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David W. Rohde CV

Ernestine Friedl Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science
Political Science
Box 90209, Durham, NC 27708-0209
408B Old Chemistry, Durham, NC 27708
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Overview


David W. Rohde, Ernestine Friedl Professor of Political Science at Duke University and Director of the Political Institutions and Public Choice Program. He has researched various aspects of American national politics, including the Congress, the presidency, the Supreme Court, and presidential and congressional elections. Rohde has been editor of the American Journal of Political Science (1988-1990), and chair of the Legislative Studies Section of the American Political Science Association (1991-93). In 2000, he was elected to membership in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Rohde is the author of Parties and Leaders in the Postreform House (University of Chicago Press, 1991), and coauthor of a series of books on every national election since 1980, the most recent of which is Change and Continuity in 2008 and 2010 Elections (CQ Press, 2011). In 2010 he received the Samuel Eldersveld Career Achievement Award from the Political Organizations and Parties Section of the American Political Science Association.

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Ernestine Friedl Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science · 2020 - Present Political Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Professor Emeritus of Political Science · 2020 - Present Political Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

In the News


Published September 9, 2019
Explaining Why Conservatives in Britain Rebelled, But Republicans in Congress Have Not
Published September 12, 2017
Teaching Trump-Era Politics in the Classroom
Published September 24, 2016
David Rohde: Gerrymandering has a larger impact on bigger states

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Recent Publications


Party and Policy in Lineland: A Theory of Conditional Party Cartels

Journal Article Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy · February 21, 2024 We have two goals in this paper. First, we provide a unified account of several prominent institutional theories of the Congress, but especially present a model that is consistent with both the Cox-McCubbins theory of party cartels (2005; 2007) and the Ald ... Full text Cite

Does the gift keep on giving? House leadership PAC donations before and after majority status

Journal Article Journal of Politics · October 1, 2017 Party leaders face a significant trade-off financing races when the party is out of power: while they care about gaining control of the House, they do not know how willing a potential representative will be to work with and for the party once elected. Lead ... Full text Cite

Setting the Table: Majority Party Effects in the United States Senate

Journal Article Congress and the Presidency · January 2, 2016 This article joins the growing tide of research that studies party effects in the United States Senate. Previous work has shown that certain procedural tools disproportionately advantage the majority party at the expense of the minority. We build on this r ... Full text Cite
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Education, Training & Certifications


University of Rochester · 1971 Ph.D.
Canisius College · 1967 B.S.

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