David W. Rohde | Scholars@Duke

David W. Rohde
Ernestine Friedl 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 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
rohde@duke.edu (919) 660-7053
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Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of Rochester 1971
- B.S., Canisius College (Germany) 1967
Recognition
In the News
- SEP 12, 2017
  
  Teaching Trump-Era Politics in the Classroom
- SEP 24, 2016 PBS NewsHour
  
  David Rohde: Gerrymandering has a larger impact on bigger states
- AUG 1, 2016 The News & Observer, McClatchy Newspapers
  
  David Rohde comments: Tillis helped create ‘discriminatory’ law, but ruling on it likely won’t hurt him
- JUL 18, 2016 News & Observer
  
  How Libertarians are trying to build their party in NC
- JUL 6, 2016 The Miami Herald, McClatchy
  
  David Rohde comments: N.C. Sen. Burr, suggested as possible VP, didn't go home for Trump rally
- JUN 10, 2016 The News & Observer
  
  David Rohde comments: N.C. Republicans offer varying levels of support for Trump
- MAR 9, 2016
  
  News Tip: Tuesday’s NC Primary: What if Trump Wins?
- MAR 9, 2016
  
  What if Trump Wins North Carolina’s Presidential Primary on Tuesday?
- FEB 18, 2016 TWC News
  
  David Rohde comments on poll: North Carolina in state of 'purple'
- FEB 18, 2016
  
  Panel to Examine Impact of Scalia's Death on Law, Politics Feb. 22
- FEB 17, 2016 WNCN
  
  David Rohde comments: Voters frustrated by confusion surrounding N.C. Congressional districts
- FEB 17, 2016 Durham Herald-Sun
  
  Duke experts size up presidential race
- FEB 16, 2016 Duke Campaign Stop 2016
  
  NC Won't Play Key Role in Race if Primary Delayed
- FEB 10, 2016 The Washington Post
  
  David Rohde comments: The problem with how Hillary Clinton thinks about the Democratic primary
- FEB 9, 2016 Vox
  
  A semi-radical plan to elect more moderates to Congress
- JAN 12, 2016 National Post
  
  David Rohde comments: President launches direct attack on U.S. gun culture
- DEC 3, 2015 The Washington Times
  
  David Rohde: Donald Trump, unbound by political ideology, attracts wide spectrum of GOP voters
- OCT 28, 2015 The Washington Times
  
  David Rohde comments: Bernie Sanders' record in Congress shows little socialist progress
- OCT 23, 2015 U.S. News & World Report
  
  David Rohde comments: The Republican Party has no leader
- OCT 20, 2015 The Washington Times
  
  David Rohde comments: Bernie Sanders' socialist agenda carries price tag in the trillions
- OCT 9, 2015 Roll Call
  
  David Rohde comments: Boehner will stay on until new speaker elected
- OCT 8, 2015
  
  News Tip: ‘Hostility of the Divisions’ in House GOP Led McCarthy to Withdraw, Expert Says
- SEP 28, 2015 POLITICO Magazine
  
  David Rohde comments: The cannibal party
- SEP 25, 2015
  
  News Tip: Boehner's Successor Will Face Divisions on Strategy, Duke Expert Says
- JAN 8, 2015 WPR’s “The Joy Cardin Show"
  
  David Rohde: What will Congress do about Keystone and other issues?
- JAN 6, 2015 The Washington Times
  
  David Rohde comments: Democrats vow to raise minimum wage despite smaller ranks
- NOV 5, 2014
  
  Midterms: The Takeaway for the US, NC & Higher Ed
- OCT 23, 2014
  
  Outlook for Young Voter Turnout
- OCT 5, 2014
  
  Duke Faculty: Control of the Senate May Come Down to NC Race
Awards & Honors
Expertise
Global Scholarship
- Expertise
  - United States of America (Country)
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Books
  - Abramson, P, Aldrich, J, and Rohde, DW. Change and Continuity in the 2008 and 2010 Elections. CQ Press, 2011. 2011.
  - Abramson, PR, Aldrich, JH, and Rohde, DW. Change and continuity in the 2008 elections. January 1, 2010. Full Text
  - Aldrich, JH, Abramson, P, and Rohde, DW. Change and Continuity in the 2008 Elections. CQ Press, 2010.
  - Aldrich, JH, Abramson, PR, and Rohde, DW. Change and Continuity in the 2004 and 2006 Elections. CQ Press, 2008.
  - Aldrich, JH, Abramson, P, and Rohde, D. Change and Continuity in the 2004 Elections. CQ Press, 2006.
  - Abramson, P, Rohde, DW, and Aldrich, JH. Change and Continuity in the 2000 and 2002 Elections. CQ Press, 2003.
  - Aldrich, JH, Abramson, P, and Rohde, D. Change and Continuity in the 2000 Elections. Washington: CQ Press, 2002.
  - Aldrich, JH, Abramson, P, and Rohde, D. Change and Continuity in the 1996 and 1998 Elections. Washington: CQ Press, 1999.
  - Rohde, D, Abramson, P, and Aldrich, J. Change and Continuity in the 1992 Elections. CQ Press, 1995.
  - Aldrich, JH, Abramson, P, and Rohde, D. Change and Continuity in the 1992 Elections. Washington: CQ Press, 1994.
  - Rohde, D. Parties and Leaders in the Postreform House. University of Chicago Press, 1991.
  - Aldrich, JH, Abramson, P, and Rohde, D. Change and Continuity in the 1988 Elections. Washington: CQ Press, 1990.
  - Rohde, D, and Fiorina, M. Home Style and Washington Work: Studies of Congressional Politics. University of Michigan Press, 1989.
  - Aldrich, JH, Abramson, P, and Rohde, D. Change and Continuity in the 1984 Elections. Washington: Congressional Quarterly Press, 1986.
  - Rohde, D, Abramson, P, and Aldrich, J. Change and Continuity in the 1984 Elections. CQ Press, 1986.
  - Rohde, D, Aldrich, J, Miller, G, and Ostrom, C. Assistant Professor. Houghton, Mifflin Inc., 1986.
  - Rohde, D. Change and Continuity in the 1980 Elections. CQ Press, 1983.
  - Aldrich, JH, Abramson, PR, and Rohde, DW. Change and Continuity in the 1980 Elections. Washington: Congressional Quarterly Press, 1982.
  - Rohde, D, Abramson, P, and Aldrich, J. Change and Continuity in the 1980 Elections. CQ Press, 1982.
  - Rohde, D, and Spaeth, H. Supreme Court Decision Making. W. H. Freeman, 1976.
- Book Sections
  - Aldrich, JH, Perry, BN, and Rohde, DW. "Richard Fenno’s Theory of Congressional Committees and the Partisan Polarization of the House." In Congress Reconsidered, 10th ed, edited by L Dodd and B Oppenheimer, 193-220. CQ Press, 2013.
  - King, AS, Orlando, FJ, and Rohde, DW. "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 J Straus, 173-194. Rowman and Littlefield, 2012.
  - Rohde, DW. "“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 B Loomis, 239-257. 2011.
  - Abramson, P, Aldrich, J, and Rohde, DW. "“On Elections.”." In The Oxford Handbook of American Elections and Political Behavior, edited by JE Leighley, 700-715. Oxford University Press, 2010.
  - Aldrich, J, and Rohde, DW. "“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 JM Stonecash, 234-250. Routledge, 2010.
  - Rohde, DW. "“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 J Berry and LS Maisel, 323-338. Oxford University Press, 2010.
  - Aldrich, JH, and Rohde, DW. "“Congressional Committees in a Continuing Partisan Era.”." In Congress Reconsidered, 9th ed, edited by L Dodd and B Oppenheimer. CQ Press, 2009.
  - Rohde, DW, and Barthelmy, M. "“The President and Congressional Parties in an Era of Polarization.”." In Oxford Handbook of the American Presidency, edited by G Edwards and W Howel. Oxford University Press, 2009.
  - Aldrich, J, Brady, M, Marchi, SD, McDonald, I, Nyhan, B, Rohde, DW, and Tofias, M. "“Party and Constituency in the U.S. Senate, 1933-2004.”." In Why Not Parties?, pp. 39-51. 2008.
  - Monroe, NW, Roberts, JM, and Rohde, DW. "“Assessing the Impact of Parties in the U.S. Senate.”." In Why Not Parties?, pp. 1-19. 2008.
  - Rohde, D, Aldrich, JH, and Tofias, M. "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 DW Brady and MD McCubbins, 102-112. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2007.
  - Rohde, D, and Finocchiaro, C. "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 DW Brady and MD McCubbins, 259-270. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2007.
  - Rohde, D, and Aldrich, JH. "Congressional Committees in a Partisan Era." In Congress Reconsidered, edited by L Dodd and B Oppenheimer. CQ Press, 2005.
  - Rohde, D. "Committees and Policy Formulation." In The Legislative Branch, edited by S Binder and P Quirk. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
  - Rohde, D, Aldrich, J, and Berger, MM. "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 DW Brady and MD McCubbins, 17-35. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2002.
  - Rohde, D. "American Fears: Change and Continuity." In Fears in Post Communist Societies: A Comparative Perspective, edited by V Shlapentokh and E Shiraev, 139-144. Pellgrave-St. Martin’s, 2002.
  - Rohde, D. "The Structure of Legislatures." In The Oxford Companion to American Law, edited by JB Grossman. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
  - Rohde, D. "Seeing the House and Senate Together: Some Reflections on the Research on the Exceptional Senate." In U. S. Senate Exceptionalism, edited by B Oppenheimer, 341-349. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 2002.
  - Rohde, D, and Aldrich, JH. "The Logic of Conditional Party Government: Revisiting the Electoral Connection." In Congress Reconsidered, edited by L Dodd and B Oppenheimer, 26-292. CQ Press, 2001.
  - Rohde, D, Marshall, BW, and Prins, BC. "Majority Party Leadership, Strategic Choice, and Committee Power: Appropriations in the House, 1995-98." In Congress on Display, Congress at Work, edited by W Bianco, 69-99. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2000.
  - Rohde, D, and Aldrich, J. "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 J Bond and R Fleischer, 31-72. CQ Press, 2000.
  - Rohde, D, and Berard, S. "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 JC Kuzenski, LW Moreland, and RP Steed, 39-67. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2000.
  - Rohde, D, Ornstein, N, and Peabody, R. "The U. S. Senate: Toward the 21st Century." In Congress Reconsidered, edited by L Dodd and B Oppenheimer, 1-28. CQ Press, 1997.
  - Rohde, D. "The Contemporary Congress, 1930-1990." In Encyclopedia of the American Legislative System, edited by J Silbey, 157-173. Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1994.
  - Rohde, D. "Presidential Support in the House of Representatives." In The President, The Congress, and the Making of Foreign Policy, edited by P Peterson, 101-128. University of Oklahoma Press, 1994.
  - Rohde, D, Ornstein, N, and Peabody, R. "The U. S. Senate in an Era of Change." In Congress Reconsidered, edited by L Dodd and B Oppenheimer, 13-40. CQ Press, 1993.
  - Rohde, D. "Partisanship, Leadership, and Congressional Assertiveness in Foreign and Defense Policy." In The Politics of American Foreign Policy, edited by D Deese, 76-101. St. Martin’s Press, 1993.
  - Rohde, D, and Shepsle, K. "Committee Assignments." In New Perspectives on the House of Representaties, edited by R Peabody and N Polsby, 79-107. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992.
  - Rohde, D. "Electoral Forces, Political Agendas, and Partisanship in the House and Senate." In The Postreform Congress, edited by R Davidson, 27-47. St. Martin’s Press, 1992.
  - Rohde, D. "Agenda Change and Partisan Resurgence in the House of Representatives." In The Atomistic Congress, edited by A Hertzke and R Peters, 231-258. M. E. Sharpe, Inc., 1992.
  - Rohde, D, Ornstein, N, and Peabody, R. "Change in the Senate: Toward the 1990s." In Congress Reconsidered, edited by L Dodd and B Oppenheimer, 13-37. CQ Press, 1989.
  - Rohde, D, and Fiorina, M. "Richard Fenno’s Research Agenda and the Study of Congressional Politics." In Home Style and Washington Work, edited by M Fiorina and D Rohde, 1-15. University of Michigan Press, 1989.
  - 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 M Fiorina and D Rohde, 137-163. University of Michigan Press, 1989.
  - Rohde, D. "Vetoes." In Blackwell Encyclopedia of Political Institutions, edited by V Bogdanor, 630-631. Blackwell Reference, 1987.
  - Rohde, D, Ornstein, N, and Peabody, R. "Political Change and Legislative Norms in the United States Senate." In Studies in Congress, edited by GR Parker, 147-188. CQ Press, 1985.
  - Rohde, D, Ornstein, N, and Peabody, R. "The Senate Through the 1980s: Cycles of Change." In Congress Reconsidered, edited by L Dodd and B Oppenheimer, 13-33. CQ Press, 1985.
  - Rohde, D, and Aldrich, J. "The Limitations of Equilibrium Analysis in Political Science." In Political Equilibrium, edited by P Ordeshook and K Shepsle, 62-95. Martinus Nijhoff, 1982.
  - Rohde, D, Ornstein, N, and Peabody, R. "The Contemporary Senate: Into the 1980s." In Congress Reconsidered, edited by L Dodd and B Oppenheimer, 13-30. CQ Press, 1981.
  - Rohde, D, and Ornstein, N. "Congressional Reform and Political Parites in the U. S. House of Representatives." In Parties and Elections in an Anti-Party Age, edited by J Fishel, 280-294. Indiana University Press, 1978.
  - Rohde, D, and Shepsle, K. "Thinking About Legislative Reform." In Legislative Reform: Effects and Prospects, edited by L Rieselbach, 9-22. Heath, Lexington, 1978.
  - Rohde, D, Ornstein, N, and Peabody, R. "The Changing Senate: From the 1950s to the 1970s." In Congress Reconsidered, edited by L Dodd and B Oppenheimer, 3-20. Prager, 1977.
  - Rohde, D, and Ornstein, N. "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 R Peabody and N Polsby, 186-269. Rand McNally, 1977.
  - Rohde, D, and Ornstein, N. "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.
  - Rohde, D, and Ornstein, N. "Revolt From Within: Congressional Change, Legislative Policy and the House Commerce Committee." In Legislative Reform and Public Policy, edited by J Peters and S Welch, 54-72. Prager, 1977.
  - Rohde, D, Fiorina, M, and Wissel, P. "Historical Change in House Turnover." In Congress in Change, edited by N Ornstein, 24-57. Prager, 1975.
  - Rohde, D, and Ornstein, N. "Seniority and Future Power in Congress." In Congress in Change, edited by N Ornstein, 72-87. Prager, 1975.
  - 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 RG Niemi and HF Weisberg, 165-178. Charles Merrill, 1972.
- Conference Papers
  - King, A, Orlando, F, and Rohde, DW. "Between Introduction and Passage: Amending Activity in the United States Congress." 2012.
  - Aldrich, J, King, AS, Orlando, FJ, and Rohde, DW. "Lending a Hand: A Closer Look at Inter-Branch Relations." 2011.
  - Brady, MC, and Rohde, DW. "“Moving Beyond Mavericks: Competing Individual Member Vote Misclassifications in the 75th to the 110th Congresses." 2009.
  - Stiglitz, EH, Rohde, DW, and Weingast, BR. "Dynamic Congressional Organization: A Theory of Institutional Stability and Reform.”." 2009.
  - Finocchiaro, CJ, and Rohde, DW. "War for the floor: Partisan theory and agenda control in the US house of representatives." February 2008. Full Text Link to Item
  - Rohde, DW, Stiglitz, EH, and Weingast, BR. "“Parties, Committees, and Pivots: A Reassessment of the Literature on Congressional Organization”." 2008.
  - Brady, MC, and Rohde, DW. "When Good Predictions Go Bad: Vote Context, Win Margins, and Misclassified Votes in the 75th to 108th Congresses." September 2, 2007.
  - Rohde, D. "It Takes Two: Examining Congress with a Two-Dimensional Political Space." 2005.
  - Aldrich, JH, and Rohde, DW. "Balance of power: Republican party leadership and the committee system in the 104th House." November 1997. Link to Item
- Journal Articles
  - Aldrich, JH, Ballard, AO, Lerner, JY, and Rohde, DW. "Does the Gift Keep on Giving? House Leadership PAC Donations before and after Majority Status." The Journal of Politics 79, no. 4 (October 2017): 1449-1453. Full Text
  - King, AS, Orlando, FJ, and Rohde, D. "Setting the Table: Majority Party Effects in the United States Senate." Congress & the Presidency 43, no. 1 (January 2, 2016): 55-81. Full Text
  - Abramson, PR, Aldrich, JH, Press, CO, and Rohde, DW. "Joseph A. Schlesinger In Memoriam." PS-POLITICAL SCIENCE & POLITICS 48, no. 4 (October 2015): 651-652. Link to Item
  - Aldrich, JH, Bishop, BH, Hatch, RS, Hillygus, SD, and Rohde, DW. "Blame, Responsibility, and the Tea Party in the 2010 Midterm Elections." Political Behavior 36, no. 3 (September 2014): 471-491. Full Text
  - Rohde, DW. "Reflections on the practice of theorizing: Conditional party government in the twenty-first century." Journal of Politics 75, no. 4 (October 1, 2013): 849-864. (Review) Full Text
  - Crespin, MH, Rohde, DW, and Vander Wielen, RJ. "Measuring variations in party unity voting: An assessment of agenda effects." Party Politics 19, no. 3 (May 1, 2013): 432-457. Full Text
  - Aldrich, JH, Bishop, BH, Hatch, RS, Sunshine Hillygus, D, and Rohde, DW. "Blame, Responsibility, and the Tea Party in the 2010 Midterm Elections." Political Behavior (2013): 1-21.
  - Aldrich, JH, Perry, BN, and Rohde, DW. "House Appropriations After the Republican Revolution." Congress and the Presidency 39, no. 3 (September 1, 2012): 229-253. Full Text
  - Duff, JF, and Rohde, DW. "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. Full Text
  - Theriault, SM, and Rohde, DW. "The Gingrich Senators and Party Polarization in the US Senate." JOURNAL OF POLITICS 73, no. 4 (October 2011): 1011-1024. Full Text Link to Item
  - Crespin, MH, and Rohde, DW. "Dimensions, Issues, and Bills: Appropriations Voting on the House Floor." JOURNAL OF POLITICS 72, no. 4 (October 2010): 976-989. Full Text Open Access Copy Link to Item
  - Carson, JL, Finocchiaro, CJ, and Rohde, DW. "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): 231-253. Full Text
  - Rohde, DW, and Theriault, SM. "Former Republican Representatives and Party Polarization in the U.S. Senate." (July 26, 2010).
  - Finocchiaro, CJ, and Rohde, DW. "War for the Floor: Partisan Theory and Agenda Control in the U.S. House of Representatives." Legislative Studies Quarterly 33 (February 2008): 35-61.
  - Carson, JL, Crespin, MH, Finocchiaro, CJ, and Rohde, DW. "Redistricting and Party polarization in the US House of representatives." AMERICAN POLITICS RESEARCH 35, no. 6 (November 2007): 878-904. Full Text Link to Item
  - Rohde, DW, and Shepsle, KA. "Advising and consenting in the 60-vote Senate: Strategic appointments to the supreme court." JOURNAL OF POLITICS 69, no. 3 (August 2007): 664-677. Full Text Link to Item
  - Abramson, PR, Aldrich, JH, Rickershauser, J, and Rohde, DW. "Fear in the voting booth: The 2004 presidential election." POLITICAL BEHAVIOR 29, no. 2 (June 2007): 197-220. Full Text Link to Item
  - Aldrich, JH, Abramson, PR, and Rohde, DW. "On Elections." Edited by J Leighley. (2007). (Academic Article)
  - Souva, M, and Rohde, D. "“Elite Opinion Differences and Partisanship in Congressional Foreign Policy, 1975-1996.”." Political Research Quarterly 60 (2007): 113-123. (Academic Article)
  - Crespin, MH, Gold, SA, and Rohde, DW. "Ideology, electoral incentives, and congressional politics - The Republican House class of 1994." AMERICAN POLITICS RESEARCH 34, no. 2 (March 2006): 135-158. Full Text Link to Item
  - Abramson, P, Aldrich, J, Rickershauser, J, and Rohde, D. "Fear in the Voting Booth: The Presidential Election of 2004." Political Behavior 29 (2006): 127-220.
  - Souva, M, University, FS, Rohde, D, and University, D. "“An Electoral and Institutional Explanation of Bipartisanship in Congressional Foreign Policy." Political Research Quarterly 53 (2006). (Academic Article)
  - Abramson, PR, Aldrich, JH, and Rohde, DW. "The 2004 presidential election: The emergence of a permanent majority?." POLITICAL SCIENCE QUARTERLY 120, no. 1 (2005): 33-57. Full Text Link to Item
  - Aldrich, JH, Abramson, P, and Rohde, D. "Will Changing the Rules Change the Game?: Front-loading and the 2004 Presidential Nomination." The Berkeley Electronic Press 1, no. 3 (May 2003). (Academic Article)
  - Rohde, D, Abramson, P, and Aldrich, J. "Will Changing the Rules Change the Game?: Front-loading and the 2004 Democratic Presidential Nomination." The Forum 1, no. 3, Article 1 (2003). (Academic Article)
  - Rohde, D, Carson, J, and Finocchiaro, C. "Partisanship, Consensus, and Committee-Floor Divergence: A Comparison of Member Behavior in the 96th and 104th Congresses." American Politics Research (2002): 3-33. (Academic Article)
  - Hurwitz, MS, Moiles, RJ, and Rohde, DW. "Distributive and partisan issues in agriculture policy in the 104th house." American Political Science Review 95, no. 4 (December 1, 2001): 911-922.
  - Carson, JL, Jenkins, JA, Rohde, DW, and Souva, MA. "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 (October 1, 2001): 887-898.
  - Marshall, BW, Prins, BC, and Rohde, DW. "PARTISANSHIP AND THE PURSE: THE MONEY COMMITTEES AND PROCEDURES IN THE POST-REFORM CONGRESS." Politics & Policy 29, no. 2 (June 2001): 291-314. Full Text
  - Abramson, PR, Aldrich, JH, Paolino, P, and Rohde, DW. "Challenges to the American two-party system: Evidence from the 1968, 1980, 1992, and 1996 presidential elections." POLITICAL RESEARCH QUARTERLY 53, no. 3 (September 2000): 495-522. Full Text Link to Item
  - Aldrich, JH, and Rohde, DW. "The Republican Revolution and the house Appropriations Committee." JOURNAL OF POLITICS 62, no. 1 (February 2000): 1-33. Full Text Link to Item
  - 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. (Academic Article)
  - Marshall, BW, Prins, BC, and Rohde, DW. "Fighting Fire With Water: Partisan Procedural Strategies and the Senate Appropriations Committee." Congress & the Presidency 26, no. 2 (September 1999): 113-132. Full Text
  - Aldrich, JH, and Rohde, DW. "The transition to Republican rule in the house: Implications for theories of congressional politics." POLITICAL SCIENCE QUARTERLY 112, no. 4 (1998): 541-567. Link to Item
  - Rohde, D. "The Inevitability and Solidity of the ’Republican Solid South’." The American Review of Politics 17 (1996): 23-46. (Academic Article)
  - ABRAMSON, PR, ALDRICH, JH, PAOLINO, P, and ROHDE, DW. "3RD-PARTY AND INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES IN AMERICAN POLITICS - WALLACE, ANDERSON, AND PEROT." POLITICAL SCIENCE QUARTERLY 110, no. 3 (1995): 349-367. Full Text Link to Item
  - Rohde, D, Abramson, P, Aldrich, J, and Paolino, P. "Third-Party and Independent Candidates in American Politics." Political Science Quarterly 110 (1995): 349-367. (Academic Article)
  - Rohde, D, and Aldrich, J. "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. (Academic Article)
  - Rohde, D. "Parties and Committees in the House: Member Motivations, Issues, and Institutional Arrangements." Legislative Studies Quarterly 19 (1994): 341-359. (Academic Article)
  - Rohde, D. "The Fall Elections: Realignment and Dealignment." Chronicle of Higher Education (1994): B1-B2. (Academic Article)
  - Rohde, D. "Clinton and Congress Under Semi-Unified Government." Extensions of Remarks A.P.S.A Legistudies Section Newsletter 17 (1993): 8-9. (Academic Article)
  - ABRAMSON, PR, ALDRICH, JH, PAOLINO, P, and ROHDE, DW. "SOPHISTICATED VOTING IN THE 1988 PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES." AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW 86, no. 1 (March 1992): 55-69. Full Text Link to Item
  - Rohde, D, and Spaeth, H. "Ideology, Strategy and Supreme Court Decisions: William Rehnquist as Chief Justice." Judicature (1989): 247-250. (Academic Article)
  - Rohde, DW. "Studying Congressional Norms: Concepts and Evidence." Congress & the Presidency 15, no. 2 (September 1988): 139-145. Full Text
  - Rohde, DW, and Shepsle, KA. "Leaders and Followers in the House of Representatives: Reflections on Woodrow Wilson's Congressional Government." Congress & the Presidency 14, no. 2 (September 1987): 111-133. Full Text
  - Abramson, PR, Rohde, DW, and Aldrich, JH. "Progressive Ambition among United States Senators: 1972-1988." Journal of Politics (February 1987).
  - Rohde, D. "The Changing Shape of Partisanship Among Democrats in Congress." A.P.S.A. Legislative Studies Section Newsletter 10 (1987): 93-96. (Academic Article)
  - Rohde, D, and Simon, D. "Presidential Vetoes and Congressional Response: A Study of Institutional Conflict." American Journal of Political Science 29 (1985): 397-427. (Academic Article)
  - Niemi, RG, Rabinowitz, G, Rohde, DW, and Aldrich, JH. "The Measurement of Public Opinion about Public Policy: A Report on Some New Issue Question Formats." American Journal of Political Science (May 1982).
  - 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. (Academic Article)
  - Rohde, D, and Shepsle, K. "Membership Turnover and Congressional Reform: The More Things Change, The More They May or May Not Stay The Same." Policy Studies Journal 5 (1977): 469-476. (Academic Article)
  - Rohde, D. "Some Clarifications Regarding a Theory of Supreme Court Coalition Formation." American Journal of Political Science 21 (1977): 409-413. (Academic Article)
  - Rohde, D, Ornstein, N, and Peabody, R. "The United States Senate as a Presidential Incubator: Many Are Called, But Few Are Chosen." Political Science Quarterly 91 (1976): 237-258. (Academic Article)
  - Rohde, D. "Committee reformin the House of Representatives and the 'Subcommittee Bill of Rights'." The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences 411 (1974): 39-47. (Academic Article)
  - Rohde, D. "Public Financing of Federal Election Campaigns." Columbia Human Rights Law Review 6 (1974): 43-58. (Academic Article)
  - Rohde, D, and Shepsle, K. "Democratic Committee Assignments in the House of Representatives: Strategic Aspects of a Social Choice Process." American Political Science Review 67 (1973): 889-905. (Academic Article)
  - Rohde, D. "Policy Goals and Opinion Coalitions in the Supreme Court." Midwest Journal of Political Science 16 (1972): 208-224. (Academic Article)
  - Rohde, D. "Policy Goals, Strategic Choice and Majority Opinion Assignments in the U. S. Supreme Court." Midwest Journal of Political Science 16 (1972): 652-682. (Academic Article)
  - Rohde, D. "Comments on 'A Cost Theory of Judicial Alignments'." Midwest Journal of Political Science 14 (1970): 331-336. (Academic Article)
  - Aldrich, J, Brady, MC, de Marchi, S, McDonald, I, Nyhan, B, Rohde, DW, and Tofias, M. "The Dynamics of Partisan Behavior: CPG in the House and in the Districts 1982-2000."
- Other Articles
  - Abramson, PR, Aldrich, JH, and Rohde, DW. "Studying American Elections." (May 2, 2010). (Chapter) Full Text
  - Rohde, DW, Monroe, NW, and Roberts, JM. "Why Not Parties?: Party Effects in the United States Senate." (2008).
  - Rohde, DW. "The Thrill of Defeat." New Republic (2008).
  - Rohde, D, and Bueno de Mesquita, B. "The Making of U. S. Foreign Policy: An Annotated Bibliography." (1972). (Scholarly Commentary)
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