Jeffrey Harden

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Political Science and Applied and Computational Mathematics and Statistics

Phone: 574-631-7280
Email: jeff.harden@nd.edu

Associate Professor

Political representation
Sunshine laws
State legislatures

Harden’s Latest News

February 06, 2023

Voter ID laws mobilize voters in both parties, rather than sway election results

The Illusion of Accountability: Representation and Transparency in American Legislatures

September 01, 2022

Research shows government transparency benefits special interest groups, not citizenry

Harden in the News

The News & Observer

NC’s new photo ID requirement could cause confusion in the 2024 election | Opinion

May 21, 2023

The latest study, led by Notre Dame political scientist Jeffrey Harden, [was] published Feb. 6 in PNAS, a journal of the National Academy of Sciences.

The National Pulse

Britain Introduces Voter ID, Joins a Growing Club of Countries Securing Their Elections.

April 11, 2023

The University of Notre Dame released a study this year that found that showing ID “motivated supporters of both parties equally” and has “little overall effect on the actual outcomes of… elections”.

CNHI News

Experts: Supreme Court shifting power to state legislatures

October 31, 2022

Jeff Harden, a political scientist at the University of Notre Dame, argues state legislatures have always held a lot of power, and the current trend in the Supreme Court isn’t giving them more.