Best, Robin E. 2023. "Are leftist or rightist voters better substantively represented? The effects of variance in district magnitude on party-voter ideological congruence." Electoral Studies 82.

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Moral, Mert, and Robin E. Best. 2023. “On the Relationship Between Party Polarization and Citizen Polarization.” Party Politics 29(2): 203-409.

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Best, Robin E., Steve B. Lem, Daniel B. Magleby, & Michael D. McDonald. 2022. “Do Redistricting Commissions Avoid Partisan Gerrymanders?” American Politics Research 50(3), 379–395.

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Best, Robin E. and Didem Seyis. 2021. “How Do Voters Perceive Ideological Congruence? The Effects of Winning and Losing Under Different Electoral Rules.” Electoral Studies 69: 102201.

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Best, Robin E. 2020. “Do Radical Right-Wing Populist Parties in the Legislature Affect Representation in Government? A Cross-National Analysis.” Representation 56(3): 367-386.

 

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Best, Robin E., Daniel B. Magleby, and Michael D. McDonald. 2020. “Detecting Florida’s Gerrymander: A Lesson for Law and Social Science.” Social Science Quarterly 101(1): 37-52.

 

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Krasno, Jonathan, Daniel B. Magleby, Michael D. McDonald, Shawn Donahue, and Robin E. Best. 2019. “Can Gerrymanders Be Measured? An Examination of Wisconsin’s State Assembly.” American Politics Research 47(5): 1162-1201

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Best, Robin E., Shawn J. Donahue, Jonathan Krasno, Daniel B. Magleby, and Michael D. McDonald. 2018.“Considering the Prospects for Establishing a Packing Gerrymandering Standard.” Election Law Journal 17(1): 1-20.

 

Best, Robin E., Shawn J. Donahue, Jonathan Krasno, Daniel B. Magleby, and Michael D. McDonald. 2018.“Authors’ Response – Values and Validations: Proper Criteria for Comparing Standards for Packing Gerrymanders.” Election Law Journal 17(1); 82-84.

 

Best, Robin E., Ian Budge, and Michael D. McDonald. 2017. “Jettisoning Illusions About the Mandate.” Legislative Studies Quarterly 43(1): 11-20.
 

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McDonald, Michael D. and Robin E. Best. 2015. “Unfair Partisan Gerrymanders in Politics and Law: A Diagnostic Applied to Six Cases.”  Election Law Journal, 14(4): 312-330.

 

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Best, Robin E. and Andrei Zhirnov. 2015. "The Perils and Pitfalls of Ignoring Disproportionality's Behavioral Components." Electoral Studies, 40: 256-267.

 

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Best, Robin E. 2013. “How Party System Fragmentation has Altered Political Opposition in Western Democracies.” Government and Opposition, 48(3): 314-342.

 

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McDonald, Michael D., Ian Budge, and Robin E. Best. 2012. “Electoral Majorities, Political Parties, and Collective Representation.” Comparative Political Studies, 45(9): 1104–1131.

 

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Best, Robin E. 2012. “The Long and the Short of It: Electoral Laws and the Dynamics of Party System Size in Western Democracies, 1950-2005.” European Journal of Political Research, 51(2): 147-165.

 

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Best, Robin E., Ian Budge and Michael D. McDonald. 2012. “Representation as a Median Mandate versus Bilateralism: Taking a Cross-National Perspective.” European Journal of Political Research, 51(1): 1-23.

 

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Best, Robin E. 2011. “The Declining Electoral Relevance of Traditional Cleavage Groups.” European Political Science Review, 3(2): 279-300.

 

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Best, Robin E., and Steve B. Lem. 2011. "Electoral Volatility, Competition, and Third Party Candidacies in US Gubernatorial Elections." Party Politics, 17(5): 611-628.

 

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Best, Robin E. 2010. “Increasing Irrationality? The Equilibrium Relationship between Electoral and Legislative Party System Size, 1950–2005.” Electoral Studies, 29(1): 105-116.

 

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McDonald, Michael D., and Robin Best. 2006. “Equilibria and Restoring Forces in Models of Vote Dynamics.” Political Analysis, 14(4): 369-392.

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Book Chapters

Magleby, Daniel B., Michael D. McDonald, Jonathan Krasno, Shawn J. Donahue, and Robin E. Best. “Analyzing Gerrymandering’s Offense to Electoral Integrity.” Forthcoming in Challenges of U.S. Electoral Integrity. Eds. Pippa Norris, Sarah Cameron and Thomas Wynter. New York: Oxford University Press.

 

Best, Robin E. and Michael D. McDonald. 2016. “Models in Political Science: Forms and Purposes. In Hans Keman and Jaap Woldendorp (eds.) Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Political Science. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.

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Best, Robin E. 2013. “Using Manifesto Left-Right Estimates to “Centre” Survey Estimates of Political Party Placements.” In Andrea Volkens, Judith Bara, Ian Budge, Michael D. McDonald, Hans-Dieter Klingemann (eds.) Mapping Policy Preferences from Texts III. New York: Oxford University Press.

 

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Best, Robin E. and Michael D. McDonald. 2011. “The Role of Party Policy Positions in the Operation of Democracy.” In Christopher J. Anderson and Russell J. Dalton (eds.) Citizens, Context, and Choice: How Institutional Structures Shape Citizen Behavior. New York: Oxford University Press.