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  1. Beaches or Boarding?: Shark Attacks, Tourism, and the 1916 Presidential Election

    Article • American Politics Research, February 2026, SAGE Publications

    Dr Boris Heersink

  2. Reconsidering the “Southern Veto”: The Two-Thirds Rule at Democratic National Conventions, 1832–1936

    Article • Studies in American Political Development, April 2024, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Boris Heersink

  3. Introduction

    Article • August 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Boris Heersink

  4. Managing Mixed-Ideological Parties, 1969–1980

    Article • August 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Boris Heersink

  5. Building Permanently Active National Committees, 1912–1932

    Article • August 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Boris Heersink

  6. Conclusion

    Article • August 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Boris Heersink

  7. National Committees and the New Deal, 1933–1952

    Article • August 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Boris Heersink

  8. Power in a Union: How Unexpected Group Partnerships Form

    Article • Perspectives on Politics, June 2023, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Boris Heersink

  9. Southern Republicans in Congress during the pre-Reagan era: An exploration

    Article • Party Politics, April 2022, SAGE Publications

    Nicholas Napolio, Dr Boris Heersink

  10. Bootstrap Liberalism: Texas Political Culture in the Age of FDR by Sean P. Cunningham

    Article • Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, March 2022, Project Muse

    Dr Boris Heersink

  11. The Mixed Effects of Candidate Visits on Campaign Donations in the 2020 Presidential Election

    Article • American Politics Research, September 2021, SAGE Publications

    Dr Boris Heersink , Nicholas Napolio

  12. Examining Democratic and Republican National Committee Party Branding Activity, 1953–2012

    Article • Perspectives on Politics, March 2021, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Boris Heersink

  13. Natural Disasters, ‘Partisan Retrospection,’ and U.S. Presidential Elections

    Article • Political Behavior, November 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Boris Heersink

  14. Mobilization and Counter-Mobilization: The Effect of Candidate Visits on Campaign Donations in the 2016 Presidential Election

    Article • The Journal of Politics, August 2020, University of Chicago Press

    Dr Boris Heersink

  15. Whiteness and the Emergence of the Republican Party in the Early Twentieth-Century South

    Article • Studies in American Political Development, January 2020, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Boris Heersink

  16. Politicians, Interest Groups, and Next Steps in the Study of American Political Parties as Institutions

    Article • The Journal of Politics, October 2018, University of Chicago Press

    Dr Boris Heersink

  17. Trump and the Party-in-Organization: Presidential Control of National Party Organizations

    Article • The Journal of Politics, July 2018, University of Chicago Press

    Dr Boris Heersink

  18. Party Brands and the Democratic and Republican National Committees, 1952–1976

    Article • Studies in American Political Development, April 2018, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Boris Heersink

  19. Party Leaders and Electoral Realignment: Democratic and Republican Southern Strategies, 1948–1968

    Article • The Forum, December 2017, De Gruyter

    Dr Boris Heersink

  20. Truman defeats Dewey: The effect of campaign visits on election outcomes

    Article • Electoral Studies, October 2017, Elsevier

    Dr Boris Heersink

  21. Disasters and Elections: Estimating the Net Effect of Damage and Relief in Historical Perspective

    Article • Political Analysis, April 2017, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Boris Heersink

  22. Queer Clout: Chicago and the Rise of Gay Politics. By Timothy Stewart-Winter. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016.

    Article • The Journal of Politics, October 2016, University of Chicago Press

    Dr Boris Heersink

  23. Measuring the Vice-Presidential Home State Advantage With Synthetic Controls

    Article • American Politics Research, April 2016, SAGE Publications

    Dr Boris Heersink

  24. Southern Delegates and Republican National Convention Politics, 1880–1928

    Article • Studies in American Political Development, March 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Boris Heersink

  25. Strategic Choices in Election Campaigns: Measuring the Vice-Presidential Home State Advantage with Synthetic Controls

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Boris Heersink

  26. Gay Marriage and American State Legislatures

    Article • SSRN Electronic Journal, January 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Boris Heersink

  27. National Party Organizations and Party Brands in American Politics

    Article • University of Virginia

    Dr Boris Heersink