Northern Illinois University
Department of Political Science
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Emphasis

• Elections
• Political parties
• Legislatures
• Research methods

Overview of Scholarly Activity

Scot Schraufnagel, Ph.D., (Florida State University) is a professor and former chair. His research and teaching specialties are elections, U.S. Congress, political parties and state government, with an emphasis on promoting a civil, representative and effective governing process in the United States. He has a broad interest in institutional effectiveness and policymaking, with a particular academic focus on policy innovation. His published works have dealt with institutional arrangements that promote effective elections (worldwide) and the factors associated with productive legislatures.

Selected Publications

Books

Schraufnagel, S. (2024). Conflict in Congress: A Call for Moderation. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.

Pomante, M. II., Schraufnagel, S., & Li, Q. (2023). The Cost of Voting in the American States. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas.

Schraufnagel, S. (2011). Third Party Blues: The Truth and Consequences of Two-Party Dominance. London, UK: Routledge-Taylor Francis.

Journal Articles

Schraufnagel, S. (2023). Voting restrictions and public health: An analysis of state variation 1996-2020. State and Local Government Review, 56(1), 60-75.

Schraufnagel, S., Pomante, M. J. II., & Li, Q. (2020). The cost of voting in the American states: 2020. Election Law Journal, 19(4), 503-09. Of the 3.4 million scholarly articles tracked in 2020 for attention and discussion they generated, research on voting led by NIU political scientist Scot Schraufnagel clocked in at No. 80.

Testriono & Schraufnagel, S. (2020). Testing for incumbency advantages in a developing democracy: Local chief executive elections in Indonesia. Contemporary Southeast Asia, 42(2), 200-23. (Student co-author)

Yuan, M., & Schraufnagel, S. (2019). Two-dimensional legislative conflict: Unique implications for the effectiveness of local councils. Local Government Studies, 46(5), 780-99. (Student co-author)