David W. Rohde
Ernestine Friedl Distinguished Professor of Political Science in Trinity College of Arts and Sciences
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 of Political Science in Trinity College of Arts and Sciences, Political Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2007
- Professor of Political Science, Political Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2005
Contact Information
- 408B Old Chemistry, Durham, NC 27708
- Box 90209, Durham, NC 27708-0209
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rohde@duke.edu
(919) 660-7053
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- Background
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Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of Rochester 1971
- B.S., Canisius College (Germany) 1967
- Recognition
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In the News
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SEP 24, 2016 PBS NewsHour -
AUG 1, 2016 The News & Observer, McClatchy Newspapers -
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FEB 16, 2016 Duke Campaign Stop 2016 -
FEB 10, 2016 The Washington Post -
FEB 9, 2016 Vox -
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DEC 3, 2015 The Washington Times -
OCT 28, 2015 The Washington Times -
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OCT 5, 2014
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Awards & Honors
- Expertise
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Global Scholarship
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Expertise
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- Publications & Artistic Works
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Selected Publications
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Books
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Abramson, Paul, John Aldrich, and D. W. Rohde. Change and Continuity in the 2008 and 2010 Elections. CQ Press, 2011, 2011.
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Abramson, P. R., J. H. Aldrich, and D. W. Rohde. Change and continuity in the 2008 elections, 2010. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781483330846.Full Text
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Aldrich, J. H., Paul Abramson, and David W. Rohde. Change and Continuity in the 2008 Elections. CQ Press, 2010.
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Aldrich, J. H., Paul R. Abramson, and David W. Rohde. Change and Continuity in the 2004 and 2006 Elections. CQ Press, 2008.
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Aldrich, J. H., Paul Abramson, and David Rohde. Change and Continuity in the 2004 Elections. CQ Press, 2006.
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Abramson, P., David W. Rohde, and J. H. Aldrich. Change and Continuity in the 2000 and 2002 Elections. CQ Press, 2003.
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Aldrich, J. H., Paul Abramson, and David Rohde. Change and Continuity in the 2000 Elections. Washington: CQ Press, 2002.
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Aldrich, J. H., Paul Abramson, and David Rohde. Change and Continuity in the 1996 and 1998 Elections. Washington: CQ Press, 1999.
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Rohde, David, Paul Abramson, and John Aldrich. Change and Continuity in the 1992 Elections. CQ Press, 1995.
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Aldrich, J. H., Paul Abramson, and David Rohde. Change and Continuity in the 1992 Elections. Washington: CQ Press, 1994.
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Rohde, D. Parties and Leaders in the Postreform House. University of Chicago Press, 1991.
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Aldrich, J. H., Paul Abramson, and David Rohde. Change and Continuity in the 1988 Elections. Washington: CQ Press, 1990.
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Rohde, David, and Morris Fiorina. Home Style and Washington Work: Studies of Congressional Politics. University of Michigan Press, 1989.
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Aldrich, J. H., Paul Abramson, and David Rohde. Change and Continuity in the 1984 Elections. Washington: Congressional Quarterly Press, 1986.
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Rohde, David, John Aldrich, Gary Miller, and Charles Ostrom. Assistant Professor. Houghton, Mifflin Inc., 1986.
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Rohde, David, Paul Abramson, and John Aldrich. Change and Continuity in the 1984 Elections. CQ Press, 1986.
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Rohde, D. Change and Continuity in the 1980 Elections. CQ Press, 1983.
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Aldrich, J. H., Paul R. Abramson, and David W. Rohde. Change and Continuity in the 1980 Elections. Washington: Congressional Quarterly Press, 1982.
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Rohde, David, Paul Abramson, and John Aldrich. Change and Continuity in the 1980 Elections. CQ Press, 1982.
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Rohde, David, and Harold Spaeth. Supreme Court Decision Making. W. H. Freeman, 1976.
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Academic Articles
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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.Full Text
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King, A. S., F. J. Orlando, and D. Rohde. “Setting the Table: Majority Party Effects in the United States Senate.” Congress and the Presidency 43, no. 1 (January 2, 2016): 55–81. https://doi.org/10.1080/07343469.2015.1117161.Full Text
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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.Link to Item
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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.Full Text
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Rohde, D. W. “Reflections on the practice of theorizing: Conditional party government in the twenty-first century.” Journal of Politics 75, no. 4 (October 1, 2013): 849–64. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022381613000911.Full Text
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Crespin, M. H., D. W. Rohde, and R. J. Vander Wielen. “Measuring variations in party unity voting: An assessment of agenda effects.” Party Politics 19, no. 3 (May 1, 2013): 432–57. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354068811407578.Full Text
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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.
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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.Full Text
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Duff, J. F., and D. W. Rohde. “Rules to Live By: Agenda Control and the Partisan Use of Special Rules in the House.” Congress and the Presidency 39, no. 1 (January 1, 2012): 28–50. https://doi.org/10.1080/07343469.2011.640382.Full Text
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Theriault, S. M., and D. W. Rohde. “The Gingrich Senators and party polarization in the U.S. Senate.” Journal of Politics 73, no. 4 (October 1, 2011): 1011–24. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022381611000752.Full Text
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Crespin, M. H., and D. W. Rohde. “Dimensions, issues, and bills: Appropriations voting on the house floor.” Journal of Politics 72, no. 4 (October 1, 2010): 976–89. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022381610000472.Full Text Open Access Copy
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Carson, J. L., C. J. Finocchiaro, and D. W. Rohde. “Consensus, conflict, and partisanship in House decision making: A bill-level examination of committee and floor behavior.” Congress and the Presidency 37, no. 3 (September 1, 2010): 231–53. https://doi.org/10.1080/07343469.2010.486393.Full Text
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Rohde, David W., and Sean M. Theriault. “Former Republican Representatives and Party Polarization in the U.S. Senate,” July 26, 2010.
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Finocchiaro, Charles J., and David W. Rohde. “War for the floor: Partisan theory and agenda control in the US house of representatives.” Legislative Studies Quarterly 33, no. 1 (February 1, 2008): 35–61. https://doi.org/10.3162/036298008783743273.Full Text Link to Item
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Carson, J. L., M. H. Crespin, C. J. Finocchiaro, and D. W. Rohde. “Redistricting and party polarization in the U.S. house of representatives.” American Politics Research 35, no. 6 (November 1, 2007): 878–904. https://doi.org/10.1177/1532673X07304263.Full Text
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Rohde, D. W., and K. A. Shepsle. “Advising and consenting in the 60-vote senate: Strategic appointments to the supreme court.” Journal of Politics 69, no. 3 (August 1, 2007): 664–77. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2508.2007.00566.x.Full Text
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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.Full Text
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Souva, M., and D. Rohde. “Elite opinion differences and partisanship in congressional foreign policy, 1975-1996.” Political Research Quarterly 60, no. 1 (March 1, 2007): 113–23. https://doi.org/10.1177/1065912906298630.Full Text
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Aldrich, J. H., Paul R. Abramson, and David W. Rohde. “On Elections.” Edited by Jan Leighley, 2007.
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Crespin, M. H., S. M. Gold, and D. W. Rohde. “Ideology, electoral incentives, and congressional politics: The republican house class of 1994.” American Politics Research 34, no. 2 (March 1, 2006): 135–58. https://doi.org/10.1177/1532673X05284413.Full Text
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Abramson, Paul, John Aldrich, Jill Rickershauser, and David Rohde. “Fear in the Voting Booth: The Presidential Election of 2004.” Political Behavior 29 (2006): 127–220.
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Souva, Mark, Florida State University, David Rohde, and Duke University. ““An Electoral and Institutional Explanation of Bipartisanship in Congressional Foreign Policy,.” Political Research Quarterly 53, 2006.
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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.Full Text
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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).
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Rohde, David, Paul Abramson, and John Aldrich. “Will Changing the Rules Change the Game?: Front-loading and the 2004 Democratic Presidential Nomination.” The Forum 1, no. 3, Article 1 (2003).
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Carson, J. L., C. J. Finocchiaro, and D. W. Rohde. “Partisanship, consensus, and committee-floor divergence a comparison of member behavior in the 96th and 104th congresses.” American Politics Research 30, no. 1 (January 1, 2002): 3–33. https://doi.org/10.1177/1532673X02030001001.Full Text
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Hurwitz, M. S., R. J. Moiles, and D. W. Rohde. “Distributive and partisan issues in agriculture policy in the 104th house.” American Political Science Review 95, no. 4 (December 1, 2001): 911–22.
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Carson, J. L., J. A. Jenkins, D. W. Rohde, and M. A. Souva. “The impact of national tides and district-level effects on electoral outcomes: The U.S. Congressional elections of 1862-63.” American Journal of Political Science 45, no. 4 (January 1, 2001): 887–98. https://doi.org/10.2307/2669330.Full Text
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Marshall, B. W., B. C. Prins, and D. W. Rohde. “Partisanship and the purse: The money committees and procedures in the post-reform congress.” Politics and Policy 29, no. 2 (January 1, 2001): 291–314. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-1346.2001.tb00593.x.Full Text
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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.Full Text
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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.Full Text
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Rohde, D. “Preference Conflict and Electoral Uncertainty: The Congress in the Next Decade.” Extensions of Remarks A.P.S.A Legistudies Section Newsletter, 2000, 5–6.
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Marshall, B. W., B. C. Prins, and D. W. Rohde. “Fighting fire with water: Partisan procedural strategies and the senate appropriations committee.” Congress and the Presidency 26, no. 2 (January 1, 1999): 113–32. https://doi.org/10.1080/07343469909507781.Full Text
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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.Full Text
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Rohde, D. “The Inevitability and Solidity of the ’Republican Solid South’.” The American Review of Politics 17, 1996, 23–46.
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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 (1995): 349–349. https://doi.org/10.2307/2152568.Full Text
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Rohde, D., Paul Abramson, John Aldrich, and Philip Paolino. “Third-Party and Independent Candidates in American Politics.” Political Science Quarterly 110, 1995, 349–67.
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Rohde, D., and John Aldrich. “Conditional Party Government Revisited: The House GOP and the Committee System in the 104th Congress.” Extensions of Remarks A.P.S.A Legistudies Section Newsletter 19, 1995, 5–7.
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Rohde, D. “Parties and Committees in the House: Member Motivations, Issues, and Institutional Arrangements.” Legislative Studies Quarterly 19, 1994, 341–59.
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Rohde, D. “The Fall Elections: Realignment and Dealignment.” Chronicle of Higher Education, 1994, B1–2.
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Rohde, D. “Clinton and Congress Under Semi-Unified Government.” Extensions of Remarks A.P.S.A Legistudies Section Newsletter 17, 1993, 8–9.
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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.Full Text
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Rohde, D., and Harold Spaeth. “Ideology, Strategy and Supreme Court Decisions: William Rehnquist as Chief Justice.” Judicature, 1989, 247–50.
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Rohde, D. W. “Studying congressional norms: Concepts and evidence.” Congress and the Presidency 15, no. 2 (January 1, 1988): 139–45. https://doi.org/10.1080/07343468809507942.Full Text
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Abramson, P. R., and D. W. Rohde. “Progressive Ambition among United States Senators: 1972–1988.” The Journal of Politics 49, no. 1 (January 1, 1987): 3–35. https://doi.org/10.2307/2131132.Full Text
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Rohde, D. W., and K. A. Shepsle. “Leaders and followers in the house of representatives: Reflections on woodrow wilson’s congressional government.” Congress and the Presidency 14, no. 2 (January 1, 1987): 111–33. https://doi.org/10.1080/07343468709507958.Full Text
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Rohde, D. “The Changing Shape of Partisanship Among Democrats in Congress.” A.P.S.A. Legislative Studies Section Newsletter 10, 1987, 93–96.
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Rohde, D., and Dennis Simon. “Presidential Vetoes and Congressional Response: A Study of Institutional Conflict.” American Journal of Political Science 29, 1985, 397–427.
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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.
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Rohde, D. “Risk-Bearing and Progressive Ambition: The Case of Members of the United States House of Representatives.” American Journal of Political Science 23, 1979, 1–26.
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Rohde, D. W., and K. A. Shepsle. “Membership Turnover and Congressional Reform: The More Things Change, the More They May or May Not Stay the Same.” Policy Studies Journal 5, no. 4 (January 1, 1977): 469–76. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-0072.1977.tb01152.x.Full Text
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Rohde, D. “Some Clarifications Regarding a Theory of Supreme Court Coalition Formation.” American Journal of Political Science 21, 1977, 409–13.
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Rohde, D., Norman Ornstein, and Robert Peabody. “The United States Senate as a Presidential Incubator: Many Are Called, But Few Are Chosen.” Political Science Quarterly 91, 1976, 237–58.
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Rohde, D. W. “Committee Reform in the House of Representatives and the Subcommittee Bill of Rights.” The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 411, no. 1 (January 1, 1974): 39–47. https://doi.org/10.1177/000271627441100104.Full Text
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Rohde, D. “Public Financing of Federal Election Campaigns.” Columbia Human Rights Law Review 6 (1974): 43–58.
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Rohde, D. W., and K. A. Shepsle. “Democratic Committee Assignments in the House of Representatives: Strategic Aspects of a Social Choice Process.” American Political Science Review 67, no. 3 (January 1, 1973): 889–905. https://doi.org/10.2307/1958631.Full Text
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Rohde, D. “Policy Goals and Opinion Coalitions in the Supreme Court.” Midwest Journal of Political Science 16 (1972): 208–24.
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Rohde, D. “Policy Goals, Strategic Choice and Majority Opinion Assignments in the U. S. Supreme Court.” Midwest Journal of Political Science 16 (1972): 652–82.
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Rohde, D. “Comments on 'A Cost Theory of Judicial Alignments'.” Midwest Journal of Political Science 14 (1970): 331–36.
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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.
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Book Sections
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Aldrich, John H., Brittany N. Perry, and D. W. Rohde. “Richard Fenno’s Theory of Congressional Committees and the Partisan Polarization of the House.” In Congress Reconsidered, 10th Ed., edited by Lawrence Dodd and Bruce Oppenheimer, 193–220. CQ Press, 2013.
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King, Aaron S., Frank J. Orlando, and D. W. Rohde. “Beyond Motions to Table: Exploring the Procedural Toolkit of the Majority Party in the United States Senate.” In Party and Procedure in the United States Congres, edited by Jacob Straus, 173–94. Rowman and Littlefield, 2012.
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Rohde, D. W. ““Looking Back to See Ahead: The Senate in the Twenty-First Century.”.” In From Delay to Dysfunction: The U.S.Senate,1960-2010., edited by Burdett Loomis, 239–57, 2011.
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Abramson, Paul, John Aldrich, and D. W. Rohde. ““On Elections.”.” In The Oxford Handbook of American Elections and Political Behavior, edited by Jan E. Leighley, 700–715. Oxford University Press, 2010.
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Aldrich, John, and D. W. Rohde. ““Consequences of Electoral and Institutional Change: The Evolution of Conditional Party Government in the U.S. House of Representatives.".” In New Directions in American Political Parties, edited by Jeffrey M. Stonecash, 234–50. Routledge, 2010.
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Rohde, D. W. ““What a Difference 25 Years Makes: Changing Perspectives on Parties and Leaders in the U.S. House.”.” In Oxford Handbook of American Political Parties and Interest Groups, edited by Jeffrey Berry and L Sandy Maisel, 323–38. Oxford University Press, 2010.
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Aldrich, John H., and D. W. Rohde. ““Congressional Committees in a Continuing Partisan Era.”.” In Congress Reconsidered, 9th Ed., edited by Lawrence Dodd and Bruce Oppenheimer. CQ Press, 2009.
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Rohde, D. W., and Meredith Barthelmy. ““The President and Congressional Parties in an Era of Polarization.”.” In Oxford Handbook of the American Presidency, edited by George Edwards and William Howel. Oxford University Press, 2009.
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Aldrich, John, Michael Brady, Scott de Marchi, Ian McDonald, Brendan Nyhan, David W. Rohde, and Michael Tofias. ““Party and Constituency in the U.S. Senate, 1933-2004.”.” In Why Not Parties?, Pp. 39-51., 2008.
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Monroe, Nathan W., Jason M. Roberts, and D. W. Rohde. ““Assessing the Impact of Parties in the U.S. Senate.”.” In Why Not Parties?, Pp. 1-19., 2008.
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Rohde, David, John H. Aldrich, and Michael Tofias. “One D is Not Enough: Measuring Conditional Party Government in 1887-2002.” In Process, Party and Policy Making: Furhter New Perspectives on the History of Congress, edited by David W. Brady and Mathew D. McCubbins, 102–12. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2007.
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Rohde, David, and Charles Finocchiaro. “Puzzles of the Partisan Era of the U.S. House.” In Process, Party and Policy Making: Further New Perspectives on the History of Congress, edited by David W. Brady and Mathew D. McCubbins, 259–70. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2007.
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Rohde, D. “Committees and Policy Formulation.” In The Legislative Branch, edited by Sarah Binder and Paul Quirk. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
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Rohde, David, and John H. Aldrich. “Congressional Committees in a Partisan Era.” In Congress Reconsidered, edited by Lawrence Dodd and Bruce Oppenheimer. CQ Press, 2005.
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Rohde, D. “American Fears: Change and Continuity.” In Fears in Post Communist Societies: A Comparative Perspective, edited by Vladimir Shlapentokh and eric Shiraev, 139–44. Pellgrave-St. Martin’s, 2002.
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Rohde, D. “The Structure of Legislatures.” In The Oxford Companion to American Law, edited by Joel B. Grossman. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
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Rohde, D. “Seeing the House and Senate Together: Some Reflections on the Research on the Exceptional Senate.” In U. S. Senate Exceptionalism, edited by Bruce Oppenheimer, 341–49. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 2002.
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Rohde, D., John Aldrich, and Mark M. Berger. “The Historical Variability in Conditional Party Government, 1877-1986.” In Party, Process, and Political Change in Congress: New Perspectives on the History of Congress, edited by David W. Brady and Mathew D. McCubbins, 17–35. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2002.
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Rohde, D., and John H. Aldrich. “The Logic of Conditional Party Government: Revisiting the Electoral Connection.” In Congress Reconsidered, edited by Lawrence Dodd and Bruce Oppenheimer, 26–292. CQ Press, 2001.
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Rohde, D., Bryan W. Marshall, and Brandan C. Prins. “Majority Party Leadership, Strategic Choice, and Committee Power: Appropriations in the House, 1995-98.” In Congress on Display, Congress at Work, edited by William Bianco, 69–99. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2000.
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Rohde, D., and John Aldrich. “The Consequences of Party Organization in the House: The Role of the Majority and Minority Parties in Conditional Party Government.” In Polarized Politcs: Congress and the President in a Partisan Era, edited by Jon Bond and Richard Fleischer, 31–72. CQ Press, 2000.
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Rohde, D., and Stanley Berard. “What You See is...Essentially...What You Get: House Races in the Contemporary South.” In Eye of the Storm: The South and Congress in an Era of Change, edited by John C. Kuzenski, Laurence W. Moreland, and Robert P. Steed, 39–67. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2000.
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Rohde, D., Norman Ornstein, and Robert Peabody. “The U. S. Senate: Toward the 21st Century.” In Congress Reconsidered, edited by Lawrence Dodd and Bruce Oppenheimer, 1–28. CQ Press, 1997.
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Rohde, D. “The Contemporary Congress, 1930-1990.” In Encyclopedia of the American Legislative System, edited by Joel Silbey, 1:157–73. Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1994.
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Rohde, D. “Presidential Support in the House of Representatives.” In The President, The Congress, and the Making of Foreign Policy, edited by Paul Peterson, 101–28. University of Oklahoma Press, 1994.
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Rohde, D. “Partisanship, Leadership, and Congressional Assertiveness in Foreign and Defense Policy.” In The Politics of American Foreign Policy, edited by David Deese, 76–101. St. Martin’s Press, 1993.
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Rohde, D., Norman Ornstein, and Robert Peabody. “The U. S. Senate in an Era of Change.” In Congress Reconsidered, edited by Lawrence Dodd and Bruce Oppenheimer, 13–40. CQ Press, 1993.
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Rohde, D. “Electoral Forces, Political Agendas, and Partisanship in the House and Senate.” In The Postreform Congress, edited by Roger Davidson, 27–47. St. Martin’s Press, 1992.
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Rohde, D. “Agenda Change and Partisan Resurgence in the House of Representatives.” In The Atomistic Congress, edited by Alan Hertzke and Ronald Peters, 231–58. M. E. Sharpe, Inc., 1992.
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Rohde, D., and Kenneth Shepsle. “Committee Assignments.” In New Perspectives on the House of Representaties, edited by Robert Peabody and Nelson Polsby, 79–107. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992.
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Rohde, D. “Somethin’s Happening Here; What It Is Ain’t Exactly Clear: Southern Democrats in the House of Representatives.” In Home Style and Washington Work, edited by Morris Fiorina and David Rohde, 137–63. University of Michigan Press, 1989.
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Rohde, D., Norman Ornstein, and Robert Peabody. “Change in the Senate: Toward the 1990s.” In Congress Reconsidered, edited by Lawrence Dodd and Bruce Oppenheimer, 13–37. CQ Press, 1989.
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Rohde, D., and Morris Fiorina. “Richard Fenno’s Research Agenda and the Study of Congressional Politics.” In Home Style and Washington Work, edited by Morris Fiorina and David Rohde, 1–15. University of Michigan Press, 1989.
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Rohde, D. “Vetoes.” In Blackwell Encyclopedia of Political Institutions, edited by Vernon Bogdanor, 630–31. Blackwell Reference, 1987.
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Rohde, D., Norman Ornstein, and Robert Peabody. “Political Change and Legislative Norms in the United States Senate.” In Studies in Congress, edited by Glenn R. Parker, 147–88. CQ Press, 1985.
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Rohde, D., Norman Ornstein, and Robert Peabody. “The Senate Through the 1980s: Cycles of Change.” In Congress Reconsidered, edited by Lawrence Dodd and Bruce Oppenheimer, 13–33. CQ Press, 1985.
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Rohde, D., and John Aldrich. “The Limitations of Equilibrium Analysis in Political Science.” In Political Equilibrium, edited by Peter Ordeshook and Kenneth Shepsle, 62–95. Martinus Nijhoff, 1982.
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Rohde, D., Norman Ornstein, and Robert Peabody. “The Contemporary Senate: Into the 1980s.” In Congress Reconsidered, edited by Lawrence Dodd and Bruce Oppenheimer, 13–30. CQ Press, 1981.
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Rohde, D., and Kenneth Shepsle. “Thinking About Legislative Reform.” In Legislative Reform: Effects and Prospects, edited by Leroy Rieselbach, 9–22. Heath, Lexington, 1978.
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Rohde, D., and Norman Ornstein. “Congressional Reform and Political Parites in the U. S. House of Representatives.” In Parties and Elections in an Anti-Party Age, edited by Jeff Fishel, 280–94. Indiana University Press, 1978.
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Rohde, D., Norman Ornstein, and Robert Peabody. “The Changing Senate: From the 1950s to the 1970s.” In Congress Reconsidered, edited by Lawrence Dodd and Bruce Oppenheimer, 3–20. Prager, 1977.
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Rohde, D., and Norman Ornstein. “Shifting Forces, Changing Rules and Political Outcomes: The Impact of Congressional Change on Four House Committees.” In New Perspectives on the House of Representaties, edited by Robert Peabody and Nelson Polsby, 186–269. Rand McNally, 1977.
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Rohde, D., and Norman Ornstein. “Resource Usage, Information and Policy Making in the U. S. Senate.” In Senators Offices, Ethics, and Pressures, 37–46. U. S. Government Printing Office, 1977.
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Rohde, D., and Norman Ornstein. “Revolt From Within: Congressional Change, Legislative Policy and the House Commerce Committee.” In Legislative Reform and Public Policy, edited by John Peters and Susan Welch, 54–72. Prager, 1977.
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Rohde, D., Morris Fiorina, and Peter Wissel. “Historical Change in House Turnover.” In Congress in Change, edited by Norman Ornstein, 24–57. Prager, 1975.
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Rohde, D., and Norman Ornstein. “Seniority and Future Power in Congress.” In Congress in Change, edited by Norman Ornstein, 72–87. Prager, 1975.
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Rohde, D. “A Theory of the Formation of Opinion Coalitions in the U. S. Supreme Court.” In Probablilty Models of Collective Decision Making, edited by Richard G. Niemi and Herbert F. Weisberg, 165–78. Charles Merrill, 1972.
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Other Articles
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Abramson, P. R., J. H. Aldrich, and D. W. Rohde. “Studying American Elections,” May 2, 2010. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199235476.003.0037.Full Text
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Rohde, D. W. “The Thrill of Defeat.” New Republic, 2008.
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Rohde, D. W., Nathan W. Monroe, and Jason M. Roberts. “Why Not Parties?: Party Effects in the United States Senate.” University of Chicago Press, 2008.
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Rohde, David, and Bruce Bueno de Mesquita. “The Making of U. S. Foreign Policy: An Annotated Bibliography.” The Kellogg Center for Continuing Education, Michigan State University, 1972.
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Conference Papers
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King, Aaron, Frank Orlando, and David W. Rohde. “Between Introduction and Passage: Amending Activity in the United States Congress,” 2012.
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Aldrich, John, Aaron S. King, Frank J. Orlando, and D. W. Rohde. “Lending a Hand: A Closer Look at Inter-Branch Relations,” 2011.
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Brady, Michael C., and D. W. Rohde. ““Moving Beyond Mavericks: Competing Individual Member Vote Misclassifications in the 75th to the 110th Congresses,” 2009.
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Stiglitz, Edward H., D. W. Rohde, and Barry R. Weingast. “Dynamic Congressional Organization: A Theory of Institutional Stability and Reform.”,” 2009.
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Finocchiaro, C. J., and D. W. Rohde. “War for the floor: Partisan theory and agenda control in the U.S. house of representatives.” In Legislative Studies Quarterly, 33:35–61, 2008.
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Rohde, D. W., Edward H. Stiglitz, and Barry R. Weingast. ““Parties, Committees, and Pivots: A Reassessment of the Literature on Congressional Organization”,” 2008.
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Brady, Michael C., and David W. Rohde. “When Good Predictions Go Bad: Vote Context, Win Margins, and Misclassified Votes in the 75th to 108th Congresses,” 2007.
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Rohde, D. “It Takes Two: Examining Congress with a Two-Dimensional Political Space,” 2005.
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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.Link to Item
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