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APSR — pp. 1-11 2026-04-24 Original Legislative Effectiveness, Progressive Ambition, and Electoral Success DANIELLE M. THOMSEN, SARAH A. TREUL, CRAIG VOLDEN, ALAN E. WISEMAN Abstract Are effective state lawmakers more likely than ineffective ones to be elected to Congress? We draw on a new dataset of state legislative effectiveness scores from 1993 to 2018 to examine the relationship between lawmaker effectiveness and the decision to run for, and ultimately be elected to, the U.S. House of Representatives. We find that more effective state lawmakers are more likely to enter Congress than ineffective lawmakers. This pattern is due more to the progressive ambition of candidates than to voter decisions. Specifically, within citizen state legislatures, more effective lawmakers are much more likely to run for U.S. House seats than are their less effective counterparts. In highly professional state legislatures, however, more effective lawmakers are more likely to run for Congress only when presented with the opportunity of an open seat. Our analysis finds no relationship between a state legislator’s lawmaking effectiveness and their likelihood of winning primary or general House elections.

PA — 2026-04-22 Original Policymakers' Preferences Over Public–Private Modes of Service Delivery and Credit‐Claiming: Experimental Evidence

PA — 2026-04-22 Original Navigating the Algorithmic State: Public Values and Citizens' Preferences of AI ‐Driven Public Service Delivery

PAR — 2026-04-21 Original When Do Citizens Support Corrupt Politicians? The Trade‐Offs Between Corruption and Competence

JCC — pp. 1-18 2026-04-21 Original Diplomatic Bifurcation: China’s Dual Narratives on the Russia–Ukraine War in Global Times

PMR — pp. 1-27 2026-04-20 Original Escalation of commitment in the public sector: the impacts of electoral effects and visualization aids on blame avoiding behavior

JOP — 2026-04-20 Original DC On My Mind: Voter Evaluations of Nationalized Policy Positions in State and Local Elections Derek Edward Holliday, Aaron Rudkin

PSJ — 2026-04-17 Original Public Nuclear Preferences in the United States in the Context of Climate Change: Exploring Inter‐ and Intra‐Group Variations

JOP — 2026-04-17 Original Equal in Private, Unequal in Public? Coeducation and Sexism in the Soviet Union Marco Giani, Krakowski Krzysztof Abstract （原文未提供摘要） 中文 私下平等，公开不平等？苏联的男女同校教育与性别歧视 Marco Giani, Krakowski Krzysztof

JOP — pp. 000-000 2026-04-17 Original Do Voters Value Relief over Preparedness? Evidence from Disaster Policies in Malawi Felix Hartmann Abstract Growing evidence suggests that voters reward politicians for spending on disaster relief but not disaster preparedness. Yet, we know little about the mechanisms that underpin this pattern. Is it because voters generally value relief over preparedness? Or is it because voters expect preparedness policies to be less effective compared to relief policies? I test both mechanisms using a conjoint experiment in rural Malawi in which participants choose between two hypothetical candidates randomly varying attributes about their preparedness and relief policies. I find that respondents reward relief efforts over preparedness efforts, but they value effective preparedness similarly to effective relief. Additionally, respondents are more likely to reward preparedness efforts if they repeatedly observe that they are effective in mitigating disaster damages. Taken together, the evidence suggests that voters have pessimistic expectations about the effectiveness of preparedness policies but would reward preparedness similarly to relief if it is known to be effective.