ANES Announcement: ANES at APSA 2024

Dear ANES User Community,

The American National Election Studies (ANES) continues the celebration of our 75th anniversary with three special events at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

First up is a Thursday panel that brings together scholarship using ANES data in innovative ways.

Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the ANES: New Directions

Thursday, September 5, 2024, noon to 1:30 pm
Pennsylvania Convention Center (PCC), Room 203A

• Inaccurate Beliefs Undermine Support for Solutions after Disaster, Talbot M Andrews, University of Connecticut
• Do They Even Care? Empirical Evidence for Importance of Listening in Democracy, Andrew I Thompson, George Washington University
• Identity and Political Behavior across the Urban-Rural Spectrum, Kristin Kay Lunz Trujillo, University of South Carolina and Jennifer Lin, Northwestern University
• Research on Race and Ethnic Politics and the ANES, Amanda Sahar d’Urso, Georgetown University

Next is a Friday roundtable featuring past and present principal investigators of the ANES, longtime ANES Board members, and contributors to the project to reflect on the history, evolution, and future of the ANES surveys.

The American National Election Studies at 75: Their Past, Present, and Future
Friday, September 6, 2024, 8:00 am to 9:30 am
Pennsylvania Convention Center (PCC), 112B

• Geoffrey C. Layman, University of Notre Dame (chair)
• John H. Aldrich, Duke University
• Diana C. Mutz, University of Pennsylvania
• Virginia Sapiro, Boston University and University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Merrill Shanks, University of California-Berkeley
• Nicholas A. Valentino, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Last, we invite you to a reception on Friday night that includes finger foods, beverages, and ANES 75th anniversary swag.

• 75th Anniversary Celebration of the American National Election Study
• Fri, September 6, 7:30 to 9:00pm
• Pennsylvania Convention Center (PCC), 109B
Sponsored by:
• Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior
• Political Psychology
• The University of Michigan’s Center for Political Studies

We also want to draw your attention to the following APSA presentations that have indicated their use of ANES data. Check the online program closer to the conference for room names and locations.

If your presentation makes use of ANES data and is not listed, email us at [email protected] to let us know so we can add it to this list on our website and to the ANES Bibliography!

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2024:

Inequality, Alienation, and Alternative Forms of Political Participation
Thu, September 5, 8:00 to 9:30am
Ash V. Elswick, Pennsylvania State University
William W. Franko, West Virginia University

Introducing a New External Efficacy Construct
Thu, September 5, 8:00 to 9:30am
Katherine Haenschen, Northeastern University
Kevin Drakulich, Northeastern University
Anna Zhang, Northeastern University

Labor Unions and American Nationalism
Thu, September 5, 8:00 to 9:30am
Alexis Jones, University of Oklahoma

Binding a Bottomless Barrel: Boundless Dimensions in Ideological Attitude Scales
Thu, September 5, 8:00 to 9:30am
Philip Warncke, UNC Chapel Hill
Flavio Azevedo, Friedrich Schiller University

The Causes and Consequences of White Allyship
Thu, September 5, 10:00 to 11:30am
Kalin Bennett

Political Affect and Emotions in a Changing USA Landscape
Thu, September 5, 10:00 to 11:30am
Angel Saavedra Cisneros, Bowdoin College
Andrew Civettini, Knox College

Traditional Gender Roles and Opposition to Trade in the United States
Thu, September 5, 12:00 to 1:30pm
Andrew Kerner, Michigan State University
Jane Lawrence Sumner, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Media as a Sorting Force?: Relationships between Media & Partisan Social Sorting
Thu, September 5, 12:00 to 1:30pm
Daniel Lane, UC Santa Barbara
Melody Chen
Yifei Wang, UCSB

AI Topic Modeling for ANES Open-Ended Responses: Evaluating STM and LLM Models
Thu, September 5, 12:00 to 1:30pm
Richard R. Lau, Rutgers University
Barea M. Sinno, Rutgers University
George D. Quinn, Rutgers University

Reevaluating Social Identity Theory: Minority Women and Participation
Thu, September 5, 12:00 to 1:30pm
Morrey Liedke, University of California, Riverside

Proudly We Hail? Affect toward the Flag, Civil Religion, & Christian Nationalism
Thu, September 5, 2:00 to 3:30pm
Alexander Cohen, University of California, Davis
Jonathan William Dahlsten

Political Trust and Government Unionization
Thu, September 5, 2:00 to 3:30pm
Daniel R. DiSalvo, CUNY-City College of New York
Michael T. Hartney, Boston College
Patrick Flavin, Baylor University

Abortion Attitudes in Post-Roe America
Thu, September 5, 2:00 to 3:30pm
Laurel Elder, Hartwick College
Steven Greene, North Carolina State University
Mary Kate Lizotte, Augusta University

The Economic Roots of Support for Authoritarian Populism in the U.S.
Thu, September 5, 2:00 to 3:30pm
Stan Nguyen Oklobdzija, University of California, Riverside
Christopher M. Witko, Pennsylvania State University

Abortion Attitudes and Polarization in the American Electorate
Thu, September 5, 4:00 to 5:30pm
Erin Cassese, University of Delaware
Heather L. Ondercin, Appalachian State University
Jordan Randall, Appalachian State University

Latino Political Pulse: Unique Information Environments and Misinformation
Thu, September 5, 4:00 to 5:30pm
Francy Dayana Luna Diaz

“She’s a 10 But…”: Democratic Norms among the Affectively Unpolarized
Thu, September 5, 4:00 to 5:30pm
Luca Versteegen, University of Gothenburg
Lilliana Hall Mason, Johns Hopkins University

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2024:

Generational Polarization and the Shaping of the American Political Landscape
Fri, September 6, 8:00 to 9:30am
Patrick I. Fisher, Seton Hall University

When Veracity Fails: News Sharing as Expressive Partisanship
Fri, September 6, 8:00 to 9:30am
Leonie Huddy, SUNY, Stony Brook
Joseph Sandor, Stony Brook University

Educational Attainment and Party Realignment in Western Democracies
Fri, September 6, 8:00 to 9:30am
Joshua N. Zingher, Old Dominion University
Benjamin Farrer, University of Nevada Las Vegas

Inclusion and Participation: How Local Policy Affects Political Participation
Fri, September 6, 10:00 to 11:30am
Samantha Chapa, University of Houston

The Fundamentals and Vote Choice: How Long Term Attitudinal Forces Shape Affect
Fri, September 6, 12:00 to 1:30pm
John H. Aldrich, Duke University
Suhyen Bae, Duke University

Influence of Polarization and Economic Opinion on Voting and Trust in Government
Fri, September 6, 12:00 to 1:30pm
Jude Chukwuebuka Ugwuoke, Auburn University

Public Opinion on Education and Partisan Identity
Fri, September 6, 2:00 to 2:30pm
Poster Session: Polarization, Cues and Information, and Public Opinion
Eun Ji Sally Son, Columbia University

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2024:

Racial Resentment and Support for Labor
Sat, September 7, 8:00 to 9:30am
Kendrick Roberson, Pepperdine University

Emotional and Physiological Elements of Persuasive Appeals
Sat, September 7, 10:00 to 11:30am
Lisa P. Argyle, Brigham Young University
Ethan C Busby, Brigham Young University
Christopher F. Karpowitz, Brigham Young University

The Politics of Emotions and Uncertainty in the 2020 Presidential Campaign
Sat, September 7, 10:00 to 11:30am
Heather E. Yates, University of Central Arkansas

How Partisanship and Identity Have Structured US Public Opinion on Education
Sat, September 7, 4:00 to 5:30pm
David Houston, George Mason University

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2024:

MAGA: The Tea Party Meets Donald Trump
Sun, September 8, 10:00 to 11:30am
Edgar V. Cook, Duke University
John H. Aldrich, Duke University
Laura Stoker, University of California, Berkeley
Lonna Rae Atkeson, Florida State University

We hope to see you at APSA!

Thank you for your support of the ANES during this 75th anniversary year!

Best wishes,
The ANES Project