comment on ’Blotto Politics’ by Alan Washburn, with Jay Goodliffe, Operations

Research Forum, Vol. 63, No. 3, May 2013) www.informs.org/Blogs/Operations-Research-

Forum/OR-Forum-Blotto-Politics

“Independent Leaners as Policy Partisans: An Examination of Party Identification and

Policy Views,” The Forum Vol. 10, Iss.3, Article 6. (October, 2012)

http://www.bepress.com/forum/vol10/iss3/art6.

“The Myth of the Independent Voter Revisited,” with Candice J. Nelson and Mark C.

Westlye in Paul Sniderman and Benjamin Highton, eds., Facing the Challenge of

Democracy: Explorations in the Analysis of Public Opinion and Political Participation

(Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2011) pp. 238-63.

“Campaign Finance: Adapting to a Changing Regulatory Environment” in Stephen

Medvick, ed. New Directions in Campaigns and Elections, (New York: Routledge,

2011). pp. 18-38.

“Adaptation and Innovation in the Financing of the 2008 Elections,” in Financing the

2008 Election, edited volume with Anthony Corrado. (Washington, D.C.: Brookings

Institution, 2011) pp. 1-47.

“Political Parties and the Financing of the 2008 Elections,” Financing the 2008 Election,

edited volume with Anthony Corrado. (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution, 2011) pp.

210-48.

“A Change Election” in David B. Magleby, ed. The Change Election: Money,

Mobilization, and Persuasion in the 2008 Federal Elections, edited volume.

(Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 2011) pp. 1-26.

“How the 2008 Elections Were Financed.” in David B. Magleby, ed. The Change

Election: Money, Mobilization, and Persuasion in the 2008 Federal Elections, edited

volume. (Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 2011) pp. 27-51.

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“Elections as Team Sports: Spending by Candidates, Political Parties, and Interest

Groups in the 2008 Election Cycle.” in David B. Magleby, ed. The Change Election:

Money, Mobilization, and Persuasion in the 2008 Federal Elections, edited volume.

(Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 2011) pp. 52-86.

“Continuity and Change in the 2008 Federal Elections.” in David B. Magleby, ed. The

Change Election: Money, Mobilization, and Persuasion in the 2008 Federal Elections,

edited volume. (Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 2011) pp. 282-296.

“Electoral Politics as Team Sport: Advantage to the Democrats” in John C. Green and

Daniel J. Coffey, eds., The State of the Parties: The Changing Role of Contemporary

American Parties, 6th

ed. (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2011), pp. 81-100.

“Political Parties and Consultants” in L. Sandy Maisel and Jeffrey M. Berry, eds., The

Oxford Handbook of American Political Parties and Interest Groups, (Oxford, UK:

Oxford University Press, 2010), pp. 303-322.

“Turning the Tables: Individual Contributions, Member Contributions, and the Changing

Campaign Finance Environment,” with Bradley Jones and David Lassen, The Forum 7, Iss.

1, Article 11 (April 2009)

http://www.bepress.com/forum/vol7/iss1/art11.

“‘At Your Service’: Voter Evaluations of Poll Worker Performance” with Ryan Claassen, J.

Quin Monson and Kelly D. Patterson, American Politics Research 36 (July 2008): 612-

34.

“Rolling in the Dough: The Continued Surge in Individual Contributions to Presidential

Candidates and Party Committees,” The Forum 6, Iss. 1, Article 5 (April, 2008)

http://www.bepress.com/forum/vol6/iss1/art5.

“Commentary on Welch’s Early and Important Work Separating Out the Effects of

Constituency and Campaign Contributions on Congressional Roll-Call Votes,” Political

Research Quarterly 61, No. 1 (March 2008), pp. 32-35.

“War Games: Issues and Campaign Finance in the Battle for Control of Congress,” with Kelly

D. Patterson, in David B. Magleby and Kelly D. Patterson, eds., The Battle for Congress:

Iraq, Scandal and Campaign Finance in the 2006 Elections (Boulder, CO: Paradigm

Publishers, 2008), pp. 1-21.

“Rules of Engagement: BCRA and Unanswered Questions,” with Kelly D. Patterson, in David

B. Magleby and Kelly D. Patterson, eds., The Battle for Congress: Iraq, Scandal and

Campaign Finance in the 2006 Elections (Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers, 2008), pp. 22-61.

“Conclusion,” with Kelly D. Patterson, in David B. Magleby and Kelly D. Patterson, eds.,

The Battle for Congress: Iraq, Scandal and Campaign Finance in the 2006

Elections (Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers, 2008), pp.224-234.

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“Presidential Nomination Finance in the Post-BCRA Era,” with William G. Mayer, in William

G. Mayer ed., The Making of the Presidential Candidates 2008, (Lanham, MD: Rowman &

Littlefield, 2008), pp. 141-168.

“Rally Round the Flag: When Interest Groups Invite Themselves to the Party,” with

Kelly D. Patterson and J. Quin Monson, in John C. Green and Daniel J. Coffey, eds., The

State of the Parties, 5th

ed. (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2007), pp. 135-152.

“Introduction,” in David B. Magleby, Kelly D. Patterson and J. Quin Monson, eds.,

Electing Congress: New Rules for an Old Game (Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall,

2007), pp. 1-25.

“Looking Back to See Where We Are Going,” in David B. Magleby, Kelly D. Patterson and J.

Quin Monson, eds., Electing Congress: New Rules for an Old Game (Upper Saddle River, N.J.:

Prentice Hall, 2007), pp. 130-43.

“Introduction,” in David B. Magleby, Kelly D. Patterson and J. Quin Monson, eds., Dancing

Without Partners: How Candidates, Parties and Interest Groups Interact in the Presidential

Campaign (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2007), pp. 1-31.

“The Morning After: The Lingering Effects of a Night Spent Dancing,” in David B. Magleby,

Kelly D. Patterson, and J. Quin Monson, eds., Dancing Without Partners: How Candidates,

Parties and Interest Groups Interact in the Presidential Campaign,

(Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2007), pp. 163-72.

“Change and Continuity in the Financing of Federal Elections,” in David B. Magleby,

Anthony Corrado and Kelly D. Patterson eds., Financing the 2004 Election, (Washington,

D.C.: Brookings Institution, 2006), pp. 1-30.

“Stepping Out of the Shadows: Ground War Activity in 2004,” with Kelly D. Patterson, in

Michael Malbin ed., The Election After Reform (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield,

2006) pp. 195-220.

“Religious Interest Group Activity in Utah State Government.” in Edward L. Cleary, ed.,

Representing God at the Statehouse: Religion and Politics in the American States (Lanham,

MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2006) pp. 177-99.

“Immigration and the Fate of Incumbents,” with J. Quin Monson and Kelly D. Patterson,

The Polling Report, Volume 22, No. 13, July 10, 2006.

“Effects of the Stand-by-Your-Ad Provision on Attitudes about Candidates and

Campaigns,” with Kristina Gale, Betsey Gimbel Hawkins, Richard Hawkins, J. Quin

Monson, and Kelly D. Patterson, Presidential Studies Quarterly, 35:771-83, (2005).

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“Rearing Responsible Citizens,” with Linda W. Magleby, in Craig H. Hart, Lloyd D. Newell,

Elaine Walton, and David C. Dollahite, eds., Helping and Healing our Families: Prophetic

Principles of Marriage and Family Life (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2005). pp. 345-49.

“Twenty Years of the Utah Colleges Exit Poll: Learning by Doing,” with Scott D.

Grimshaw, Howard B. Christensen, and Kelly D. Patterson, Chance Vol. 17, No. 2

(2004), pp. 32-8.

“Bringing the Outside in: The Study of Outside Money in Congressional Campaigns,”

Vox Pop Newsletter of Political Organizations and Parties Vol. 23, Issue 1 (2004), pp. 1-

3.

“The Importance of the Record in McConnell v. FEC,” Election Law Journal Vol. 3, Num.

2 (2004), pp. 285-90.

“The Importance of Outside Money in the 2002 Congressional Elections,” in David B.

Magleby and J. Quin Monson, eds., The Last Hurrah? Soft Money and Issue Advocacy in the

2002 Elections (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution, 2004), pp. 1-35.

“Party Money in the 2002 Elections,” with Nicole Carlisle Squires, in David B. Magleby and J.

Quin Monson, eds., The Last Hurrah? Soft Money and Issue Advocacy in the 2002

Elections (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution, 2004), pp. 36-62.

“Interest-Group Electioneering in the 2002 Congressional Elections,” with Jonathan W.

Tanner, in David B. Magleby and J. Quin Monson, eds., The Last Hurrah? Soft Money and

Issue Advocacy in the 2002 Elections (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution, 2004), pp.

63-89.

“The Consequences of Noncandidate Spending, with a Look to the Future,” with J. Quin

Monson, in David B. Magleby and J. Quin Monson, eds., The Last Hurrah? Soft Money and

Issue Advocacy in the 2002 Elections (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution, 2004), pp.

258-80.

“The Impact of Issue Advocacy and Party Soft Money Electioneering,” in Kenneth Goldstein

and Patricia Strach, eds., The Medium and the Message: Television Advertising and American

Elections (Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2004), pp. 84-104.

“The Noncandidate Campaign: Soft Money and Issue Advocacy in the 2002 Congressional

Elections,” with J. Quin Monson, PS: Political Science and Politics (July 2003): pp. 401-03.

Editor, The e-Symposium: “The Noncandidate Campaign: Soft Money and Issue Advocacy in

the 2002 Congressional Elections,” David B. Magleby and J. Quin Monson, editors, On-line

Symposium at <www.apsa.net.org/ps/> (July 2003).

“Party and Interest Group Electioneering in Federal Elections,” in Anthony Corrado, Thomas E.

Mann, and Trevor Potter, eds. Inside the Campaign Finance Battle: Court Testimony on the

New Reforms (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution, 2003), pp. 147-74.

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“Campaign Consultants and Responsible Party Government,” with Kelly D. Patterson and

James A. Thurber, in John C. Green and Paul S. Herrnson, eds. Responsible Partisanship?

The Evolution of American Political Parties Since 1950 (Lawrence, KS: University Press of

Kansas, 2002), pp. 101-119.

“The Importance of Outside Money in Competitive Congressional Campaigns,” in David B.

Magleby, ed. The Other Campaign: Soft Money and Issue Advocacy in the 2000 Congressional

Elections (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003).

“Party Soft Money in the 2000 Congressional Elections,” with Eric A. Smith, in David B.

Magleby, ed. The Other Campaign: Soft Money and Issue Advocacy in the 2000 Congressional

Elections (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003), pp. 27-50.

“Issue Advocacy in the 2000 Congressional Elections,” with Anna Nibley Baker, in David B.

Magleby, ed. The Other Campaign: Soft Money and Issue Advocacy in the 2000

Congressional Elections (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003), pp. 51-78.

“Independent Expenditures and Internal Communications in the 2000 Congressional

Elections,” with Jason Beal, in David B. Magleby, ed. The Other Campaign: Soft Money and

Issue Advocacy in the 2000 Congressional Elections (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield,

2003), pp. 79-86.

“A High Stakes Election,” in David B. Magleby ed., Financing the 2000 Elections (Washington,

D.C.: Brookings Institution, 2002), pp. 1-21.

“Outside Money in the 2000 Presidential Primary and Congressional General Elections,” PS:

Political Science and Politics (June 2001): pp. 203-04. Editor, The e-Symposium: “Outside

Money in the 2000 Presidential Primaries and Congressional General Elections,” On-line

Symposium at <www.apsa.net.org/ps/> (June 2001).

“Campaign Finance in U.S. House Primary and General Elections,” with Jay M. Goodliffe,

in Peter F. Galderisi, Michael Lyons, and Marni Ezra, eds. Congressional Primaries and

the Politics of Representation (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2001).

“Are Professional Campaigns More Negative?” with Owen G. Abbe, Paul S. Herrnson, and

Kelly D. Patterson, in Paul S. Herrnson, ed. Playing Hardball: Campaigning for the U. S.

Congress (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall Publishing, 2001), pp. 70-91.

“Standards & Practices: Going Negative,” with Owen Abbe, Paul S. Herrnson, and Kelly D.

Patterson, in Campaigns and Elections Vol. 21, No. 1. (February 2000): pp. 77-78.

“Campaign Consultants and Direct Democracy: Politics of Citizen Control,” with Kelly D.

Patterson, in James E. Thurber and Candice J. Nelson, eds. Campaign Warriors: The Role of

Political Consultants in Election (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2000) pp.

133-52, 202-07.

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“The Expanded Role of Interest Groups and Political Parties,” in David B. Magleby, ed.

Outside Money: Soft Money and Issue Advocacy in 1998 Congressional Elections (Lanham,

MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2000), pp. 1-16.

“Interest Group Election Ads,” in David B. Magleby ed., Outside Money: Soft Money and Issue

Advocacy in 1998 Congressional Elections (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2000), pp. 41-

62.

“Outside Money and the Ground War in 1998,” in David B. Magleby ed., Outside Money: Soft

Money and Issue Advocacy in 1998 Congressional Elections (Lanham, MD: Rowman &

Littlefield, 2000), pp. 63-76.

“Conclusions and Implications,” in David B. Magleby ed., Outside Money: Soft Money and

Issue Advocacy in 1998 Congressional Elections (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield,

2000), pp. 211-28.

“The Long Shadow of Soft Money and Issue Advocacy Ads,” with Marianne Holt, Campaigns

and Elections 20, no. 4 (May 1999): pp. 22-27.

“Ballot Initiatives and Intergovernmental Relations in the United States,” Publius: The Journal

of Federalism (Winter 1998): pp. 147-63.

“Consultants and Direct Democracy,” PS: Political Science and Politics (June 1998): 160-69.

“Let the Voters Decide? An Assessment of the Initiative and Referendum Process,” Colorado

Law Review (1995): pp. 13-46.

“The Polls: Poll Trends, Congressional Reform,” with Kelly Patterson, Public Opinion

Quarterly (Fall 1994): pp. 419-27.

“I problematici sviluppi della recente esperienza statunitense,” in Mario Caciagli and Pier

Vincenzo Uleri, eds. Democrazie e Referendum (Rome: Editori Laterza, 1994), pp. 79-99.

“Direct Democracy in the American States,” in David Butler and Austin Ranney, eds.,

Referendums Around the World: The Growing Use of Direct Democracy (AEI Press,

1994), pp. 218-257.

“The Polls: Poll Trends, Public Support for Congress,” with Kelly Patterson, Public Opinion

Quarterly Vol. 56 (Winter 1992): pp. 539-551.

“Use of a Diary and Replicated Sampling to Establish Faculty Workload,” with Howard B.

Christensen and Bruce Chadwick, Proceedings for Survey Research at American Statistical

Association Boston, MA, (August 1992).

“The Politics of Congressional Campaign Finance Reform and Prospects for Reform,” in

Margaret L. Nugent and John R. Johannes, eds., Campaign Finance Reform in a

Representative Democracy (Boulder: Westview Press, 1990), pp. 245-61.

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“The KBYU-Utah Colleges Poll—A Unique Classroom Experience,” with Howard B.

Christensen, 1989 Proceedings of the Section on Statistical Education of the American

Statistical Association (1989): pp. 94-97.

“Prospects for Congressional Finance Reform,” Vox Pop: Newsletter of Political Organizations

and Parties Vol. 8, Issue 1 (1989): pp. 4.

“Pre-election Judicial Review of Initiatives and Referendums,” with James D. Gordon, Notre

Dame Law Review Vol. 64, Issue 3 (1989): pp. 298-320.

“Congress and Campaign Money: Prospects for Reform,” with Candice J. Nelson, Brookings

Review (March 1989), pp. 34-41.

“Opinion Formation and Opinion Change in Ballot Proposition Campaigns,” in Michael

Margolis and Gary Mauser, eds., Manipulating Public Opinion (Chicago: Dorsey Press, 1989),

pp. 95-115.

“Taking the Initiative: Direct Legislation and Direct Democracy in the 1980s,” PS (Summer

1988): pp. 600-611.

“Participation in Mail Ballot Elections,” Western Political Quarterly 40 (March 1987):

pp. 79-91.

“Legislatures and the Initiative,” State Government (Special issue edited by Alan

Rosenthal and Cindy Simon) (Spring 1986): pp. 31-39.

“The Partisan Affinities of Independent ‘Leaners’,” with Bruce E. Keith, Candice J. Nelson,

Elizabeth Orr, Mark C. Westlye, and Raymond E. Wolfinger, British Journal of Political

Science (April 1986): pp. 155-85.

“Ballot Access for Initiatives and Popular Referendums: The Importance of Petition

Circulation and Signature Validation Procedures,” Journal of Law and Politics (Fall

1985): pp. 287-311.

“Researching California’s Direct Democracy,” in Charles Bell and Eugene Lee, eds.

Conference Report: Conference on Research Needs in California Government and Politics

(Berkeley: Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California, Berkeley,

1985), pp. 127-89.

“Is Direct Democracy a Failed Democracy?” The Center Magazine (July/August 1985):

pp. 51-60.

“Elections in America: Myths and Misconceptions,” BYU Today (October 1984): pp. 18-

21, 41-2.

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“The Initiative and Referendum,” Legislative Policy (January-February 1984): pp. 33-6.

“L’iniziativa e il referendum negli stati uniti,” Citta & Regione n. 3, giugno 1982: pp. 84-

97 (The Initiative and Referendum in the United States).

“The 1980 Election: Understanding the Reagan Victory in Virginia,” The University of

Virginia Newsletter No. 7 (March 1981).

“The Movement to Limit Government Spending in American States and Localities, 1970-

79,” The University of Virginia Newsletter No. 3 (November 1980). Reprinted in

National Civic Review Vol. 70, No. 5, (May 1981): pp. 271-6, 282.

“The Initiative and Referendum in American States,” The University of Virginia

Newsletter No. 6 (February 1980).

“State-Local Relations in California,” with Victor Jones and Stanley Scott, in Stephanie Cole

ed., Partnership Within the States: Local Self Government in the Federal System (Urbana,

Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois, 1976), pp.

175-221.

Monographs

The Change Election: Money Mobilization, and Persuasion in the 2008 Federal

Elections. ed. A report funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts. June 22, 2009.

War Games: Issues and Resources in the Battle for Control of Congress. Edited with

Kelly D. Patterson. A report funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts, February 5, 2007.

Dancing Without Partners: How Candidates, Parties, and Interest Groups Interact in the New

Campaign Finance Environment. Edited with J. Quin Monson and Kelly D. Patterson. A report

funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts, February 7, 2005.

The Last Hurrah? Soft Money and Issue Advocacy in the 2002 Congressional Elections.

Edited with J. Quin Monson. A report of a grant funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts,

February 3, 2003.

Campaign 2002: “The Perfect Storm.” Edited with J. Quin Monson. A report of a grant

funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts, November 13, 2002.

Election Advocacy: Soft Money and Issue Advocacy in the 2000 Congressional Elections.

Edited. A report of a grant funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts, February 5, 2001.

Dictum Without Data: The Myth of Issue Advocacy and Party Building. A report of a grant

funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts, November 13, 2000.

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“Legislatures and the Initiative Process: A Century of Experience,” in Western Initiatives: A

Challenge to Representative Democracy (Council of State Governments- West, 2000), pp. 3-

9.

Getting Inside the Outside Campaign: Issue Advocacy in the 2000 Presidential

Primaries. Edited. A report of a grant funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts, July 17,

2000.

Outside Money: Soft Money and Issue Ads in Competitive 1998 Congressional Elections.

Edited with Marianne Holt. A report of a grant funded by the Pew Charitable Trusts, February

1, 1999.

Encyclopedia Entries

“Political Parties and Consultants” The Oxford Handbook of American Political Parties and

Interest Groups, L. Sandy Maisel and Jeffrey M. Berry, eds. (Oxford: Oxford University

Press, 2010), pp. 303-19.

“Referendums,” International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, Neil

J. Smelser and Paul B. Baltes, eds. (Oxford: Pergamon, 2001), pp. 12869-72.

“Initiatives,” International Encyclopedia of Elections, Richard Rose, ed. (Washington, D.C.:

CQ Press, 2000), pp. 153-6.

“Recall,” International Encyclopedia of Elections, Richard Rose, ed. (Washington, D.C.: CQ

Press, 2000), pp. 262-3.

“Referendums,” International Encyclopedia of Elections, Richard Rose, ed. (Washington, D.C.:

CQ Press, 2000), pp. 268-9.

“Politics,” Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Daniel H. Ludlow, ed. (New York: Macmillan,

1992), pp. 1107-9.

“Politics,” LDS Church History Encyclopedia, Arnold K. Garr, Donald Q. Cannon,

Richard O. Cowan, eds. (Salt Lake: Desert Book, 2000).

Book Reviews

Review of Referendum Voting: Social Status and Policy Preferences, by Harlan Hahn and

Sheldon Kamieniecki, Publius (Spring 1990): pp. 130-32.

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Review of Money, Media, and the Grass Roots: State Ballot Issues and the Electoral

Process, by Betty H. Zisk. American Political Science Review (June 1988): pp. 650-51.

Conference Papers and Other Presentations

“A Dual-Frame, Multi-Mode Sample Survey Design for Exit Polls in States

With Election Day in-Person, Early, and By-Mail Voting” With Geoffrey Cannon, Howard

Christensen, David Magleby, Joseph Olsen and Dan Williams. 2015 Annual Meeting of the

American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), Hollywood, Florida. May 14-16,

2015

“What Do Citizens Think About Campaign Finance.” Cooperative Congressional Election

Study, Conference at Sundance, Utah, June 2015.

“Understanding the Surge in Small Donors to Obama in 2008 and 2012” With Jay Goodliffe and

Joseph Olsen. Prepared for delivery at the 2014 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political

Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 16-19, 2015.

“No Longer a Gender Gap among Democratic Presidential Donors: The Importance of

Messenger, Message and Medium.” With Jay Goodliffe, and Joseph Olsen, Paper presented at

the 2014 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association. August 28-September

1, 2014, Washington, D.C.

“What Motivates Donors to Contribute?” with Jay Goodliffe, and Joseph Olsen, Paper prepared

for presentation at CSED Conference, June 11-12, 2014

“How the Internet, BCRA, and Super PACs Have Affected Donor Attitudes, Behavior, and

Campaigns.” With Jay Goodliffe and Joseph Olsen. Prepared for delivery at the 2014 Annual

Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 3–6, 2014.

“A Classification of Super PACs Into Three Types: Candidate, Party and Interest Group” Paper

prepared for delivery at “The State of the Parties 2012 & Beyond” conference. Ray Bliss

Institute, University of Akron, November 7-8, 2013

“The Timing of Donations in Presidential Campaigns” ,” with Jay Goodliffe and Joseph Olsen.

Paper presented at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association,

August 29-September 1, 2013, Chicago, IL.

“What Does It Mean to Be a Swing Voter?” with Candice J. Nelson and Joseph A. Olsen. Paper

presented at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, August

29-September 1, 2013, Chicago, Illinois

“The Timing of Donations in Presidential Campaigns” ,” with Jay Goodliffe and Joseph Olsen.

Paper presented at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April

11-14, 2013, Chicago, IL.

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“What Motivates Donors to Contribute? Adding Candidate and Campaign Motivations to the

Clark and Wilson Typology of Motivations,” with Jay Goodliffe and Joseph Olsen. Paper

presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 12-15,

2012, Chicago, IL.

"Are Internet Donors Different?: Presidential Donor Modes of Solicitation and

Contribution in 2008," with Jay Goodliffe and Joseph Olson. Paper presented at the 2011

Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, September 1-4, 2011,

Seattle, WA.

"Donors to Obama and McCain in 2008: An Examination of New, Repeat, Large and Small

Donors," with Jay Goodliffe and Joseph Olson. Paper presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of

the Midwest Political Science Association, March 31 - April 3, 2011,

Chicago, IL.

“How Different Were Obama Donors in 2008: the Importance of Resources, Solicitation,

Selection, and Stimulus,” with Jay Goodliffe, Bradley Jones, David Lassen and Joseph Olsen.

Paper presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association,

Washington, D.C., September 2-5, 2010.

“Toward a Holistic View of Political Participation: Explaining Differences and Similarities

between Donors to Federal and State Candidates,” with Jay Goodliffe and Bradley Jones.

Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association,

Chicago, IL, April 2-5, 2009.

“Voter Confidence and the Election-Day Experience,” with Ryan L. Claassen, J. Quin

Monson, and Kelly D. Patterson. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Joint

Statistical Meeting, Denver, CO, August 3-7, 2008.

“‘At Your Service’: Voter Evaluations of Poll Worker Performance,” with J. Quin Monson,

Kelly D. Patterson, and Ryan Claassen. Paper presented at the 2007 annual meetings of the

American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, August 30– September 2, 2007.

“Civic Duties in a Service Economy: Modeling Voter Confidence in the Electoral Process,”

with J. Quin Monson and Kelly D. Patterson. Paper presented at the 2007 annual meeting of

the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 12-15, 2007.

“Understanding and Improving Poll Worker Recruitment,” with J. Quin Monson and Matt

Damschroder. Presentation at the Make Voting Work Conference sponsored by the Pew

Charitable Trusts, Pocantico Conference Center, Tarrytown, NY, March 6, 2007.

“Mail Communications in Political Campaigns: The 2004 Campaign Communications

Survey,” with J. Quin Monson and Kelly D. Patterson. Paper presented at the 2006 annual

meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 20-23, 2006.

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“Effects of the Stand by Your Ad Provision on Attitudes about Candidates and Campaigns,”

with Kristina Gale, Betsey Gimbel Hawkins, Richard Hawkins, J. Quin Monson, and Kelly D.

Patterson. Paper presented at the 2006 annual meeting of the Southern Political Science

Association, New Orleans, LA, January 5-7, 2006.

“Rally Round the Flag: When Interest Groups Invite Themselves to the Party,” with J. Quin

Monson, and Kelly D. Patterson. Paper presented at the State of the Parties Conference, Ray C.

Bliss Institute of Politics, University of Akron, Akron, OH, October 5-7, 2005.

“The Effects of Campaign Volume on Public Confidence in Elections,” with J. Quin Monson,

Kelly D. Patterson and Jeffrey R. Makin, Paper presented at the annual meeting of the

Southern Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA, January 5-9, 2005.

“Approaches to the Study of Competitive Congressional and Presidential Campaign,” with J.

Quin Monson and Kelly D. Patterson. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern

Political Science Association, New Orleans, LA, January 5-9, 2005.

“Being in the Crosshairs: The Impact on Public Confidence in Elections and Democracy of

High Levels of Party and Interest Group Spending,” with J. Quin Monson and Jeffrey R.

Makin. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Southern Political Science Association,

New Orleans, LA, January 8-10, 2004.

“Enough Already! The Impact of Noncandidate Spending on Voters,” with J. Quin Monson

and Jeffrey R. Makin. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Northeastern Political

Science Association, Philadelphia, PA, November 6-8, 2003.

“The Initiative and Referendum in the United States: A Centennial Perspective,” Paper

presented at conference “Die Aukunft der Direkten Demokratie” organized by the Bayerishe-

Amerika Akademie, Munchen, Der Lehrstuhl fur Politische Wissenshaft, Universitat

Erlangen/Nurnberg, and the Akademie for Politische Bildung Tutzing. February 20-22, 2001.

“Campaign Consultants and Responsible Party Government,” with Kelly D. Patterson and

James A. Thurber. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science

Association, Washington, D.C., August 31-September 3, 2000.

“Are Professional Campaigns More Negative?” with Owen Abbe, Paul S. Herrnson, and Kelly

D. Patterson. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the New England Political Science

Association, Hartford, CT, May 5-6, 2000.

“Campaign Spending in Primary Elections in the U.S. House,” with Jay D. Goodliffe. Paper

presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL,

April 27-30, 2000.

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“Campaign Professionalism, Negative Advertising, and Electoral Success in U.S. House

Races,” with Owen Abbe, Paul Herrnson, and Kelly D. Patterson. Paper presented at the

annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 27-30, 2000.

“Campaign Spending in Congressional Primaries,” with Jay Goodliffe. Paper presented at the

annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 14-17, 1999.

“The Art of Persuasion: Consultants and the Rise of Direct Democracy,” with Kelly D.

Patterson. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science

Association, Boston, MA, September 3-6, 1998.

“Consultants and Direct Democracy: Politics of Citizen Control,” with Kelly D. Patterson.

Paper presented at the Role of Political Consultants and Elections Conference, American

University, Washington, D.C., June 19, 1998.

“Ballot Initiatives and Intergovernmental Relations.” Paper presented at the Western Political

Science Association conference in Los Angeles, CA, March 19-21, 1998.

“Consultants and Direct Democracy,” with Kelly D. Patterson. Paper presented at the annual

meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., August 27-31,

1997.

“Does Anyone Out There Get My Message: Campaign Communications in the 1996

Congressional Elections in Utah,” with Paul S. Herrnson and Kelly D. Patterson. Paper

presented at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Tucson, AZ,

March 13-15, 1997.

“When People Vote in Vote-by-Mail Elections.” Paper presented at Conference on Evaluating

Vote-by-Mail Elections, Millbrae, CA, August 28, 1996 and annual meeting of the American

Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA, August 29-September 1, 1996.

“Reflections on Referendums in the United States.” Paper prepared for the Commission on the

Conduct of Referendums in the United Kingdom, Exeter College, Oxford University, July

1996.

“Support for Term Limits and Public Opinion About Congress: What Supporters of Term

Limits Don’t Want You to Know,” with Kelly D. Patterson. Paper presented at the annual

meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 6-8 1995.

“If You Can’t Win Change the Rules: Strategic Voting, Expressive Voting, and a Proposed

Runoff Election in Utah,” with J. Quin Monson. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the

Western Political Science Association, Portland, OR, March 15-18, 1995.

“Let the Voters Decide? An Assessment of the Initiative and Referendum Process.” Paper

presented at the Governing by Initiative conference, Byron White Center of American

Constitutional Study, University of Colorado Law School, September 23, 1994.

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“When People Vote and What Difference it Makes,” with Howard B. Christensen and Ryan D.

Cromar. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association,

New York, NY, September 1-4, 1994.

“Fear and Loathing of the Modern Congress: The Public Manifestation of Constitutional

Design,” with Kelly D. Patterson and Stephen H. Wirls. Paper presented at the annual meeting

of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 14-16, 1994.

“Campaign Spending and Referendum Voting,” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the

Western Political Science Association, Albuquerque, NM, March 10-12, 1994.

“Delegates as Trustees: A Study of the 1992 Utah Neighborhood Party Caucuses,” with H.E.

“Bud” Scruggs. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science

Association, Pasadena, CA, March 18-20, 1993.

“Initiatives and Popular Referendums in the United States of America: Prospects for

Comparative Analysis,” Paper presented at the IV International Conference, Democracies and

Referendums: Italian and World Experiences, Societa Italiana di Studi Elettorali, Florence,

Italy. October 1991.

“The Money Chase: Congressional Campaign Finance Reform,” Edwin D. Eshleman Lecture,

Franklin and Marshall College. January 1991.

“The Psychology of Taxation.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Tax

Association, San Francisco, CA, November 1990.

“The California Initiative Process: Current Controversies and Prescriptions.” Paper presented

at the Conference on the California Initiative Process, U.C. Davis, March 1990.

“Religion and Voting Behavior Among Utah Mormons.” Paper presented at the annual

meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Salt Lake City, UT, October 1989.

“The KBYU-Utah Colleges Poll—A Unique Classroom Experience,” with Howard B.

Christensen. Paper presented at the Annual Joint Meetings of the American Statistical

Association and the Biometric Society, Washington, D.C., August 6-10, 1989.

“More Bang for the Buck: Campaign Spending in Small State U.S. Senate Elections.” Paper

presented at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Salt Lake City,

UT, March 1989.

“The Politics of Congressional Campaign Finance Reform and Prospects for Reform.” Paper

presented at a conference on congressional campaign finance reform, The Bradley Institute,

Marquette University, February 1989.

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“Preemptive Judicial Review of Initiatives and Referendums,” with James O. Gordon. Paper

presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington,

D.C., September 1988.

“Religion and Voting Behavior in a Religiously Homogeneous State.” Paper presented at the

annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, September 1987.

“Campaign Spending in Ballot Proposition Elections.” Paper presented at the annual meeting

of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., August 1986.

“Participation in Initiative and Referendum Elections in Switzerland and the United States.”

Paper presented at the 13th World Congress of the International Political Science Association,

Paris, France, July 1985.

“The Initiative and Referendum Reconsidered: Election Law, Popular Rule and Legislative

Accountability.” Paper presented at the Conference on Electoral Reform in California: The

Current Agenda, Institute of Governmental Affairs, University of California, Davis, May 1985.

“Mail Ballot Elections: A New Application of Direct Democracy.” Paper presented at the

annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., September

1984.

“Researching California’s Direct Democracy.” Paper presented at the Conference on Research

Needs in California State Government, Institute of Governmental Studies, University of

California, Berkeley, May 1984.

“Plebiscitary Democracy: The Initiative and Referendum in American Politics.” Paper

presented at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, Santa Barbara, CA, December

1983.

“Further Evidence on the Partisan Affinities of Independent ‘Leaners’,” with Bruce E. Keith,

Candice J. Nelson, Elizabeth Orr, Mark C. Westlye, and Raymond E. Wolfinger. Paper

presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL,

September 1983.

“The Initiative in the 1980s: Popular Support, Issue Agendas, and Legislative Reform of the

Process.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association,

Denver, CO, September 1982.

“Voter Pamphlets: Understanding Why Voters Don’t Read Them.” Paper presented at the

annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, New York, NY, September

1981.

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“Citizen Participation in Petitioning to Place an Initiative on the Ballot: A Comment on the

Growing Importance of the Initiative Industry.” Paper presented at the monthly seminar series

sponsored by the Center for Responsive Governance and the Interagency Council on Citizen

Participation, Washington D.C., December 1980.

“Explaining the 1980 Presidential Vote in Virginia: The Results of a State-wide Panel Study,”

with Greg Joy, Jim Pieper, and William Davis. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the

Virginia Political Science Association, Richmond, VA, December 1980.

“Legal Provisions for Direct Legislation and the Growth of an Initiative Industry.” Paper

presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington,

D.C., August 1980.

“Voting Behavior on Initiatives: The California Experience.” Paper presented at the annual

meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Portland, OR, March 1979.

“Changing Patterns of Intergovernmental Relations in California.” Paper presented at the

annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association, Los Angeles, CA, March 1978.

“The Myth of the Independent Voter,” with Bruce E. Keith, Candice J. Nelson, Elizabeth Orr,

Mark C. Westlye, and Raymond E. Wolfinger. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the

American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., September 1977.

External Grants

Financing the 2016 Election, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, $40,000. 2015-16.

Prepare Task Force Report on “Interest Groups and Outside Money: What We Know and what

we Don’t Know” William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, 2015-16. $10,000.

“Campaign Finance and Small Donors in 2012.” Grant from the William and Flora Hewlett

Foundation, 2013. $70,000. Co-investigators Jay Goodliffe and Joseph Olsen.

“Financing the 2012 Election,” Grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur

Foundation, $30,000. 2013-14.

“Donors to Federal Candidates in 2008.” Grants from the Carnegie Corporation of New York,

Pew Charitable Trusts and BYU. Co-investigators Jay Goodliffe and Joseph Olsen.

$104,000.

“Financing the 2008 Election,” 2008-2009. Grants from the Carnegie Corporation of New

York, and JEHT Foundation totaling $50,000.

“Assessing the Need for Further Campaign Finance Reform: The 2008 Elections and the

Impact of Recent Supreme Court Rulings.” 2008-10. $307,000 from the Pew Charitable

Trusts. Co-investigator: Jay Goodliffe.

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“Evaluating the Quality of the Voting Experience,” 2006-2008. $313,995 from the JEHT

Foundation; $60,000 Supplementary Grant for Exploratory Research (SGER) from the

National Science Foundation; $50,000 from the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Co-

investigators: Howard Christensen, J. Quin Monson and Kelly D. Patterson.

“Assessing BCRA From the Ground Up: A Systematic Monitoring of Donors, Candidates,

Party Committees, and Outside Groups in the 2006 Election,” 2006-2008. $400,000 from the

Pew Charitable Trusts. Co-investigators: Jay Goodliffe and Kelly D. Patterson.

“Financing the 2004 Election,” 2004-2005. Grants from the Carnegie Corporation, Joyce

Foundation and JEHT Foundation totaling $80,000.

“Disclosure in the 2004 Election,” 2004-2005. $25,000 from the Carnegie Corporation.

“The Impact of Air and Ground War on Voters,” 2004-2005. Grants from the Schumann

Foundation and Smith Richardson Foundations totaling $160,000.

“Campaign Finance Reform Monitoring in 2004,” 2004-2005. $600,000 from the Pew

Charitable Trusts.

“Campaign Finance Reform Monitoring Project,” 2001-2003. $1,284,000 from the Pew

Charitable Trusts.

“Soft Money and the Issue Advocacy in 2000,” 1999-2001. $2.34 million from the Pew

Charitable Trusts.

“Financing the 2000 Election,” 2001-2002. Grants from the Carnegie Corporation, Joyce

Foundation, and Open Society Institute totaling $80,000.

“Undisclosed and Unregulated Money in Congressional Elections,” 1998-1999. $250,000

from the Pew Charitable Trusts.

Grants from Utah corporations and foundations for the KBYU-Utah Colleges Exit Poll and

Election Programming. Granting entities have included George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles

Foundation, American Investment Bank, Huntsman Corporation, PacificCorp, The Salt Lake

Tribune, Micron Computers, Dell Computers, NuSkin International, and Geneva Steel.

Conferences and Professional Services

Organized roundtables and panels on campaign finance at Western Political Science Association

Annual Meetings in 1999 and 2001, Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meetings in

1999, 2001, and 2013, and American Political Science Association Annual Meetings in 1999,

2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003.

Evaluator of grants in campaign finance reform, Carnegie Corporation of New York, 1998,

1999, and 2001.

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Head of search team to replace public policy director, Pew Charitable Trusts, 1998.

Evaluator of cluster of grants in campaign finance reform, Pew Charitable Trusts, March

1998.

Pi Sigma Alpha, President, 1994-96, President Elect, 1992-94, Executive Council, 1988-91.

Western Political Science Association Executive Council, 1990-93.

Expert witness on ballot propositions, Committee to Prevent Municipal Bankruptcy et al. v.

The City and County of San Francisco, 1993.

Program Section Head, Western Political Science Annual Meeting, 1989.

Member of ICPSR Official Representatives Program Committee, 1989 meeting.

Nomination Committee, Western Political Science Association, 1989.

Member APSA Schattschneider Committee (best dissertation in American

Government) 1988.

Nominations Committee Chair, Western Political Science Association, 1988.

Expert witness on legislative redistricting, Badham v. Eu, 1986.

Expert witness on mail ballot elections, Coalition for Merger v. International Typographical

Union, May 1985.

Expert witness on readability of Voter Pamphlets, Common Cause of California v. March

Fong Eu, July-August 1984.

Panel Chair, American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, 1981-89.

Expert witness on impact of campaign spending on ballot proposition campaign, Michigan State Chamber of Commerce v. Richard Austin, 1984.

“Initiative, Referendum, and Recall: The Mixed Blessings of Direct Democracy,” Remarks to

the National Conference of State Legislatures, Assembly of the Legislature, Salt Lake City,

March 1984.

Participant—Conference on Proposed Ground-rules for Future National Referendums in the

United Kingdom, Nuffield College, Oxford University, July 1980.

Journal article referee for American Political Science Review, Journal of Politics, Political

Research Quarterly, Public Opinion Quarterly, and Social Science Quarterly.

Grants referee for Russell Sage Foundation.

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Academic References

Professor Paul C. Light, Paulette Goddard Professor of Public Service, Robert Wagner School of

Public Service, New York University.

Dr. Thomas E. Mann, Director, Governmental Studies, the Brookings

Institution, Washington, D.C.