
David Broockman
Associate Professor
Upcoming/Future Courses
Spring 2024
Graduate
Spring 2024
Graduate
Spring 2024
Undergraduate
Fall 2023
Graduate
Academic Subfields
Degrees
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley (2015)
B.A., Yale University (2011)
Articles
Political Polarization and Representation
- Does Affective Polarization Undermine Democratic Norms or Accountability? Maybe Not (with Josh Kalla and Sean Westwood) American Journal of Political Science. Replication data, Ungated PDF
- Voter outreach campaigns can reduce affective polarization among implementing political activists (with Josh Kalla) American Political Science Review, forthcoming. Replication data, Ungated PDF
- The short-term, circumscribed, and conditional effects of cross-partisan conversation (with Erik Santoro) Science Advances, 8 no. 25. (2022). Replication data
- Predispositions and the Political Behavior of American Economic Elites: Evidence from Technology Entrepreneurs (with Gregory Ferenstein and Neil Malhotra) American Journal of Political Science 63 no. 1 (2019). Replication data, Ungated PDF
- Bias In Perceptions of Public Opinion Among American Political Elites (with Christopher Skovron) American Political Science Review 112 no. 3 (2018). Replication data, Ungated PDF
- The Delegate Paradox: Why Polarized Politicians Can Represent Citizens Best (with Douglas J. Ahler) Journal of Politics 80 no. 4 (2018). Replication data, Ungated PDF
- Winner of the Joseph L. Bernd award for the best paper published in the Journal of Politics in 2018
- What Do Donors Want? Heterogeneity by Party and Policy Domain (Research Note) (with Neil Malhotra) Public Opinion Quarterly. Replication data, Ungated PDF
- Why Local Party Leaders Don't Support Nominating Centrists (with Nicholas Carnes, Melody Crowder-Meyer, and Christopher Skovron) British Journal of Political Science. Ungated PDF
- The Causal Effects of Elite Position-Taking on Voter Attitudes: Field Experiments with Elite Communication (with Daniel Butler) American Journal of Political Science 61 no. 1. (2017). Replication data, Ungated PDF
- Winner of the Best Paper Award from the APSA Experimental Research section
- Approaches to Studying Policy Representation Legislative Studies Quarterly 41 no. 1. (2016). Replication data, Ungated PDF
- Campaign Contributions Facilitate Access to Congressional Officials: A Randomized Field Experiment (with Joshua Kalla) American Journal of Political Science 60 no. 3. (2016). Replication data, Ungated PDF
- Preaching To The Choir: Americans Avoid Communicating To Outpartisan Elected Officials (with Timothy J. Ryan) American Journal of Political Science 60 no. 4. (2016). Replication data, Ungated PDF
- Distorted Communication, Unequal Representation: Constituents Communicate Less To Representatives Not Of Their Race American Journal of Political Science 58 no. 2. (2014). Replication data, Ungated PDF
- Black Politicians Are More Intrinsically Motivated To Advance Blacks' Interests: A Field Experiment Manipulating Political Incentives American Journal of Political Science 57 no. 3. (2013). Replication data, Ungated PDF
- Winner of the Lawrence Longley Award for the best article on representation and electoral systems published in 2013 from the APSA Representation and Electoral Systems section
- The "Problem of Preferences": Medicare and Business Support for the Welfare State Studies in American Political Development 26 no. 2. (2012). Ungated PDF
- Mobilizing Candidates Journal of Experimental Political Science 1 no. 2. (2014). Replication data, Ungated PDF
- Do Politicians Racially Discriminate Against Constituents? A Field Experiment on State Legislators (with Daniel M. Butler) American Journal of Political Science 55 no. 3. (2011). Replication data, Ungated PDF
- Honored in Science
Public Opinion and Elections
- Heuristic Projection (with Aaron Kaufman and Gabriel Lenz) British Journal of Political Science
- When and Why Are Campaigns' Persuasive Effects Small? Evidence from the 2020 US Presidential Election (with Josh Kalla) American Journal of Political Science, forthcoming. Replication data, Ungated PDF
- Personalizing Moral Reframing in Interpersonal Conversation (with Adam S. Levine and Josh Kalla) Journal of Politics, forthcoming. Replication data
- "Outside Lobbying" over the Airwaves: A Randomized Field Experiment on Televised Issue Ads (with Josh Kalla) American Political Science Review (2021). Replication data, Ungated PDF
- Which narrative strategies durably reduce prejudice? Evidence from field and survey experiments supporting the efficacy of perspective-getting (with Josh Kalla) American Journal of Political Science (2021). Replication data, Ungated PDF
- A Natural Experiment on Discrimination in Elections (with Evan J. Soltas) Journal of Public Economics 188 (2020). Ungated PDF
- Reducing exclusionary attitudes through interpersonal conversation: evidence from three field experiments (with Joshua Kalla) American Political Science Review 114 no. 2 (2020). Replication data, Ungated PDF
- The Minimal Persuasive Effects of Campaign Contact in General Elections: Evidence from 49 Field Experiments (with Joshua Kalla) American Political Science Review 112 no. 1 (2018). Replication data, Ungated PDF
- Durably reducing transphobia: A field experiment on door-to-door canvassing (with Joshua Kalla) Science 352 no. 6282. (2016). Replication data
- Commentary by Betsy Levy Paluck
- This American Life coverage
- Winner of the 2017 Cialdini Prize from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology
- The Design of Field Experiments With Survey Outcomes: A Framework for Selecting More Efficient, Robust, and Ethical Designs (with Joshua Kalla and Jasjeet Sekhon) Political Analysis 25 no. 4 (2017). GitHub repo, Replication data, Ungated PDF
- Do Female Politicians Empower Women to Vote or Run for Office? A Regression Discontinuity Approach Electoral Studies 34. (2014). Replication data, Ungated PDF
- Do Online Advertisements Increase Political Candidates' Name Recognition or Favorability? Evidence from Randomized Field Experiments (with Donald P. Green) Political Behavior (2014). Replication data, Ungated PDF
- Do Congressional Candidates Have Reverse Coattails? Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design Political Analysis 17 no. 4. (2009). Replication data, Ungated PDF
Other
- Broad cross-national public support for accelerated COVID-19 vaccine trial designs. (with many co-authors) Vaccine 39 no. 2 (2021).
- Ascertaining Business's Interests and Political Preferences Studies in American Political Development 33 no. 1 (2019).
- Candidate Ideology and Vote Choice in the 2020 US Presidential Election (with Josh Kalla)
- Increasing Response Rates and Representativeness of Online Panels Recruited by Mail: Evidence from Experiments in 12 Original Surveys (with Alan N. Yan and Joshua Kalla)
- G.O.P. Senators Might Not Realize It, but Not One State Supports A.H.C.A. (with Christopher Warshaw) New York Times Methods Appendix
- Do Better Committee Assignments Meaningfully Benefit Legislators? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in the Arkansas State Legislature (with Daniel M. Butler) Journal of Experimental Political Science 2 no. 2. (2015). Replication data
- Irregularities in LaCour (2014) (with Joshua Kalla and Peter Aronow) Replication data
- Experiments Show This Is the Best Way to Win Campaigns. But Is Anyone Actually Doing It? (with Joshua Kalla) Vox
- Facebook: A New Frontier for Field Experiments (with Timothy Ryan) The Experimental Political Scientist
Under Review or In Preparation
- The impacts of selective partisan media exposure: A field experiment with Fox News viewers (with Josh Kalla)
- Selective Exposure and Partisan Echo Chambers in Television News Consumption: Evidence from Linked Viewership, Administrative, and Survey Data (with Josh Kalla)
- Shared Demographic Characteristics Do Not Reliably Facilitate Persuasion in Interpersonal Conversations: Evidence from Eight Experiments (with Josh Kalla, Nicholas Ottone, Erik Santoro, and Amanda Weiss)
Teaching
- Undergraduate: Introduction to Empirical Analysis & Quantitative Methods
- Undergraduate: Political Psychology
- Undergraduate: The Politics of Public Policy
- Graduate: Political Behavior
- Graduate: Representation: Bridging Institutions and Behavior (with Sean Gailmard)
- Graduate: Voting Behavior and Public Opinion (with Gabe Lenz)
Other
Editorial Board, American Political Science Review, 2020-
Editorial Board, American Journal of Political Science, 2019-