Eric Hansen

Politicians' Occupational Backgrounds

• Carnes, Nicholas, and Eric R. Hansen. 2016. "Does Paying Politicians More Promote Economic Diversity in Legislatures?" American Political Science Review 110(4): 699-716.
  • Replication Data
  • Short Summary: SSN Key Findings


• Hansen, Eric R., Nicholas Carnes, and Virginia Gray. 2019. "What Happens When Insurers Make the Insurance Laws? State Legislative Agendas and the Occupational Makeup of Government." State Politics & Policy Quarterly 19(2): 155-79.
  • Replication Data
  • Short Summary: LSE USAPP Blog, SSN Key Findings


• Hansen, Eric R., and Sarah A. Treul. 2021.  "Inexperienced or Anti-Establishment? Voter Preferences for Outsider Congressional Candidates."  Research & Politics 8(3): 1-7.
  • Replication Data


• Treul, Sarah A., and Eric R. Hansen. 2023. "Primary Barriers to Working Class Representation." Political Research Quarterly. Forthcoming.
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Representation in Legislatures

• Hansen, Eric R., and Sarah A. Treul. 2015. "The Symbolic and Substantive Representation of LGB Americans in the U.S. House." Journal of Politics 77(4): 955-67.  
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• Hansen, Eric R., and Christopher J. Clark. 2020. "Diversity in Party Leadership in State Legislatures." State Politics & Policy Quarterly 20(1): 81-107.
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• Saraceno, Joseph, Eric R. Hansen, and Sarah A. Treul. 2021. "Reevaluating the Substantive Representation of LGB Americans: A Multiverse Analysis." Journal of Politics 83(4): 1837-43.
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• Hansen, Eric R. 2022.  "White Constituents and Congressional Voting." American Politics Research 50(4): 564-82.
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Policy Reinvention and Diffusion

• Jansa, Joshua, Eric R. Hansen, and Virginia Gray. 2019. "Copy and Paste Lawmaking: Legislative Professionalism and Policy Reinvention in the States." American Politics Research 47(4): 739-67.


• Hansen, Eric R., and Joshua Jansa. 2021. "Complexity, Resources, and Text Borrowing in State Legislatures." Journal of Public Policy 41(4) 752-75.
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Educational Attainment

• Hansen, Eric R., and Andrew Tyner. 2021. "Educational Attainment and Social Norms of Voting." Political Behavior 43(2): 711-35.
  • Replication Data
  • Short Summary: Political Behavior Blog


• Hansen, Eric R., and Richard C. Witmer. 2021. "Growing Age and Education Gaps? The Evolution of Partisan Vote Choice among Religious Voters in the U.S., 2008-2018." Journal of Religion & Society. Special issue on "Religion and the New Politics," eds. Ronald A. Simkins and Zachary B. Smith. Supplement 23: 168-84.


• Hansen, Eric R. "Has Mass Education Changed U.S. Politics? A Look at Voter Turnout in the 50 States." (Working Paper)

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