Publications

2026 Affective Polarization: From Concepts to Measures. Matthew Levendusky · Political Psychology — 2026 Perceptions of Discrimination against White People in Post-Floyd America: Media Coverage and Public Opinion, 2020-2024, Matthew Levendusky · Political Behavior 1 2026 To Know Courts Is to Love Them? New research shows jury service and civic education boost public understanding—and opinion—of courts. Matthew Levendusky · Judicature · Scholar only — 2025 As Trump and Courts Battle over his Policies, Americans Back Judicial Authority Matthew Levendusky · NBC News — 2025 Unraveling a ‘Cancel Culture’ Dynamic: When, Why, and Which Americans Sanction Offensive Speech Matthew Levendusky · The Journal of Politics 24 2024 Has the Supreme Court Become Just Another Political Branch? Public Perceptions of Court Approval and Legitimacy in a Post-Dobbs World Matthew Levendusky · Science Advances 53 2024 Megastudy Testing 25 Treatments to Reduce Anti-Democratic Attitudes and Partisan Animosity, Matthew Levendusky · Science 234 2024 Partisan Hostility and American Democracy: Explaining Political Divisions and When They Matter Matthew Levendusky · University of Chicago Press, Chicago Studies in American Politics Series 78 2024 Sanctioning Political Speech on Social Media Is Driven by Partisan Norms and Identity Signaling. Matthew Levendusky · PNAS Nexus 10 2024 The Long Shadow of the Big Lie: How Beliefs about the Legitimacy of the 2020 Election Spill Over onto Future Elections Matthew Levendusky · Public Opinion Quarterly 12 2024 The Stranglehold of Party Matthew Levendusky · Scholar only — 2024 The Withering of Public Confidence in the Courts Matthew Levendusky · Judicature — 2024 What Do We Measure When We Measure Affective Polarization?(vol 83, pg 114, 2019) Matthew Levendusky · PUBLIC OPINION QUARTERLY · Scholar only — 2023 Can Information Persuade Rather Than Polarize? A Review of Alex Coppock's Persuasion in Parallel Matthew Levendusky · Political Science Quarterly · needs review 5 2023 Democracy Amid Crises: Polarization, Pandemic, Protests and Persuasion Matthew Levendusky · Oxford University Press 29 2023 Our Common Bonds: Using What Americans Share to Overcome the Partisan Divide Matthew Levendusky · University of Chicago Press, Chicago Studies in American Politics Series 145 2022 How Does Local TV News Change Viewers’ Attitudes? The Case of Sinclair Broadcasting. Matthew Levendusky · Political Communication 78 2022 (Mis-)Estimating Affective Polarization. Matthew Levendusky · The Journal of Politics 209 2022 Partisanship and the Pandemic Matthew Levendusky · Science 0 2022 Self-Affirmation and Identity-Driven Political Behavior: An Oversold Solution? Matthew Levendusky · Journal of Experimental Political Science 46 2022 The Majoritarian Threat to Liberal Democracy Matthew Levendusky · Journal of Experimental Political Science 130 2022 The Path to a Senate Majority Runs through the Keystone State Matthew Levendusky · Chatham House — 2021 Affective Polarization, Local Contexts, and Public Opinion in America. Matthew Levendusky · Nature Human Behaviour 604 2021 Exploring the role of media use within an integrated behavioral model (IBM) approach to vote likelihood. Matthew Levendusky · American Behavioral Scientist 10 2021 How Affective Polarization Shapes Americans’ Political Beliefs: A Study of Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Matthew Levendusky · Journal of Experimental Political Science 291 2021 How Affective Polarization Undermines Support for Democratic Norms. Matthew Levendusky · Public Opinion Quarterly 600 2021 One Nation, Two Realities: Dueling Facts in American Democracy. By Morgan Marietta and David C. Barker. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019. 360p. $24.95 paper. Matthew Levendusky · Perspectives on Politics · Scholar only 1 2021 Review of Morgan Marietta and David Barker, “One Nation, Two Realities: Dueling Facts in American Democracy” and Stacy Ulbig, “Angry Politics: Partisan Hatred and Political Polarization among College Students.” Matthew Levendusky · Perspectives on Politics 1 2021 We Need to Talk: How Cross-Party Dialogue Reduces Affective Polarization Matthew Levendusky · Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Elements in Experimental Political Science 223 2021 We Need to Talk: What Can We Do about Affective Polarization?; 2. Design of the Cross-Party Discussion Experiment; 3. Does Cross-Party Discussion Reduce Animus?; 4. Are There … Matthew Levendusky · Cambridge University Press · Scholar only — 2019 How Incivility on Partisan Media (De-)Polarizes the Electorate. Matthew Levendusky · The Journal of Politics 214 2019 Review of Lilliana Mason, “Uncivil Agreement: How Politics Became Our Identity.” Matthew Levendusky · Public Opinion Quarterly 0 2019 The Origins and Consequences of Affective Polarization in the United States Matthew Levendusky · Annual Review of Political Science 5,063 2019 What Do We Measure When We Measure Affective Polarization? Matthew Levendusky · Public Opinion Quarterly 993 2018 Americans, Not Partisans: Can Priming American National Identity Reduce Affective Polarization? Matthew Levendusky · The Journal of Politics 720 2018 No Need to Watch: How the Effects of Partisan Media Can Spread via Inter-Personal Discussions. Matthew Levendusky · American Journal of Political Science 383 2018 Review of James Campbell, “Polarized: Making Sense of a Divided America,” Matthew Levendusky · Perspectives on Politics 0 2018 The Economic Consequences of Partisanship in a Polarized Era. Matthew Levendusky · American Journal of Political Science 603 2018 When Efforts to Depolarize the Electorate Fail. Matthew Levendusky · Public Opinion Quarterly 106 2017 American Government: Institutions and Policies, Brief Version Matthew Levendusky · Cengage Learning — 2017 Morris Fiorina’s Foundational Contributions to the Study of Partisanship and Mass Polarization. Matthew Levendusky · The Forum 12 2017 Partisan Media and Polarization: Challenges for Future Work. Matthew Levendusky · Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics 15 2016 American Government: Institutions and Policies Matthew Levendusky · Cengage Learning 712 2016 Does Media Coverage of Partisan Polarization Affect Political Attitudes? Matthew Levendusky · Political Communication 678 2016 How Group Discussions Create Strong Attitudes and Strong Partisans. Matthew Levendusky · Research & Politics 79 2016 (Mis)Perceptions of Partisan Polarization in the American Public, Matthew Levendusky · Public Opinion Quarterly 391 2016 Sorry Donald Trump, You’re Not Getting Sanders’ Voters Matthew Levendusky · Fortune — 2016 What Do Citizens Want from their Member of Congress? Matthew Levendusky · Political Research Quarterly 55 2015 Review of Jan Leighley and Jonathan Nagler, “Who Votes Now? Demographics, Issues, and Turnout in the United States,” Matthew Levendusky · Political Science Quarterly 41 2014 Relying on the Ground Game: The Placement and Effect of Campaign Field Offices. Matthew Levendusky · American Politics Research 56