Research Projects

Comprehensive analysis of voter registration and turnout disparities across demographic groups using Current Population Survey (CPS) data from IPUMS. This project examines long-term trends in civic participation and identifies barriers to electoral engagement.

Investigating state-level voting policies and their differential impacts on voter registration and turnout. This project combines Cost of Voting Index data with CPS and Cooperative Election Study (CES) data to understand how election administration affects participation.

Deep dive into Alaska's 2024 general election using cast vote records (CVR) to understand voter behavior under ranked choice voting systems. Analyzing ballot exhaustion, vote transfers, and preference patterns in competitive races.

Robust data cleaning and processing pipeline for IPUMS CPS Voting Supplement data. Includes variable recoding, missing data imputation, and creation of analysis-ready datasets with proper weighting and demographic standardization.

Geographic analysis of voting patterns at the precinct level, examining spatial clustering of turnout, demographic composition effects, and precinct-level interventions. Small-scale datasets ready for analysis.

Interactive Shiny application exploring the impact of Same-Day Registration (SDR) policies on voter turnout across states. Combines policy implementation data with turnout trends to visualize the effect of registration accessibility.