A PDF copy of my CV is available here.
Peer Reviewed Book
A Citizen's Guide to U.S. Elections: Empowering Democracy in America. 2016. (with Costas Panagopoulos). New York: Routledge. [Publisher's webpage]. [Amazon].
Peer Reviewed Articles
53. Weinschenk, Aaron and Kevin Smith. Forthcoming. "Is Political Anxiety Different Than General Anxiety?" Politics and the Life Sciences.
52. Shah, Paru, Aaron Weinschenk, and Zach Yiannias. Forthcoming. "Schoolhouse Rocked: Pandemic Politics and the Nationalization of School Board Elections." State Politics & Policy Quarterly. [link].
51. Holbrook, Thomas, Amanda Heideman, and Aaron Weinschenk. Forthcoming. “Objective Conditions, Political Knowledge, and Perceptions of Electoral Competition in U.S. Mayoral Elections.” Social Science Quarterly. [link]
50. Kaden Paulson-Smith, David Nehlsen, Jacob Lau, Jared Knutson, Jake Wesner, Mackenzie Klug, Gage Beck, Brady Reinhard, and Aaron Weinschenk. Forthcoming. “The Politics of Words: A Survey Experiment on ‘Defund the Police.’” The Social Science Journal. [link]
49. Smith, Kevin, Aaron Weinschenk, and Costas Panagopoulos. Forthcoming. “On Pins and Needles: Anxiety, Politics, and the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election.” Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties. [link].
48. Hebbelstrup Rye Rasmussen, Stig, Aaron Weinschenk, Christopher Dawes, and Robert Klemmensen. Forthcoming. “Parental transmission and the importance of the (non-causal) effects of education on political engagement: Missing the forest for the trees.” Social Psychological and Personality Science. [link].
47. Panagopoulos, Costas and Aaron C. Weinschenk. Forthcoming. “Health and Election Outcomes: Evidence from the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election.” Political Research Quarterly. [link].
46. Weinschenk, Aaron, Robert Klemmensen, Christopher Dawes, and Stig Hebbelstrup Rye Rasmussen. Forthcoming. “Genes, Personality, and Political Behavior: A Replication and Extension Using Danish Twins.” Politics and the Life Sciences. [link].
45. Weinschenk, Aaron. Forthcoming. “The Nationalization of School Superintendent Elections.” Social Science Quarterly. [link].
44. Weinschenk, Aaron, Robert Klemmensen, Stig Hebbelstrup Rye Rasmussen, Kaare Christensen, and Christopher Dawes. Forthcoming. “The Five Factor Model of Personality and Heritability: Evidence from Denmark.” Personality and Individual Differences. [link].
43. Weinschenk, Aaron, and Costas Panagopoulos. Forthcoming. “Attitudes and Perceptions about the 2020 Presidential Election and Turnout Intentions in the 2022 Midterms.” The Forum: A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics. [link].
42. Weinschenk, Aaron C., Christopher T. Dawes, Stig Hebbelstrup Rye Rasmussen, and Robert Klemmensen. Forthcoming. “The Relationship Between Education and Political Knowledge: Evidence from Discordant Danish Twins.” Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties. [link].
41. Weinschenk, Aaron, Costas Panagopoulos, and Sander van der Linden. Forthcoming. “Democratic Norms, Social Projection, and False Consensus in the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election.” Journal of Political Marketing. [link].
40. Hebbelstrup Rye Rasmussen, Stig, Aaron Weinschenk, Asbjørn Sonne Nørgaard, Jacob von Bornemann Hjelmborg, and Robert Klemmensen. Forthcoming. “Educational attainment has a causal effect on economic, but not social ideology: Evidence from discordant twins.” Political Studies. [link].
39. Weinschenk, Aaron, Christopher Dawes, Sven Oskarsson, Robert Klemmensen, and Asbjørn Sonne Nørgaard. “The Relationship Between Political Attitudes and Political Engagement: Evidence from Monozygotic Twins in the United States, Sweden, Germany, and Denmark.” Electoral Studies. [link].
38. Weinschenk, Aaron C. and Christopher T. Dawes. "Civic Education in High School and Voter Turnout in Adulthood." British Journal of Political Science. [link].
37. Weinschenk, Aaron C. and Costas Panagopoulos. “Are Campaign Contributions Perceived as a Civic Duty? The Social Science Journal. [link].
36. Weinschenk, Aaron C. "Creating and Implementing an Undergraduate Research Lab in Political Science." Journal of Political Science Education. [link].
35. Bell, Edward, Christopher Dawes, Aaron Weinschenk, Rainer Riemann, and Christian Kandler. "Patterns and Sources of the Association between Intelligence, Party Identification, and Political Orientations." Intelligence. [link].
34. Weinschenk, Aaron C., and 14 undergraduate students from my research lab. Forthcoming. "Have State Supreme Court Elections Nationalized?" Justice System Journal. [link].
33. Christopher T. Dawes and Aaron C. Weinschenk. "On the Genetic Basis of Political Orientation." Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. [link].
32. Weinschenk, Aaron C., Christopher T. Dawes and Sven Oskarsson. "Does Education Instill Civic Duty? Evidence from Monozygotic Twins in the United States and Sweden." International Journal of Public Opinion Research. [link].
31. Holbrook, Thomas M. and Aaron C. Weinschenk. "Information, Political Bias, and Public Perceptions of Local Conditions." Political Research Quarterly. [link] [Replication archive].
30. Holbrook, Thomas, M. and Aaron C. Weinschenk. "Are Perceptions of Local Conditions Rooted in Reality? Evidence from Two Large-Scale Local Surveys." American Politics Research. [link].
29. Devine, Christopher, and Aaron C. Weinschenk. "Surrogate-in-Chief: Did Bill Clinton’s Campaign Visits Help (or Hurt) Hillary Clinton in 2016?" The Forum: A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics. [link].
28. Weinschenk, Aaron C., Christopher T. Dawes. "The Type of Student You Were in High School Predicts Voter Turnout in Adulthood." Social Science Quarterly. [link].
27. Weinschenk, Aaron C., Christopher T. Dawes, Christian Kandler, Ed Bell, and Rainer Riemann. "New Evidence on the Link Between Genes, Psychological Traits, and Political Engagement." Politics and the Life Sciences. [link].
26. Weinschenk, Aaron C. and Christopher T. Dawes. "Moral Foundations, System Justification, and Support for Trump in the 2016 Presidential Election." The Forum: A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics. [link].
25. Weinschenk, Aaron C. and Christopher T. Dawes. "The Effect of Education on Political Knowledge: Evidence from Monozygotic Twins." American Politics Research. [link].
24. Weinschenk, Aaron C. and Christopher T. Dawes. "The Genetic and Psychological Underpinnings of Generalized Social Trust." Journal of Trust Research. [link].
23. Weinschenk, Aaron C., Costas Panagopoulos, Karly Drabot, and Sander van der Linden. “Gender and Social Conformity: Do Men and Women Respond Differently to Social Pressure to Vote?” Social Influence. [link].
22. Weinschenk, Aaron C. and Costas Panagopoulos. "The Dynamics of Voter Preferences in the 2016 Presidential Election." The Forum: A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics. [link].
21. Panagopoulos, Costas, Kyle Endres, and Aaron C. Weinschenk. “Pre-election Poll Accuracy and Bias in the 2016 General Elections." Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties. [link].
20. Weinschenk, Aaron C. “That's Why the Lady Lost to the Trump: Demographics and the 2016 Presidential Election.” Journal of Political Marketing. [link].
19. Weinschenk, Aaron C. and Christopher T. Dawes. "Genes, Personality Traits, and the Sense of Civic Duty." American Politics Research. [link].
18. Weinschenk, Aaron C. and Christopher T. Dawes. "The Relationship between Genes, Personality Traits, and Political Interest." Political Research Quarterly. [link].
17. Weinschenk, Aaron C. and Costas Panagopoulos. "Convention Effects: Examining the Impact of National Presidential Nominating Conventions on Information, Preferences, and Behavioral Intentions." Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties. [link].
16. Weinschenk, Aaron C. "Conventional Wisdom: Political Learning During Presidential Nominating Conventions." Presidential Studies Quarterly. [link].
15. Weinschenk, Aaron C. "Big Five Personality Traits, Political Participation, and Civic Engagement: Evidence from 24 Countries." Social Science Quarterly. [link]. [supplementary materials].
14. Weinschenk, Aaron C. and David J. Helpap. "Political Trust in the American States." State and Local Government Review. [link].
13. Weinschenk, Aaron C. and Costas Panagopoulos. "Personality, Negativity, and Political Participation." Journal of Social and Political Psychology. [link].
12. Weinschenk, Aaron C. "Campaign Field Offices and Voter Mobilization in 2012." Presidential Studies Quarterly. [link].
11. Holbrook, Thomas M. and Aaron C. Weinschenk. "Money, Candidates, and Mayoral Elections." Electoral Studies. [link].
10.Weinschenk, Aaron C. and Thomas M. Holbrook. "The Determinants of Campaign Spending in Mayoral Elections." State and Local Government Review. [link].
9. Holbrook, Thomas M. and Aaron C. Weinschenk. "Campaigns, Mobilization, and Turnout in Mayoral Elections." Political Research Quarterly. [link].
8. Weinschenk, Aaron C. "Polarization, Ideology, and Vote Choice in U.S. Congressional Elections." Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties. [link].
7. Weinschenk, Aaron C. "Partisanship and Voting Behavior: An Update.” Presidential Studies Quarterly. [link].
6. Weinschenk, Aaron C. "Personality Traits and the Sense of Civic Duty." American Politics Research. [link].
5. Weinschenk, Aaron C. "Partisan Pocketbooks: The Politics of Personal Financial Evaluations." Social Science Quarterly. [link].
4. Cera, Joseph and Aaron C. Weinschenk. "The Conditional Effects of Competing Messages During Presidential Nominating Conventions." Presidential Studies Quarterly. [link].
3. Cera, Joseph and Aaron C. Weinschenk. "The Individual-Level Effects of Presidential Conventions on Candidate Evaluations." American Politics Research. [link].
2. Holbrook, Thomas M., Clayton Clouse, and Aaron C. Weinschenk. "Bringing the President Back In: The Collapse of Lehman Brothers and the Evolution of Retrospective Voting in the 2008 Presidential Election." Political Research Quarterly. [link].
1. Weinschenk, Aaron C. "Revisiting the Political Theory of Party Identification." Political Behavior. [link].
Other Writing
1. Weinschenk, Aaron C., Bert N. Bakker, Christopher T. Dawes, Gillian Finchilescu, and Robert Klemmensen. 2020. Introduction to special issue of Personality and Individual Differences on personality and politics. [link].
Book Chapters/Entries
5. Neil Kraus and Aaron C. Weinschenk. “A Blue State Turns Red: The Future of Wisconsin Politics in the Aftermath of the Surprising 2016 Election.” In Presidential Swing States: Why Only Ten Matter, 2nd Edition, Eds. David Schultz and Rafael Jacob. Lexington Books.
4. Weinschenk, Aaron C. “Wisconsin’s 8th Congressional district.” The Roads to Congress 2016, Eds. Sean Foreman and Marcia Godwin. Palsgrave Macmillan. 2017. [link].
3. Weinschenk, Aaron C. “Personality Traits" and "Talking Heads and Political Campaigns" In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Political Behavior, Editor Fathali M. Moghaddam.
2. Neil Kraus and Aaron C. Weinschenk. “The Badger State as a Battleground: Wisconsin Politics Past, Present, and Future” in Presidential Swing States: Why Only Ten Matter (editors David Schultz and Stacey Hunter-Hecht). Lexington Books. [link].
1. “Elections and Political Parties in Wisconsin.” In Wisconsin Government and Politics, 10th edition, Editor Thomas M. Holbrook. (with Thomas M. Holbrook, Terri Johnson, and Clayton Clouse). McGraw Hill. 2013. [link].
Peer Reviewed Book
A Citizen's Guide to U.S. Elections: Empowering Democracy in America. 2016. (with Costas Panagopoulos). New York: Routledge. [Publisher's webpage]. [Amazon].
Peer Reviewed Articles
53. Weinschenk, Aaron and Kevin Smith. Forthcoming. "Is Political Anxiety Different Than General Anxiety?" Politics and the Life Sciences.
52. Shah, Paru, Aaron Weinschenk, and Zach Yiannias. Forthcoming. "Schoolhouse Rocked: Pandemic Politics and the Nationalization of School Board Elections." State Politics & Policy Quarterly. [link].
51. Holbrook, Thomas, Amanda Heideman, and Aaron Weinschenk. Forthcoming. “Objective Conditions, Political Knowledge, and Perceptions of Electoral Competition in U.S. Mayoral Elections.” Social Science Quarterly. [link]
50. Kaden Paulson-Smith, David Nehlsen, Jacob Lau, Jared Knutson, Jake Wesner, Mackenzie Klug, Gage Beck, Brady Reinhard, and Aaron Weinschenk. Forthcoming. “The Politics of Words: A Survey Experiment on ‘Defund the Police.’” The Social Science Journal. [link]
49. Smith, Kevin, Aaron Weinschenk, and Costas Panagopoulos. Forthcoming. “On Pins and Needles: Anxiety, Politics, and the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election.” Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties. [link].
48. Hebbelstrup Rye Rasmussen, Stig, Aaron Weinschenk, Christopher Dawes, and Robert Klemmensen. Forthcoming. “Parental transmission and the importance of the (non-causal) effects of education on political engagement: Missing the forest for the trees.” Social Psychological and Personality Science. [link].
47. Panagopoulos, Costas and Aaron C. Weinschenk. Forthcoming. “Health and Election Outcomes: Evidence from the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election.” Political Research Quarterly. [link].
46. Weinschenk, Aaron, Robert Klemmensen, Christopher Dawes, and Stig Hebbelstrup Rye Rasmussen. Forthcoming. “Genes, Personality, and Political Behavior: A Replication and Extension Using Danish Twins.” Politics and the Life Sciences. [link].
45. Weinschenk, Aaron. Forthcoming. “The Nationalization of School Superintendent Elections.” Social Science Quarterly. [link].
44. Weinschenk, Aaron, Robert Klemmensen, Stig Hebbelstrup Rye Rasmussen, Kaare Christensen, and Christopher Dawes. Forthcoming. “The Five Factor Model of Personality and Heritability: Evidence from Denmark.” Personality and Individual Differences. [link].
43. Weinschenk, Aaron, and Costas Panagopoulos. Forthcoming. “Attitudes and Perceptions about the 2020 Presidential Election and Turnout Intentions in the 2022 Midterms.” The Forum: A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics. [link].
42. Weinschenk, Aaron C., Christopher T. Dawes, Stig Hebbelstrup Rye Rasmussen, and Robert Klemmensen. Forthcoming. “The Relationship Between Education and Political Knowledge: Evidence from Discordant Danish Twins.” Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties. [link].
41. Weinschenk, Aaron, Costas Panagopoulos, and Sander van der Linden. Forthcoming. “Democratic Norms, Social Projection, and False Consensus in the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election.” Journal of Political Marketing. [link].
40. Hebbelstrup Rye Rasmussen, Stig, Aaron Weinschenk, Asbjørn Sonne Nørgaard, Jacob von Bornemann Hjelmborg, and Robert Klemmensen. Forthcoming. “Educational attainment has a causal effect on economic, but not social ideology: Evidence from discordant twins.” Political Studies. [link].
39. Weinschenk, Aaron, Christopher Dawes, Sven Oskarsson, Robert Klemmensen, and Asbjørn Sonne Nørgaard. “The Relationship Between Political Attitudes and Political Engagement: Evidence from Monozygotic Twins in the United States, Sweden, Germany, and Denmark.” Electoral Studies. [link].
38. Weinschenk, Aaron C. and Christopher T. Dawes. "Civic Education in High School and Voter Turnout in Adulthood." British Journal of Political Science. [link].
37. Weinschenk, Aaron C. and Costas Panagopoulos. “Are Campaign Contributions Perceived as a Civic Duty? The Social Science Journal. [link].
36. Weinschenk, Aaron C. "Creating and Implementing an Undergraduate Research Lab in Political Science." Journal of Political Science Education. [link].
35. Bell, Edward, Christopher Dawes, Aaron Weinschenk, Rainer Riemann, and Christian Kandler. "Patterns and Sources of the Association between Intelligence, Party Identification, and Political Orientations." Intelligence. [link].
34. Weinschenk, Aaron C., and 14 undergraduate students from my research lab. Forthcoming. "Have State Supreme Court Elections Nationalized?" Justice System Journal. [link].
33. Christopher T. Dawes and Aaron C. Weinschenk. "On the Genetic Basis of Political Orientation." Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. [link].
32. Weinschenk, Aaron C., Christopher T. Dawes and Sven Oskarsson. "Does Education Instill Civic Duty? Evidence from Monozygotic Twins in the United States and Sweden." International Journal of Public Opinion Research. [link].
31. Holbrook, Thomas M. and Aaron C. Weinschenk. "Information, Political Bias, and Public Perceptions of Local Conditions." Political Research Quarterly. [link] [Replication archive].
30. Holbrook, Thomas, M. and Aaron C. Weinschenk. "Are Perceptions of Local Conditions Rooted in Reality? Evidence from Two Large-Scale Local Surveys." American Politics Research. [link].
29. Devine, Christopher, and Aaron C. Weinschenk. "Surrogate-in-Chief: Did Bill Clinton’s Campaign Visits Help (or Hurt) Hillary Clinton in 2016?" The Forum: A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics. [link].
28. Weinschenk, Aaron C., Christopher T. Dawes. "The Type of Student You Were in High School Predicts Voter Turnout in Adulthood." Social Science Quarterly. [link].
27. Weinschenk, Aaron C., Christopher T. Dawes, Christian Kandler, Ed Bell, and Rainer Riemann. "New Evidence on the Link Between Genes, Psychological Traits, and Political Engagement." Politics and the Life Sciences. [link].
26. Weinschenk, Aaron C. and Christopher T. Dawes. "Moral Foundations, System Justification, and Support for Trump in the 2016 Presidential Election." The Forum: A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics. [link].
25. Weinschenk, Aaron C. and Christopher T. Dawes. "The Effect of Education on Political Knowledge: Evidence from Monozygotic Twins." American Politics Research. [link].
24. Weinschenk, Aaron C. and Christopher T. Dawes. "The Genetic and Psychological Underpinnings of Generalized Social Trust." Journal of Trust Research. [link].
23. Weinschenk, Aaron C., Costas Panagopoulos, Karly Drabot, and Sander van der Linden. “Gender and Social Conformity: Do Men and Women Respond Differently to Social Pressure to Vote?” Social Influence. [link].
22. Weinschenk, Aaron C. and Costas Panagopoulos. "The Dynamics of Voter Preferences in the 2016 Presidential Election." The Forum: A Journal of Applied Research in Contemporary Politics. [link].
21. Panagopoulos, Costas, Kyle Endres, and Aaron C. Weinschenk. “Pre-election Poll Accuracy and Bias in the 2016 General Elections." Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties. [link].
20. Weinschenk, Aaron C. “That's Why the Lady Lost to the Trump: Demographics and the 2016 Presidential Election.” Journal of Political Marketing. [link].
19. Weinschenk, Aaron C. and Christopher T. Dawes. "Genes, Personality Traits, and the Sense of Civic Duty." American Politics Research. [link].
18. Weinschenk, Aaron C. and Christopher T. Dawes. "The Relationship between Genes, Personality Traits, and Political Interest." Political Research Quarterly. [link].
17. Weinschenk, Aaron C. and Costas Panagopoulos. "Convention Effects: Examining the Impact of National Presidential Nominating Conventions on Information, Preferences, and Behavioral Intentions." Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties. [link].
16. Weinschenk, Aaron C. "Conventional Wisdom: Political Learning During Presidential Nominating Conventions." Presidential Studies Quarterly. [link].
15. Weinschenk, Aaron C. "Big Five Personality Traits, Political Participation, and Civic Engagement: Evidence from 24 Countries." Social Science Quarterly. [link]. [supplementary materials].
14. Weinschenk, Aaron C. and David J. Helpap. "Political Trust in the American States." State and Local Government Review. [link].
13. Weinschenk, Aaron C. and Costas Panagopoulos. "Personality, Negativity, and Political Participation." Journal of Social and Political Psychology. [link].
12. Weinschenk, Aaron C. "Campaign Field Offices and Voter Mobilization in 2012." Presidential Studies Quarterly. [link].
11. Holbrook, Thomas M. and Aaron C. Weinschenk. "Money, Candidates, and Mayoral Elections." Electoral Studies. [link].
10.Weinschenk, Aaron C. and Thomas M. Holbrook. "The Determinants of Campaign Spending in Mayoral Elections." State and Local Government Review. [link].
9. Holbrook, Thomas M. and Aaron C. Weinschenk. "Campaigns, Mobilization, and Turnout in Mayoral Elections." Political Research Quarterly. [link].
8. Weinschenk, Aaron C. "Polarization, Ideology, and Vote Choice in U.S. Congressional Elections." Journal of Elections, Public Opinion & Parties. [link].
7. Weinschenk, Aaron C. "Partisanship and Voting Behavior: An Update.” Presidential Studies Quarterly. [link].
6. Weinschenk, Aaron C. "Personality Traits and the Sense of Civic Duty." American Politics Research. [link].
5. Weinschenk, Aaron C. "Partisan Pocketbooks: The Politics of Personal Financial Evaluations." Social Science Quarterly. [link].
4. Cera, Joseph and Aaron C. Weinschenk. "The Conditional Effects of Competing Messages During Presidential Nominating Conventions." Presidential Studies Quarterly. [link].
3. Cera, Joseph and Aaron C. Weinschenk. "The Individual-Level Effects of Presidential Conventions on Candidate Evaluations." American Politics Research. [link].
2. Holbrook, Thomas M., Clayton Clouse, and Aaron C. Weinschenk. "Bringing the President Back In: The Collapse of Lehman Brothers and the Evolution of Retrospective Voting in the 2008 Presidential Election." Political Research Quarterly. [link].
1. Weinschenk, Aaron C. "Revisiting the Political Theory of Party Identification." Political Behavior. [link].
Other Writing
1. Weinschenk, Aaron C., Bert N. Bakker, Christopher T. Dawes, Gillian Finchilescu, and Robert Klemmensen. 2020. Introduction to special issue of Personality and Individual Differences on personality and politics. [link].
Book Chapters/Entries
5. Neil Kraus and Aaron C. Weinschenk. “A Blue State Turns Red: The Future of Wisconsin Politics in the Aftermath of the Surprising 2016 Election.” In Presidential Swing States: Why Only Ten Matter, 2nd Edition, Eds. David Schultz and Rafael Jacob. Lexington Books.
4. Weinschenk, Aaron C. “Wisconsin’s 8th Congressional district.” The Roads to Congress 2016, Eds. Sean Foreman and Marcia Godwin. Palsgrave Macmillan. 2017. [link].
3. Weinschenk, Aaron C. “Personality Traits" and "Talking Heads and Political Campaigns" In The SAGE Encyclopedia of Political Behavior, Editor Fathali M. Moghaddam.
2. Neil Kraus and Aaron C. Weinschenk. “The Badger State as a Battleground: Wisconsin Politics Past, Present, and Future” in Presidential Swing States: Why Only Ten Matter (editors David Schultz and Stacey Hunter-Hecht). Lexington Books. [link].
1. “Elections and Political Parties in Wisconsin.” In Wisconsin Government and Politics, 10th edition, Editor Thomas M. Holbrook. (with Thomas M. Holbrook, Terri Johnson, and Clayton Clouse). McGraw Hill. 2013. [link].