Publications:
Byron E. Shafer and Regina L. Wagner (Forthcoming): American Politics, 1770-2020: The Analytic History (Palgrave Macmillan)
Regina L. Wagner and Elizabeth M. Sawyer (2025): No One Wants to Back a Loser: The Timing, Rationales, and Strategic Considerations of Endorsements in the 2020 Democratic Primary. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion, and Parties XX(X), p. XXX-XXX. Published online Nov 12, 2025.
Byron E. Shafer and Regina L. Wagner (2025): Prologue to 2024. The Forum 22(2/3), p. 209-239.
Enrijeta Shino, Regina L. Wagner, Michael Binder, and Adrienne W. Lerner (2025): The Power of the Leader: Party Approval and Institutional Trust. Party Politics, published online Feb 19, 2025
Regina L. Wagner and Byron E. Shafer (2023): Electoral Dynamics: The House of Representatives in the Modern Era. The Forum 21(4), p. 573-596.
Regina L. Wagner (2022): Electoral Patterns in Alabama: Local Change and Continuity Amid National Trends (Palgrave Macmillan)
Regina L. Wagner and Byron E. Shafer (2022): The Social Roots of American Politics: A Widening Gyre? (Oxford University Press)
Byron E. Shafer and Regina L. Wagner (2022): The Activists Versus the Voters: Intra-Party Warfare in the Modern World In: John C. Green, Daniel J. Coffey & David B. Cohen (eds.). The State of the Parties: 2020 and Beyond. 9th Edition. (Rowman & Littlefield.)
Elizabeth M. Sawyer, Byron E. Shafer and Regina L. Wagner (2020): Misreporting: Social Scientists, Political Commentators, and the Politics of Presidential Selection. The Forum 18(4), p. 441-464.
Byron E. Shafer and Regina L. Wagner (2019): The Long War over Party Structure: Democratic Representation and Policy Responsiveness in American Politics. (Cambridge University Press).
Regina L. Wagner (2019): Invisible Forces: How Contextual Receptiveness to Women Shapes Women’s Representation in the U.S. Congress. Journal of Women, Politics, & Policy 40(4), p. 445-472.
Byron E. Shafer and Regina L. Wagner (2019): The Trump Presidency and the Structure of Modern American Politics. Perspectives on Politics 17(2), p. 340-357.
Byron E. Shafer and Regina L. Wagner (2018): Affirmations of an Aging Electoral Order. The Forum 16(4), p. 659-673.
Byron E. Shafer and Regina L. Wagner (2016): Modern Eras and Alternative Futures: The American Elections of 2016 in the Longest Run. The Forum 14(4), p. 399-413.
Byron E. Shafer, Regina L. Wagner, and Par Jason Engle (2014): The 2014 Midterm in the Longest Run: The Puzzle of a Modern Era. The Forum 12(4), p. 591-608.
Works in Progress:
“Patterns of Representation: Women’s Political Representation in the U.S. and the Conceptualization of Women”s Interests” (Book Manuscript Complete; Under Review at Oxford University Press)
“No One Wants to Back a Loser: The Timing, Rationales, and Strategic Considerations of Endorsements in the 2020 Democratic Primary” (with Elizabeth M. Sawyer) (R&R)
“Negative Representation in the U.S. House” (with Enrijeta Shino) (Book project; Data Collection in Progress)
“Do Interest Group Contributions Have a Gender Bias? Ideology-oriented Groups, Access-oriented Groups, and Women Candidates in Congressional Elections” (with Ruoxi Li) (In Preparation)
“Partisan Patterns, Electoral Shifts: Gubernatorial Elections in the U.S., 1912 – 2018″ (Data Collection in Progress)
“Military Veterans among Female Candidates” (with Elizabeth M. Sawyer)
“Incumbency, In-Party Presidential Vote Share, and Midterm Losses” (with Byron E. Shafer and Elizabeth M. Sawyer)
“The Impact of Contextual Diversity on the Behavior of Elites: The Case of Receptiveness to Women and Dissents on U.S. State Supreme Courts“
Select Conference Presentations:
“The Long and Winding Road to 2024: Critical Stops on the Road to the Parties of 2025″ (With Byron E. Shafer)
Annual Meeting of the MPSA, Chicago, IL
April 2026
“Negative Representation” (With Enrijeta Shino)
Annual Meeting of the SPSA, New Orleans, LA
January 2026
“Negative Representation” (With Enrijeta Shino)
Annual Meeting of the MPSA, Chicago, IL
April 2025
“The Power of the Leader: Party Approval and Institutional Trust” (With Enrijeta Shino)
Annual Meeting of the APSA, Philadelphia, PA
September 2024
“American Politics as Analytic History” (With Byron E. Shafer)
Policy History Conference, Columbus, OH
June 2023
“Electoral Dynamics: The House in the Modern Era” (With Byron E. Shafer)
Annual Meeting of the MPSA, Chicago, IL
April 2023
“No One Wants to Back a Loser: The Timing, Rationales, and Strategic Considerations of Endorsements in the 2020 Democratic Primary” (With Elizabeth M. Sawyer)
Annual Meeting of the APSA, Montreal, Canada
September 2022
“No One Wants to Back a Loser: The Timing, Rationales, and Strategic Considerations of Endorsements in the 2020 Democratic Primary” (With Elizabeth M. Sawyer)
Annual Meeting of the SPSA, San Antonio, TX
January 2022
“The Public versus the Activists: Party Structure in Modern American Politics” (With Byron E. Shafer)
State of the Parties Conference (Virtual)
November 2021
“Electoral Patterns in Alabama: Local Change and Continuity Amid National Trends”
Annual Meeting of the APSA, Seattle, WA
October 2021
“Author Meets Critic Panel: Structural Problems in Modern American Politics” (With Byron E. Shafer)
Annual Meeting of the APSA, San Francisco, CA (Virtual Meeting only because of COVID-19)
September 2020
“Do Interest Groups Contributions Have a Gender Bias?” (with Ruoxi Li)
Annual Meeting of the APSA, Washington, DC
September 2019
“A Blue Wave in the Sates? Gubernatorial Elections and the 2018 Midterms in Perspective”
Annual Meeting of the MPSA, Chicago, IL
April 2019
“Party Structure and Democratic Responsiveness” (with Byron E. Shafer)
Annual Meeting of the APSA, Boston, MA
September 2018
“Conceptualizations of Women’s Interests: Survey and Interview Data from State Legislators”
Annual Meeting of the MPSA, Chicago, IL
April 2018
“Conceptualizations of Women’s Interests: An In-Depth Look at State Legislatures”
Annual Meeting of the APSA, San Francisco, CA
September 2017
“Negative Representation in the U.S. House” (with Jennifer L. Brookhart)
Annual Meeting of the WPSA, Vancouver, BC
April 2017
“The Long War Over Party Structure: Political Parties and Representative Democracy in American Politics” (with Byron E. Shafer)
Annual Meeting of the APSA, Philadelphia, PA
September 2016
“Conceptualizing Women’s Interests: A Look at the U.S. Congress”
Annual Meeting of the APSA, San Francisco, CA
September 2015
”Representing Women: Substantive versus Descriptive Representation and the Conceptualization of Women’s Interests”
Invited Talk, Winant Seminar in American Government and Politics
Rothermere American Institute
Oxford University, Oxford, UK
February 2015
“Dissent on the U.S. State Supreme Courts: Measuring the Direct and Indirect Effects of Descriptive Representation”
Annual Meeting of the MPSA, Chicago, IL
April 2014
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