Research

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My published peer-reviewed research has mainly fallen into two categories: American politics and neuroscience. At this point in my career I am primarily active in the former rather than the latter. Peer-reviewed publications are listed below as well as papers under review and working papers. For additional research, please see the SSB Research Lab and Data sections of this website.

Political Science Research

Peer-Reviewed Publications

  • Young, Sarah, and Matthew P. Thornburg. 2024. “Citizen Preferences and Awareness of Tax Revenue Options: Public Opinion on South Carolina’s ‘Tax Swap’.” State and Local Government Review 56(1). [Link to Paper]
  • Thornburg, Matthew P. 2023. “The Dynamics of Hidden Partisanship and Crossover Voting in Semi-closed Primaries.” State Politics & Policy Quarterly 23(2). [Link to Paper]
  • Young, Sarah, Matthew P. Thornburg, and David Wilson Steinmeyer. 2022. “Tax Salience, Escrow, and Support for Property Tax.” Journal of Political Science 50(1). [Link to Paper]
  • Thornburg, Matthew P. 2021. “Party Registration Deadlines and Hidden Partisanship: An Individual Analysis.” Commonwealth Review of Political Science 19(1). [Link to Paper]
  • Thornburg, Matthew P. 2020. “Anatomy of a One-Party Region: The Primacy of Race and White Partisanship in Southern State Legislative Elections.” Journal of Political Science 48(1). [Link to Paper]
  • Thornburg, Matthew P. 2019. “Party Registration Closing Date and Primary Turnout Among Democrats and Republicans.” New England Journal of Political Science 11(2): 160-196. [Link to Paper]
  • Thornburg, Matthew P. 2018. “Sooner or Later: Oklahoma Party Registration and Delayed Realignment.” Oklahoma Politics 28: 1 – 26. [Link to Paper]
  • Thornburg, Matthew P. 2014. “Party Registration and Party Self-Identification: Exploring the Role of Electoral Institutions in Attitudes and Behaviors.” Electoral Studies 36: 137 – 148. [Link to Paper]
  • McDonald, Michael P., and Matthew P. Thornburg. 2012. “Interview Mode Effects: The Case of Exit Polls and Early Voting.” Public Opinion Quarterly 76(2): 326 – 349. [Link to Paper]
  • McDonald, Michael P., and Matthew P Thornburg. 2012. “Registering the Youth Through Preregistration.” NYU Journal of Legislation and Public Policy 13: 551 – 572. [Link to Paper]

Chapters in Edited Volumes

  • Thornburg, Matthew P., and Robert E. Botsch. 2023. “Using Exit Polls to Teach Students and Sustain a Scholarly Agenda,” in The Palgrave Handbook of Teaching and Research in Political Science, eds. Charity Butcher, Tavishi Bhasin, Elizabeth Gordon, and Maia Hallward (London: Palgrave McMillan).
  • McDonald, Michael P., and Matthew P. Thornburg. 2008. “Redistricting,” in Political Encyclopedia of US States and Regions, ed. Donald Haider-Markel (Washington DC: CQ Press).

Papers Under Review/Working Papers

  • Georgian, Elizabeth and Matthew P. Thornburg. “Intersections and Intersectionality: Lessons from Establishing a Mock Trial Program at a Public Regional University.” (Under review)
  • Thornburg, Matthew P., Duncan A. Buell and Garrison Davis. “Understanding Nonpartisan Roll-Off Among Straight Party Voters.” (In preparation)
  • Thornburg, Matthew P. “Semi-Closed Primaries, Unaffiliated Registration, and Crossover Voting: The Case of Rhode Island.” (In preparation)

Neuroscience Research

Peer-Reviewed Publications

  • Kapogiannis, Dimitrios, Gopikrishna Deshpande, Frank Krueger, Matthew P. Thornburg and Jordan Henry Grafman. 2014. “Brain Networks Shaping Religious Belief.” Brain Connectivity 4(1): 70 – 79. [Link to Paper]
  • Krueger, Frank, Raja Parasuraman, Vijeth Iyengar, Matthew P. Thornburg, Jaap Weel, Mingkuan Lin, Ellen Clarke, Kevin McCabe, and Robert Lipsky. “Oxytocin Receptor Genetic Variation Promotes Human Trust Behavior.” Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 6: 4. [Link to Paper]