Research
Chris Chapp
My primary research interests involve voting behavior and electoral campaigns in the United States, political psychology, religion and politics, and research methodology.
In addition to continuing my work on religion and politics in U.S. elections, I am also interested in political campaign communication and public opinion. For a full list of published research and writing, please see my CV. Online appendices for published work can be found here. Please feel free to contact me with inquiries about research, or for replication data.
Peer-reviewed Book
Religious Rhetoric and American Politics: The Endurance of Civil Religion in Electoral Campaigns. 2012. Ithaca: Cornell University Press.
The attached PDF files are intended as a technical and statistical supplement to Religious Rhetoric in American Politics: The Endurance of Civil Religion in Electoral Campaigns, published by Cornell University Press. More information about the book can be found by clicking here.
Journal Articles
“Newspapers and Political Participation: The Relationship Between Ballot Rolloff and Local Newspaper Circulation,” with Peter Aehl. Spring, 2021. Newspaper Research Journal.
“Frequency and Specificity of Pediatric Health Policy Discussions in Political Campaigns,” with Tyler J. Benning and Grayson B. Ashby. 2020. Journal of the American Medical Association, Pediatrics.
“Religion in American Presidential Campaigns, 1952-2016: Applying a New Framework for Understanding Candidate Communication,” with Kevin Coe. 2019. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.
“Going Vague: Ambiguity and Avoidance in Online Political Messaging,” with Paul Roback, Kendra Johnson-Tesch, Adrian Rossing, and Jack Werner. 2018. Social Science Computer Review.
“Moral Power: How Public Opinion on Culture War Issues Shapes Partisan Predispositions and Religious Orientations,” with Paul Goren. American Political Science Review.
“Religious Rhetoric Meets the Target Audience: Narrowcasting Faith in Presidential Elections,” with Kevin Coe. 2016. Communication Monographs.
“Language for Winning Hearts and Minds: Verb Aspect in U.S. Presidential Campaign Speeches Engages Emotion,” with David A. Havas. 2016. Frontiers in Psychology.
“Improving Tobacco-Free Advocacy on College Campuses: A Novel Strategy to Aid in the Understanding of Student Perceptions About Policy Proposals,” with Brandi S. Niemeier and Whitney Henley. 2014. Journal of American College Health.
Book Chapters
“Negative Partisanship and Negative Partisan Branding: Twitter, Websites, and the 2020 Congressional Elections.” With Whitney Hua and Jorge Esparza Hernandez. 2022. In Polarization and Party Factions in the 2020 Election. Edited by Jennifer C. Lucas, Christopher J. Galdieri, and Tauna S. Sisco. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
“Resource Mobilization Among Religious Activists.” 2019. In Oxford Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion. Oxford University Press.
“Experienced Legislator or Career Politician? Outsider Rhetoric in the 2016 Election,” with Dan Hofrenning, Tyler Benning, and Aidan Zielske. In Conventional Wisdom, Parties, and Broken Barriers in the 2016 Election, eds. Jennifer C. Lucas, Christopher J. Galdieri, and Tauna Starbuck Sisco. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
“Partisan Extremity in the 2014 Midterm Elections: How Primaries and Incumbency Influence Polarized Position-Taking on Campaign Websites,” with Kevin Parsneau. Political Communication & Strategy: Consequences of the 2014 Midterm Elections, eds. Tauna S. Sisco, Jennifer C. Lucas, Christopher J. Galdieri. 2017. University of Akron Press.
“Economic Appeals in Unequal Communities: Stump Speeches in the 2012 Presidential Election,” in The American Election 2012: Contexts and Consequences, eds. Ward Holder and Peter Josephson. New York: Palgrave.
“The Political Psychology of Cooperation: Synthesis and Prospects,” with Sullivan, Brandon A., Mark Snyder, John L. Sullivan. 2007. In Cooperation: The Political Psychology of Effective Human Interaction, eds. Brandon A. Sullivan, Mark Snyder, and John L. Sullivan. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.
Other Publications
Civility as Strategy Meets Minnesota Nice: The 2018 Gubernatorial and Senate Debates in Minnesota.” With Douglas Casson. June 2020. In Civility in the 2018 U.S. Senate Debates: Essays on U.S. Senate Debates in Arizona, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, Ohio, Texas, and Wisconsin. Robert Boatright, Ed. National Institute for Civil Discourse.
“Evangelical voters will almost surely vote for Donald Trump. Here’s why.” With Paul Goren. October 3, 2016. The Washington Post.
“Piety, Politics, and Conviction.” With Paul Goren. 2016. Reflections A Magazine of Theological and Ethical Inquiry from the Yale Divinity School.
“A Political Scientist Surveys the Recall Election.” June 5, 2012. Religion and Politics.
“Ryan Unlikely to Win Over Wisconsin.” September 28, 2012. The Hill’s Congress Blog.
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