Articles
Gaudette, Jennifer. 2024. “Polarization in Police Union Politics”. American Journal of Political Science.
Gaudette, Jennifer, Seth Hill, Thad Kousser, Mackenzie Lockhart, and Mindy Romero. 2024. “Can Official Messaging on Trust in Elections Break Through Partisan Polarization?” British Journal of Political Science.
Gaudette, Jennifer, Seth Hill, Thad Kousser, Mackenzie Lockhart, Mindy Romero, and Laura Uribe. 2024. “Voters Distrust Delayed Election Results, But a Prebunking Message Inoculates Against Distrust”. PNAS Nexus.
Boudreau, Cheryl, Jennifer Gaudette, Thad Kousser, Seth Hill, Mackenzie Lockhart, and Laura Uribe. 2026. “How Research-Practice Partnerships Can Strengthen Experiments and Build Trust in American Elections.” Accepted at Politics and Governance.
Uribe, Laura, Jennifer Gaudette, and Thad Kousser. 2025. “How Did Voters Facing Disabilities Experience the 2022 Midterm Elections?” Accepted at Journal of Election Administration, Research, and Practice.
Working Papers
“Funding the Growth Machine: The Effects of Municipal Campaign Contributions on Housing Policy Outcomes“ (with Justin de Benedictis-Kessner).
“Can Public Information Campaigns Restore Trust in American Elections Across Polarized State and Party Lines?” (with Seth Hill, Thad Kousser, Mackenzie Lockhart, Mindy Romero, and Laura Uribe) (under review) — State Politics and Policy Quarterly Best Paper Award.
“Code Blue: Police Union Political Response to Policy Threat”
“Interest Groups and Information Provision in Judicial Politics: Evidence from Amicus Briefs” with Pamela Ban
“Reducing Interest Group Influence: Assessing the Impact of Democracy Vouchers in Seattle”
Works in Progress
“Ideological Cues: How Voter Guides Impact Vote Choice in Local Elections”
“The Persuasive Effect of Short-Form Vertical Videos” with Mackenzie Lockhart, Thad Kousser, and Laura Uribe.
“Beyond City Politics: Testing Theories of Political Nationalization at Multiple Levels of Local Government” (with Tyler Simko and Amanda Weiss)
“Sustaining the Fourth Estate: A Conjoint Experiment on Public Support for Local Journalism” (with Josh McCrain and Andrew Trexler)
“Investigating the Potential of Non-Partisan Elections to Lower Affective Polarization and Distrust in Electoral Integrity” (with Zayne Sember)