John Aldrich | Scholars@Duke

John Aldrich
Pfizer, Inc./Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. University Distinguished Professor of Political Science

The Pfizer-Pratt University Professor of Political Science, John Aldrich specializes in American politics and behavior, formal theory, and methodology.

Books he has authored or co-authored include Why Parties; Why Parties Matter; Before the Convention; Linear Probability, Logit and Probit Models; Interdisciplinarity: Its Role in a Discipline-based Academy and a series of books on elections, the most recent of which is Change and Continuity in the 2020 Elections.

His articles have appeared in the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Public Choice, and other journals and edited volumes.

He has received grants from the National Science Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities, and has served as co-editor of the American Journal of Political Science and as a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences and the Rockefeller Center, Bellagio, Italy. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

He has served as President of the Southern Political Science association, Midwest Political Science Association, and the American Political Science Association.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Pfizer, Inc./Edmund T. Pratt, Jr. University Distinguished Professor of Political Science, Political Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1997
Professor of Political Science, Political Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1987

Contact Information

404B Old Chemistry, Box 90204, Durham, NC 27708-0289
Box 90209, Durham, NC 27708-0289
(919) 660-4300
Personal Website
Vita

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of Rochester 1975
Previous Appointments & Affiliations
- Acting Chair, Department of Political Science, Political Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1999 - 2000
- Chair, Political Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1992 - 1996
- Acting Chairman, Political Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1990 - 1991
Recognition
In the News
- JAN 12, 2023 Duke Today
  
  Explaining What the House’s New Rules Mean for This Congress
- JAN 5, 2023 Duke Today
  
  Historic House Speaker Contest Remains Uncertain
- OCT 9, 2020
  
  Duke in the News: VP Debate, Economic Future and What to Expect on Election Night
- NOV 2, 2016
  
  What Can We Expect on Nov. 8, and After?
- JUL 15, 2016 Bloomberg
  
  John Aldrich comments: Trump's rise pressures both parties to change
- JUL 13, 2016 The Christian Science Monitor
  
  John Aldrich: With voters wary of Trump and Clinton, where are the third party votes?
- JUL 11, 2016 The Christian Science Monitor
  
  John Aldrich comments: Why Donald Trump is considering a general for his running mate
- APR 22, 2016 U.S. News & World Report
  
  John Aldrich comments: Time for party unity?
- APR 20, 2016 Duke Today
  
  Expert: NY Primary Reveals Race ‘Virtually Over’ For Sanders
- APR 20, 2016
  
  News Tip: NY Primaries Reveal Race ‘Virtually Over’ For Sanders, Expert Says
- MAR 10, 2016 The Washington Post
  
  John Aldrich comments: The most unusual thing about Mike Bloomberg's shuttered campaign preparations
- FEB 18, 2016
  
  Panel to Examine Impact of Scalia's Death on Law, Politics Feb. 22
- FEB 17, 2016 The Charlotte Observer
  
  John Aldrich comments: Could Supreme Court fight put Richard Burr's Senate seat in play?
- FEB 1, 2016
  
  How Our Parties Nominate Their Candidates
- FEB 1, 2016
  
  Presidential Nominations From 1976 to the Present
- FEB 1, 2016
  
  What is a Primary? What is a Caucus?
- FEB 1, 2016
  
  Why are Iowa and New Hampshire so important?
- AUG 27, 2015
  
  News Tip: Joe Biden Could Be ‘Best President Never Elected,’ Expert Says
Awards & Honors
Expertise
Subject Headings
- Muser Mentor
- Political science
Global Scholarship
- Expertise
  - United States of America (Country)
Research
Selected Grants
- Preparing for the Future of Survey Research awarded by National Science Foundation 2020 - 2021
- 2019 Jiangsu College Student Summer Camp at Duke awarded by Jiangsu Education Services for International Exchange 2019
- Doctoral Dissertation Research: Partisan Bridges to Bipartisanship in a Polarized World awarded by National Science Foundation 2018 - 2019
- American's Perceptions of Chinese Currency Manipulation: An Experimental Study awarded by National Science Foundation 2016 - 2017
- 2017 Jiangsu College Student Summer Camp at Duke awarded by Jiangsu Education Services for International Exchange 2017
- 2016 Jiangsu College Student Summer Camp at Duke awarded by Jiangsu Education Services for International Exchange 2016
- 2014 Jiangsu College Student Summer Camp at Duke awarded by Jiangsu Education Services for International Exchange 2014
- EITM Summer Training Institute awarded by National Science Foundation 2007 - 2013
- Doctoral Dissertation Research in PoIitical Science: Universal Human Values and the Structure of Political Attitudes awarded by National Science Foundation 2011 - 2012
- Doctoral Dissertation Research in Political Science: The Causes, Consequences, and Measurement of Perceived Political Control awarded by National Science Foundation 2010 - 2011
- MRI: Acquisition of a Mobile Behavioral Research Laboratory awarded by National Science Foundation 2008 - 2010
- EITM Summer Training Institute awarded by National Science Foundation 2006 - 2008
- Doctoral Dissertation: Identity Fluidity in the Voting Booth: The Influence of a Latino Social Group Cue on Vote Choice awarded by National Science Foundation 2005 - 2007
- Presidential Donors' First Reactions to the BCRA: The 2004 Election Cycle awarded by National Science Foundation 2004 - 2007
- Strategic Voting for the Israeli Knesset, 2003 awarded by National Science Foundation 2003
- Doctoral Dissertation Research in Political Science: Too Close for Comfort: Elite Cues and Strategic Voting in Multicandidate Elections awarded by National Science Foundation 2002 - 2003
- Doctoral Dissertation Research in Political Science: Dynamics of Multicandidate Elections: Menu-Dependent Preferences awarded by National Science Foundation 2001 - 2003
- Doctoral Dissertation Research in Political Science: Advancing Theoretical and Empirical Models of Legislative Voting Behavior awarded by National Science Foundation 2001 - 2002
- Doctoral Dissertation Research in Political Science: Economic News and Public Perceptions of the US Economy awarded by National Science Foundation 1998 - 2000
- Elected Politician and Unelected Bureaucrats: Agency Rulemaking and Medicare Physician Payment Reform awarded by National Science Foundation 1994 - 1995
- The Theory of Candidate Appraisal-Wendy Rahn Visiting Professorship awarded by National Science Foundation 1994 - 1995
Fellowships, Supported Research, & Other Grants
- Reckoning with Race, Racism, and the History of the American South Initiative: Race, Social Movements and Political Participation in the New South awarded by Duke Office of the Provost 2021
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Books
  - Aldrich, John H., and John D. Griffin. Why Parties Matter Political Competition and Democracy in the American South. University of Chicago Press, 2018.
  - Hershey, M. R., and J. H. Aldrich. Party politics in America, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315544427.
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  - Aldrich, John H. Interdisciplinarity: Its Role in a Discipline-based Academy. Oxford University Press, 2014.
  - Abramson, Paul R., John H. Aldrich, Brad T. Gomez, and David W. Rohde. Change and Continuity in the 2012 Elections. CQ Press, 2014.
  - Aldrich, J., and K. McGraw, eds. Improving Public Opinion Surveys: Interdisciplinary Innovation and the American National Election Studies. Princeton University Press, 2012.
  - Aldrich, J. H., and K. M. McGraw. Introduction to the volume, 2011. https://doi.org/10.23943/princeton/9780691151458.003.0001.
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  - Aldrich, J. H. Why Parties?: A Second look. University of Chicago Press, 2011.
  - Abramson, P. R., J. H. Aldrich, and D. W. Rohde. Change and continuity in the 2008 elections, 2010. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781483330846.
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  - Aldrich, J. H., Paul Abramson, and David W. Rohde. Change and Continuity in the 2008 Elections. CQ Press, 2010.
  - Aldrich, J. H., Paul R. Abramson, and David W. Rohde. Change and Continuity in the 2004 and 2006 Elections. CQ Press, 2008.
  - Aldrich, J. H., and Lupia Alt. A Positive Change in Political Science: The Legacy of Richard D. McKelvey’s Most Influential Writings. Edited by Alt Aldrich and Alt Lupia. University of Michigan Press, 2007.
  - Aldrich, J. H., Paul Abramson, and David Rohde. Change and Continuity in the 2004 Elections. CQ Press, 2006.
  - Abramson, P., David W. Rohde, and J. H. Aldrich. Change and Continuity in the 2000 and 2002 Elections. CQ Press, 2003.
  - Aldrich, J. H., Paul Abramson, and David Rohde. Change and Continuity in the 2000 Elections. Washington: CQ Press, 2002.
  - Aldrich, J. H., Paul Abramson, and David Rohde. Change and Continuity in the 1996 and 1998 Elections. Washington: CQ Press, 1999.
  - Aldrich, J. H. Why Parties? The Origin and Transformation of Political Parties in America. Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1995.
  - Rohde, David, Paul Abramson, and John Aldrich. Change and Continuity in the 1992 Elections. CQ Press, 1995.
  - Aldrich, J. H., Paul Abramson, and David Rohde. Change and Continuity in the 1992 Elections. Washington: CQ Press, 1994.
  - Aldrich, J. H., Paul Abramson, and David Rohde. Change and Continuity in the 1988 Elections. Washington: CQ Press, 1990.
  - Aldrich, J. H., Gary Miller, Charles Ostrom, and David Rohde. American Government: People, Institutions and Policies. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986.
  - Aldrich, J. H., Paul Abramson, and David Rohde. Change and Continuity in the 1984 Elections. Washington: Congressional Quarterly Press, 1986.
  - Aldrich, J. H., and Forrest Nelson. Analysis with a Limited Dependent Variable: Linear Probability, Logit, and Probit Models. Sage Series on Quantitative Analysis, 1984.
  - Aldrich, J. H., Paul R. Abramson, and David W. Rohde. Change and Continuity in the 1980 Elections. Washington: Congressional Quarterly Press, 1982.
  - Aldrich, J. H. Before the Convention: Strategies and Choices in Presidential Nomination Campaigns. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1980.
- Academic Articles
  - Rheault, L., A. Blais, J. H. Aldrich, and T. Gschwend. “Understanding people’s choice when they have two votes.” Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties 30, no. 4 (October 1, 2020): 466–83. https://doi.org/10.1080/17457289.2018.1560301.
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  - Magalhães, P. C., J. H. Aldrich, and R. K. Gibson. “New forms of mobilization, new people mobilized? Evidence from the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems.” Party Politics 26, no. 5 (September 1, 2020): 605–18. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354068818797367.
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  - Aldrich, J. H., G. S. Schober, S. Ley, and M. Fernandez. “Incognizance and Perceptual Deviation: Individual and Institutional Sources of Variation in Citizens’ Perceptions of Party Placements on the Left–Right Scale.” Political Behavior 40, no. 2 (June 1, 2018): 415–33. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-017-9406-8.
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  - Aldrich, J. H., A. O. Ballard, J. Y. Lerner, and D. W. Rohde. “Does the gift keep on giving? House leadership PAC donations before and after majority status.” Journal of Politics 79, no. 4 (October 1, 2017): 1449–53. https://doi.org/10.1086/692736.
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  - Aldrich, J. H., and D. M. Thomsen. “Party, Policy, and the Ambition to Run for Higher Office.” Legislative Studies Quarterly 42, no. 2 (May 1, 2017): 321–43. https://doi.org/10.1111/lsq.12161.
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  - Aldrich, J. H., R. K. Gibson, M. Cantijoch, and T. Konitzer. “Getting out the vote in the social media era: Are digital tools changing the extent, nature and impact of party contacting in elections?” Party Politics 22, no. 2 (March 1, 2016): 165–78. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354068815605304.
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  - Gibson, R. K., J. H. Aldrich, and M. Cantijoch. “Voter mobilisation in context: Special issue editors’ introduction.” Party Politics 22, no. 2 (March 1, 2016): 145–48. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354068815604865.
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  - Abramson, Paul R., John H. Aldrich, Charles O. Press, and David W. Rohde. “Joseph A. Schlesinger In Memoriam.” Ps Political Science & Politics 48, no. 4 (October 1, 2015): 651–52.
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  - Lupia, A., and J. H. Aldrich. “How Political Science Can Better Communicate its Value: 12 Recommendations from the APSA task Force.” Ps Political Science and Politics 48, no. S1 (August 4, 2015): 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049096515000335.
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  - Aldrich, J. H., and J. Lu. “How the public in the US, Latin America, and East Asia sees an emerging China.” European Review 23, no. 2 (March 25, 2015): 227–41. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1062798714000659.
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  - Aldrich, J. H. “Did Hamilton, Jefferson, and Madison "Cause" the U.S. Government Shutdown? the institutional path from an eighteenth century republic to a twenty-first century democracy.” Perspectives on Politics 13, no. 1 (March 6, 2015): 7–23. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1537592714003107.
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  - Aldrich, J., J. Lu, and L. Kang. “How do Americans view the rising China?” Journal of Contemporary China 24, no. 92 (March 4, 2015): 203–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/10670564.2014.932148.
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  - Aldrich, John H., Bradford H. Bishop, Rebecca S. Hatch, S. D. Hillygus, and David W. Rohde. “Blame, Responsibility, and the Tea Party in the 2010 Midterm Elections.” Political Behavior 36, no. 3 (September 2014): 471–91. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-013-9242-4.
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  - Aldrich, J., J. Reifler, and M. C. Munger. “Sophisticated and myopic? Citizen preferences for Electoral College reform.” Public Choice 158, no. 3–4 (March 1, 2014): 541–58. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-013-0056-z.
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  - Aldrich, J., M. Munger, and J. Reifler. “Institutions, information, and faction: An experimental test of Riker's federalism thesis for political parties.” Public Choice 158, no. 3–4 (March 1, 2014): 577–88. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-012-0040-z.
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  - Lu, J., J. Aldrich, and T. Shi. “Revisiting Media Effects in Authoritarian Societies: Democratic Conceptions, Collectivistic Norms, and Media Access in Urban China.” Politics and Society 42, no. 2 (January 1, 2014): 253–83. https://doi.org/10.1177/0032329213519423.
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  - Aldrich, J. H., J. M. Montgomery, and D. B. Sparks. “Polarization and ideology: Partisan sources of low dimensionality in scaled roll call analyses.” Political Analysis 22, no. 4 (January 1, 2014): 435–56. https://doi.org/10.1093/pan/mpt048.
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  - Abramson, P. R., J. H. Aldrich, A. Diskin, A. M. Houck, R. Levine, and T. J. Scotto. “The British general election of 2010 under different voting rules.” Electoral Studies 32, no. 1 (March 1, 2013): 134–39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2012.10.002.
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  - Aldrich, J. H., B. H. Bishop, R. S. Hatch, D. Sunshine Hillygus, and D. W. Rohde. “Blame, Responsibility, and the Tea Party in the 2010 Midterm Elections.” Political Behavior, 2013, 1–21.
  - Aldrich, John, Sandra J. Ley, and Gregory S. Schober. “Uncertainty or Ambiguity? Sources of Variation in Ideological Placements of Political Parties,” 2013.
  - Aldrich, J. H., B. N. Perry, and D. W. Rohde. “House Appropriations After the Republican Revolution.” Congress and the Presidency 39, no. 3 (September 1, 2012): 229–53. https://doi.org/10.1080/07343469.2012.710708.
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  - Aldrich, J., J. Reifler, and M. Munger. “Sophisticated and myopic? Citizen preferences for Electoral College reform.” Public Choice, 2012.
  - Aldrich, J., M. C. Munger, and J. Reifler. “Institutions, Information, and Faction: An Experimental Test of Riker’s Federalism Thesis for Political Parties.” Public Choice, 2012.
  - Aldrich, J. H., and K. M. McGraw. “Improving public opinion surveys: Interdisciplinary innovation and the American national election studies.” Improving Public Opinion Surveys: Interdisciplinary Innovation and the American National Election Studies, December 5, 2011.
  - Shi, T., J. Lu, and J. Aldrich. “Bifurcated images of the U.S. in Urban China and the impact of media environment.” Political Communication 28, no. 3 (July 1, 2011): 357–76. https://doi.org/10.1080/10584609.2011.572479.
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  - Aldrich, John, Aaron Houck, Paul Abramson, Renan Levine, and Thomas J. Scotto. “Strategic Voting in the 2010 UK Election,” 2011.
  - Aldrich, J. H. “Elinor Ostrom and the "just right" solution.” Public Choice 143, no. 3 (June 1, 2010): 269–73. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-010-9630-9.
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  - Aldrich, J. H. “Elinor Ostrom and the ‘just right’ solution.” Public Choice 143, no. 3–4 (2010): 269–73.
  - Aldrich, John, Sinziana Dorobantu, and Marco A. Fernandez. “The Use of the Left-Right Scale in Individual's Voting Decisions,” 2010.
  - Montgomery, Jacob, Wendy Wood, and J. H. Aldrich. “Turnout as a Habit (In preparation).” Political Behavior 33, no. 4 (2010): 533–63. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-010-9148-3.
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  - Abramson, Paul R., John H. Aldrich, André Blais, Matthew Diamond, Abraham Diskin, Indridi H. Indridason, Daniel J. Lee, and Renan Levine. “Comparing Strategic Voting Under FPTP and PR.” Comparative Political Studies 43, no. 1 (January 2010): 61–90. https://doi.org/10.1177/0010414009341717.
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  - Aldrich, J. “The invisible primary and its effects on democratic choice.” Ps Political Science and Politics 42, no. 1 (January 1, 2009): 33–38. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049096509090027.
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  - Soto, Victoria DeFrancesco, G. Petrow, and J. H. Aldrich. “The Human Face of Economic Globalization: Mexican Migrants and their Support for Free Trade.” Journal of Latino Latin American Studies 3 (Fall), no. 2 (2009): 24–46.
  - Transue, John E., Daniel J. Lee, and J. H. Aldrich. “Treatment Spillover Effects across Survey Experiments.” Political Analysis 17 (2008): 143–71.
  - Winer, Stanley L., Michael W. Tofias, Bernard Grofman, and J. H. Aldrich. “Trending Economic Factors and the Structure of Congress in the Growth of Government, 1930 – 2002.” Public Choice 135 (2008): 415–48.
  - Abramson, P. R., J. H. Aldrich, J. Rickershauser, and D. W. Rohde. “Fear in the voting booth: The 2004 presidential election.” Political Behavior 29, no. 2 (June 1, 2007): 197–220. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-006-9018-1.
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  - Rickershauser, J., and J. H. Aldrich. “"It's the electability, stupid" - or maybe not? Electability, substance, and strategic voting in presidential primaries.” Electoral Studies 26, no. 2 (June 1, 2007): 371–80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2006.09.003.
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  - Rickershauser, J., and J. H. Aldrich. “‘‘It’s the electability, stupid’’ or maybe not? Electability,Substance, and Strategic Voting in Presidential Primaries.” Electoral Studies 26, no. 2 (2007): 371–80.
  - Blais, A., J. H. Aldrich, I. H. Indridason, and R. Levine. “Do voters vote for government coalitions? Testing downs' pessimistic conclusion.” Party Politics 12, no. 6 (November 1, 2006): 691–705. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354068806068594.
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  - Aldrich, J. H., C. Gelpi, P. Feaver, J. Reifler, and K. T. Sharp. “Foreign policy and the electoral connection.” Annual Review of Political Science 9 (July 14, 2006): 477–502. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.polisci.9.111605.105008.
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  - Blais, A., I. Indridason, and R. Levine. “Do Voters Vote for Government Coalitions? Testing Downs' Pessimistic Conclusion.” Party Politics 12 (2006).
  - Aldrich, J. H., Paul Abramson, and David Rohde. “The 2004 Presidential Election: The Emergence of a Permanent Majority?” Political Science Quarterly 120, no. 1 (March 2005): 35–57.
  - Abramson, P. R., J. H. Aldrich, and D. W. Rohde. “The 2004 presidential election: The emergence of a permanent majority?” Political Science Quarterly 120, no. 1 (January 1, 2005): 33–57. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.1538-165X.2005.tb00537.x.
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  - Aldrich, J. H., with Paul R. Abramson, Matthew Diamond, Abraham Diskin, Renan Levine, and Thomas J. Scotto. “Strategic Abandonment or Sincerely Second Best? The 1999 Israeli Prime Ministerial Election.” Journal of Politics 66, no. 3 (August 2004): 706–28.
  - Aldrich, J. H. “Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models.” Edited by J. H. Aldrich and J. Alt. Political Analysis, September 2003.
  - Aldrich, J. H., Paul Abramson, and David Rohde. “Will Changing the Rules Change the Game?: Front-loading and the 2004 Presidential Nomination.” The Berkeley Electronic Press 1, no. 3 (May 2003).
  - Aldrich, John, and James Alt. “Introduction to the Special Issue.” Political Analysis 11, no. 4 (2003): 309–15. https://doi.org/10.1093/pan/mpg019.
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  - Aldrich, J. H., and J. S. C. Battista. “Conditional Party Government in the States.” American Journal of Political Science 46, Issue 1 (September 2002): 164–72.
  - Aldrich, J. A. “Congress: The Electoral Connection: Reflections on Its First Quarter-Century.” Ps Political Science and Politics 34, no. 2 (January 1, 2001): 255–56. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1049096501000440.
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  - Abramson, P. R., J. H. Aldrich, P. Paolino, and D. W. Rohde. “Challenges to the American two-party system: Evidence from the 1968, 1980, 1992, and 1996 presidential elections.” Political Research Quarterly 53, no. 3 (January 1, 2000): 495–522. https://doi.org/10.1177/106591290005300303.
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  - Aldrich, J. H., and D. W. Rohde. “The republican revolution and the house appropriations committee.” Journal of Politics 62, no. 1 (January 1, 2000): 1–33. https://doi.org/10.1111/0022-3816.00001.
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  - Aldrich, J. H. “Southern Parties in State and Nation.” Journal of Politics, 2000.
  - Aldrich, J. H. “Positive Theory, Normative Theory, and Practical Politics: Sidney Verba, Kay Lehman Schlozman, and Henry E. Brady's Voice and Equality: Civic Voluntarism in American Politics.” American Political Science Review 91, no. 2 (January 1, 1997): 421–23. https://doi.org/10.2307/2952366.
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  - Aldrich, J. H., and D. W. Rohde. “The transition to Republican rule in the house: Implications for theories of congressional politics.” Political Science Quarterly 112, no. 4 (January 1, 1997): 541–67. https://doi.org/10.2307/2657691.
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  - Rohde, D., and J. H. Aldrich. “Theories of Party in the Legislature and the Transition to Republican Rule in the House.” Political Science Quarterly 112, no. 4 (1997).
  - Abramson, P., Phil Paolino, David W. Rohde, and J. H. Aldrich. “The Problem of Third-Party and Independent Candidates in the American Political System: Wallace, Anderson, and Perot in Comparative Perspective.” Political Studies Quarterly 10, no. 3 (October 1995).
  - Abramson, Paul R., John H. Aldrich, Phil Paolino, and David W. Rohde. “Third-Party and Independent Candidates in American Politics: Wallace, Anderson, and Perot.” Political Science Quarterly 110, no. 3 (September 1, 1995): 349–67. https://doi.org/10.2307/2152568.
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  - Aldrich, J. H., and R. Michael Alvarez. “Issues and the Presidency Primary Voter.” Political Behavior 16, no. 3 (September 1994): 289–317.
  - Aldrich, J. H. “A Model of a Legislature with Two Parties and a Committee System.” Legislative Studies Quarterly 19, no. 3 (August 1994).
  - Rahn, W. M., Eugene Borgida, and J. H. Aldrich. “Individual and Contextual Variations in Political Candidate Appraisal.” American Political Science Review 88, no. 1 (March 1994).
  - Aldrich, John H., and Ruth W. Grant. “The Antifederalists, the First Congress, and the First Parties.” The Journal of Politics 55, no. 2 (May 1993): 295–326. https://doi.org/10.2307/2132267.
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  - Aldrich, J. H. “Turnout and Rational Choice.” American Journal of Political Science, February 1993.
  - Niemi, R. G., and J. H. Aldrich. “El sexto sistma de partidos estadunidense: El realineamiento do los anos sesenta y los partidos entrados en los candidatos.” Estados Unidos II, no. 4 (December 1992).
  - Abramson, P. R., J. H. Aldrich, P. Paolino, and D. W. Rohde. ““Sophisticated” Voting in the 1988 Presidential Primaries.” American Political Science Review 86, no. 1 (January 1, 1992): 55–69. https://doi.org/10.2307/1964015.
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  - Bianco, W. T., and J. H. Aldrich. “A Game-Theoretic Model of Party Affiliation of Candidates and Office Holders.” Mathematical and Computer Modeling, 1992.
  - Harper, R. K., and J. Aldrich. “The political economy of sugar legislation.” Public Choice 70, no. 3 (June 1, 1991): 299–314. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00156237.
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  - Young, Jason, Cynthia J. Thomsen, Eugene Borgida, John L. Sullivan, and John H. Aldrich. “When self-interest makes a difference: The role of construct accessibility in political reasoning.” Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 27, no. 3 (May 1991): 271–96. https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-1031(91)90016-y.
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  - “On equilibrium of political institutions.” Mathematical Social Sciences 20, no. 3 (December 1990): 309–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-4896(90)90019-4.
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  - Sullivan, J. L., Eugene Borgida, Wendy Rahn, and J. H. Aldrich. “Candidate Appraisal and Human Nature: Man and Superman in the 1988 Election.” Political Psychology, 1990.
  - Sullivan, J. L., Eugene Borgida, and J. H. Aldrich. “Foreign Policy and Voting in Presidential Elections: Are Candidates 'Waltzing before a Blind Audience?'.” American Political Science Review, March 1989.
  - Aldrich, J. H., J. L. Sullivan, and E. Borgida. “Foreign Affairs and Issue Voting: Do Presidential Candidates “Waltz Before a Blind Audience?”.” American Political Science Review 83, no. 1 (January 1, 1989): 123–41. https://doi.org/10.2307/1956437.
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  - Aldrich, John H., and Michael D. McGinnis. “A model of party constraints on optimal candidate positions.” Mathematical and Computer Modelling 12, no. 4–5 (1989): 437–50. https://doi.org/10.1016/0895-7177(89)90415-9.
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  - Abramson, P. R., David W. Rohde, and J. H. Aldrich. “Progressive Ambition among United States Senators: 1972-1988.” Journal of Politics, February 1987.
  - Young, J., Eugene Borgida, John Sullivan, and J. H. Aldrich. “Personal Agendas and the Relationship between Self Interest and Voting Behavior.” Social Psychology Quarterly, 1987.
  - Simon, D., and J. H. Aldrich. “Turnout in American National Elections.” Research in Micropolitics 1 (1986).
  - Aldrich, J. H. “A Downsian Spatial Model with Party Activism.” American Political Science Review, December 1983.
  - Aldrich, J. H. “A Spatial Model with Party Activists: Implications for Electoral Dynamics" and "Rejoinder".” Public Choice, 1983.
  - Abramson, P. R., and J. H. Aldrich. “The Decline of Electoral Participation in America.” American Political Science Review, September 1982.
  - Niemi, R. G., George Rabinowitz, David W. Rohde, and J. H. Aldrich. “The Measurement of Public Opinion about Public Policy: A Report on Some New Issue Question Formats.” American Journal of Political Science, May 1982.
  - Aldrich, J. H. “A Dynamic Model of Presidential Nomination Campaigns.” American Political Science Review, September 1980.
  - Ostrom, C., and J. H. Aldrich. “Regularities, Verification, and Systemization: Twenty Five Years of Research in Political Science.” American Behavioral Scientist, 1980.
  - Ostrom, C., and J. H. Aldrich. “The Relationship Between Size and Stability in the Major Power International System.” American Journal of Political Science, November 1978.
  - Aldrich, J. H. “The Dilemma of a Paretian Liberal: Some Consequences of Sen's Theorem" and "Liberal Games: Further Thoughts on Social Choice and Game Theory.” Public Choice, July 1977.
  - McKelvey, Richard, and J. H. Aldrich. “A Method of Scaling with Applications to the 1968 and 1972 U.S. Presidential Elections.” American Political Science Review, March 1977.
  - Aldrich, J. H. “Electoral Choice in 1972: A Test of Some Theorems of the Spatial Model of Electoral Competition.” Journal of Mathematical Sociology 5 (1977).
  - Aldrich, J. H. “Some Problems in Testing Two Rational Models of Participation.” American Journal of Political Science, November 1976.
  - Cnudde, Charles, and J. H. Aldrich. “Probing the Bounds of Conventional Wisdom: A Comparison of Regression, Probit, and Discriminant Analysis.” American Journal of Political Science, August 1975.
  - Aldrich, J. H. “Candidate Support Functions inthe 1968 Election: An Empirical Application of the Spatial Model.” Public Choice, July 1975.
  - Aldrich, John, Michael C. Brady, Scott de Marchi, Ian McDonald, Brendan Nyhan, David W. Rohde, and Michael Tofias. “The Dynamics of Partisan Behavior: CPG in the House and in the Districts 1982-2000,” n.d.
  - Winer, Stanley L., Michael Tofias, Bernard Grofman, and John Aldrich. “Trending Economic Factors and the Structure of Congress in the Growth Of Government, 1930-2002.” Public Choice 113 (n.d.): 389–402.
- Book Sections
  - Aldrich, J. H., A. Bussing, A. Krishnamurthy, N. Madan, K. M. Ice, K. M. Renberg, and H. M. Ridge. “Does a partisan public increase democratic stability?” In Research Handbook on Political Partisanship, 256–65, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788111997.00027.
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  - Abramson, P. R., J. H. Aldrich, A. Diskin, A. M. Houck, R. Levine, T. J. Scotto, and D. B. Sparks. “The effect of national and constituency expectations on tactical voting in the British General Election of 2010.” In The Many Faces of Strategic Voting: Tactical Behavior in Electoral Systems Around the World, 28–60, 2018. https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.9946117.
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  - Aldrich, J. H., and L. M. Jenke. “TURNOUT AND THE CALCULUS OF VOTING: Recent advances and prospects for integration with theories of campaigns and elections.” In The Routledge Handbook of Elections, Voting Behavior and Public Opinion, 83–95, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315712390-8.
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  - Shi, T., J. Lu, and J. Aldrich. “Bifurcated images of the U.S. in Urban China and the impact of media environment.” In Political Communication in China: Convergence or Divergence Between the Media and Political System, 97–116, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203720165.
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  - Aldrich, J. H., Brittany N. Perry, and David W. Rohde. “Richard Fenno’s Theory of Congressional Committees and the Partisan Polarization of the House,.” In Congress Reconsidered, 10th Edition, edited by Lawrence C. Dodd and Bruce I. Oppenheimer. CQ Press, 2013.
  - Kuhnline Sloan, Courtney D., Pradyot Nandi, Thomas H. Linz, Jane V. Aldrich, Kenneth L. Audus, and Susan M. Lunte. “Analytical and biological methods for probing the blood-brain barrier.,” 5:505–31, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-anchem-062011-143002.
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  - Aldrich, J. H., Paul Abramson, and David W. Rohde. “Studying American Elections.” In The Oxford Handbook of American Elections and Behavior, edited by Jan Leighley, 700–715, 2010.
  - Aldrich, J. H., and Arthur Lupia. “Formal Modeling, Strategic Beahvior, and the Study of American Elections.” In The Oxford Handbook of American Elections and Behavior, edited by Jan Leighley, 89–104, 2010.
  - Aldrich, J. H., and Jeffrey Grynaveski. “Theories of Political Parties.” In The Oxford Handbook of American Political Parties and Interest Groups, 21–36, 2010.
  - Aldrich, J. H., and John Griffin. “Parties, Elections, and Democratic Politics.” In The Oxford Handbook of American Elections and Behavior, edited by Jan Leighley, 595–610, 2010.
  - Rohde, D., and J. Aldrich. “Consequences of Electoral and Institutional Change: The Evolution of Conditional Party Government in the U.S. House of Representatives¹.” In New Directions in American Political Parties, 234–50, 2010. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203868416-24.
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  - Aldrich, J. “Decisions people make in small groups.” In The Future of Political Science: 100 Perspectives, 73–74, 2009. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203882313.
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  - Aldrich, J. H., and Arthur Lupia. “Formal Modeling, Strategic Behavior, and the Study of American Elections.” In Oxford Handbook of American Elections and Political Behavior, 2009.
  - Aldrich, J. H., and Arthur Lupia. “Experiments and Game Theory’s Value to Political Science.” In Oxford Handbook of Experiments in the Social Sciences, 2009.
  - Aldrich, J. H., and John Griffin. ““Parties, Elections, and Democratic Politics".” In .., Oxford Handbook of American Elections and Political Behavior, 2009.
  - Aldrich, J. H., and Melanie Freeze. “Political Participation, Polarization, and Public Opinion: Activism and the Merging of Partisan and Ideological Polarization.” In Facing the Challenge of Democracy: Explorations in the Analysis of Public Opinion and Political Participation, edited by Ben Highton and Paul Sniderman. Princeton University Press, 2009.
  - Aldrich, J. H., J. E. Alt, and A. Lupia. “The Eitm Approach: Origins and Interpretations.” In The Oxford Handbook of Political Methodology, 2008. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199286546.003.0037.
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  - Aldrich, J. H., Michael Brady, Scott de Marchi, Ian McDonald, Brendan Nyhan, David W. Rohde, and Michael Tofias. “Party and Constitutency in the U.S. Senate, 1933-2004.” In Why Not Parties?, edited by Nathan Monroe, Jason M. Roberts, and David W. Rohde. University of Chicago Press, 2008.
  - Aldrich, J. H., Paul R. Abramson, André Blais, Daniel Lee, and Renan Levine. “Coalition Considerations and the Vote.” In The Elections in Israel, 2006, edited by Asher Arian and Michal Shamir, 45–66. Transaction Publishers, 2008.
  - Aldrich, J. H., and David W. Rohde. “Congressional Committees in a Continuing Partisan Era.” In Congress Reconsidered, 9th Edition, 2008.
  - Aldrich, J. H., David W. Rohde, and Michael Tofias. “One D Is Not Enough: Measuring Conditional Party Government, 1887-2002.” In Party, Profess and Political Change in Congress: Further New Perspectives on the History of Congress, edited by David Brady and Mathew D. McCubbins. Stanford University Press, 2007.
  - Aldrich, J. H., Paul R. Abramson, Andre Blais, Daniel Lee, and Renan Levine. “Coalition Considerations and the Vote.” In The Elections in Israel, 2006, edited by Asher Arian and Michal Shamir. Israel Demcoracy Institute, 2007.
  - Aldrich, J. H., Paul R. Abramson, and David W. Rohde. “On Elections.” In Oxford Handbook of American Elections and Political Behavior, edited by Jan Leighley. Oxford University Press, 2007.
  - Aldrich, J. H., and Jeff Grynaveski. “Theories of Political Parties.” In Oxford Handbook of Political Parties and Interest Groups, edited by L Sandy Maisel and Jeffrey M. Berry. Oxford University Press, 2007.
  - Aldrich, J. H., and Keith T. Poole. “Statistical Tests of Theoretical Results.” In A Positive Change in Political Science: The Legacy of Richard D. McKelvey’s Most Influential Writings, edited by John H. Aldrich, James Alt, and Arthur Lupia, 93–102. University of Michigan Press, 2007.
  - Aldrich, J. H. “Political Parties In and Out of Legal Legislatures.” In Oxford Handbook of Political Institutions, edited by Rod Rhodes. Oxford University Press, 2006.
  - Aldrich, J. H., and D. W. Rohde. “Congressional Committees in a Partisan Era.” In Congress Reconsidered, edited by Lawrence C. Dodd and Bruce I. Oppenheimer. CQ Press, 2005.
  - Aldrich, J. H., Andre Blais, Indridi H. Indridason, and Renan Levine. “Coalition Considerations and the Vote.” In The Elections in Israel, 2003, edited by Asher Arian and Michal Shamir, 180–211. Jerusalem, Israel: Israel Democracy Institute and New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Press, 2004.
  - Aldrich, J. H. “Electoral Democracy During Politics as Usual – and Unusual.” In Electoral Democracy, edited by Michael McKuen and George Rabinowitz. University of Michigan Press, 2003.
  - Aldrich, J. H., John D. Griffin, and Jill Rickershauser. “The Presidency and the Campaign: Campaigns and Voter Priorities in the 2004 Election.” In The Presidency and the Political System, edited by Michael Nelson. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2003.
  - Aldrich, J. H., and John D. Griffin. “The Presidency and the Campaign: Creating Voter Priorities in the 2000 Election.” In The Presidency and the Political System, edited by Michael Nelson. Washington, D.C.:CQ Press, 2003.
  - Aldrich, J. H. “Electoral Democracy During Politics as Usual - and Unusual.” In Electoral Democracy, edited by Michael McKuen and George Rabinowitz. University of Michigan Press, 2002.
  - Aldrich, J. H., Calvin Jillson, and Rick Wilson. “Why Congress: What the Failure of the Continental and the Survival of the Federal Congress Tell Us about the New Institutionalism.” In Party, Process, and Political Change in Congress: New Perspectives on the History of Congress, edited by David Brady and Mathew D. McCubbins. Stanford University Press, 2002.
  - Aldrich, J. H., Mark Berger, and David Rohde. “The Historical Variability in Conditional Party Government, 1977-1994.” In Party, Process, and Political Change in Congress: New Perspectives on the History of Congress, edited by David Brady and Mathew D. McCubbins. Stanford University Press, 2002.
  - Aldrich, J. H., and Paul Abramson. “Were Voters Strategic?” In Elections in Israel, 1999, edited by Asher Arian and Michal Shamir. SUNY, Albany Press, 2002.
  - Aldrich, J. H., and David W. Rohde. “The Logic of Conditional Party Government: Revisiting the Electoral Connection.” In Congress Reconsidered, edited by Lawrence C. Dodd and Bruce I. Oppenheimer. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2001.
  - Aldrich, J. H. “Explaining Institutional Change: Soaking and Poking in the U.S. Congress.” In Congress on Display, Congress at Work, edited by William T. Bianco. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2000.
  - Aldrich, J. H., and David Rohde. “The Consequences of Party Organization in the House: The Role of the Majority and Minority Parties in Conditional Party Government.” In Polarized Politics: Congress and the President in a Partisan Era, edited by Jon R. Bond and Richard Fleisher. CQ Press, 2000.
  - Aldrich, J. H., and Thomas Weko. “The Presidency and the Election Campaign: Framing the Choice in 1996.” In The Presidency and the Political System, edited by Michael Nelson. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2000.
  - Aldrich, J. H., and Thomas Weko. “The Presidency and the Election Campaign: Framing the Choice in 1996.” In The Presidency and the Political System, edited by Michael Nelson. Washington: CQ Press, 1998.
  - Aldrich, J. H. “When is it Rational to Vote?” In Perspectives on Public Choice: A Handbook, edited by Dennis Mueller. University of Michigan Press, 1997.
  - Aldrich, J. H. “Foreign Policy and Elections.” In American Reference Publication Company in Conjunction with the Council on Foreign Relations, edited by Bruce W. Jentleson and Gaddis Smith, 1996.
  - Aldrich, J. H. “Rational Choice and the Study of American Politics.” In The Dynamics of American Politics: Approaches and Interpretations, edited by Lawrence C. Dodd and Clavin Jillson. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1994.
  - Aldrich, J. H., and Thomas Weko. “The Presidency and the Election Campaign.” In The Presidency and the Political System, edited by Michael Nelson. Washington: CQ Press, 1994.
  - Aldrich, J. H. “Presidential Selection.” In Researching the Presidency: Vital Questions, New Approaches, edited by George Edwards III, John H. Kessel, and Bert A. Rockman. Pittsburgh, Pa.: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993.
  - Aldrich, J. H., and Richard G. Niemi. “The Sixth American Party System: Electoral Change, 1952-1992.” In Broken Contract:: Changing Relationships between Americans and Their Government, edited by Steven Craig. Westview Press, 1993.
  - Aldrich, J. H. “Presidential Campaigns in Party- and Candidate-Centered Eras.” In Under Watchful Eye: Managing Presidential Campaigns in the Television Era, edited by Matthew D. McCubbins. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 1992.
  - Aldrich, J. H., Wendy Rahn, Eugene Borgida, and John Sullivan. “A Social Cognitive Model of Candidate Appraisal.” In Information and Democratic Processes. Champaign, Ill: University of Illinois Press, 1990.
  - Aldrich, J. H., and Thomas Weko. “The Presidency and the Election Campaign: Framing the Choice in 1988.” In The Presidency and the Political System, edited by Michael Nelson. Washington: CQ Press, 1990.
  - Aldrich, J. H. “Presidential Nominations and a Clash of Values.” In The Presidency in American Politics, edited by Paul Brace, Christine Harrington, and Gary King. New York: New York University, 1989.
  - Aldrich, J. H. “Power and Order: The Bases of Institutional Structure and Its Change in the U.S. House of Representatives.” In Home Style and Washington Work, edited by Morris P. Fiorina and David W. Rohde. University of Michigan Press, 1989.
  - Aldrich, J. H., and Thomas Weko. “The Presidency and the Election Process: Campaign Strategy, Voting, and Governance.” In The Presidency and the Political System, edited by Michael Nelson, 155–87. CQ Press, 1988.
  - Aldrich, J. H. “Methods and Actors: The Relationship of Processes to Candidates.” In Perspectives on Presidential Selection, edited by Alexander Heard and Michael Nelson. Duke University Press, 1987.
  - Aldrich, J. H., Raymond Duvall, and Jutta Weldes. “The Costs of National Security: Spending for Defense and Spending for Welfare in the United States: 1948-1983.” In Issues and Choices, edited by Joseph Goldman. University Press of America, 1987.
  - Aldrich, J. H., and Forrest Nelson. “Logit and Probit Models for Multivariate Analysis with Qualitative Dependent Variables.” In New Directions in Social Science Research Models, edited by William D. Berry and Michael S. Lewis-Beck. Sage Publications, 1986.
  - Aldrich, J. H., and David W. Rohde. “The Limitations of Equilibrium Analysis in Political Science.” In Political Equilibrium, edited by Peter Ordeshook and Kenneth Shepsle. Boston: Martinus Nijhoff, 1982.
  - Aldrich, J. H. “A Model of the U.S. Presidential Primary Campaign.” In Applied Game Theory, edited by S. J. Brams, A. Schotter, and G. Schwodiauer. Wurzburg-Wien, Austria: Physica-Verlag, 1979.
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  - Aldrich, J. H. “Parties, Partisanship, and Democratic Politics.” Perspectives on Politics, January 1, 2009. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1537592709990582.
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  - Aldrich, J. “A Review of 'Party Influence in Congress'.” Congress and the Presidency. Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2009.
  - Aldrich, J. “Review of On the Side of Angels: An Appreciation of Parties and Partisanship, by Nancy L. Rosenblum.” Perspectives on Politics. Cambridge University Press (CUP), n.d.
- Reports
  - Aldrich, J. “Interdisciplinary: Its Role in a Discipline-Based Academy (Task force report).” American Political Science Association, n.d.
- Conference Papers
  - Aldrich, J. H., and D. W. Rohde. “Balance of power: Republican party leadership and the committee system in the 104th House.” In Legislative Studies Quarterly, 22:590–590. WILEY, 1997.
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