Why Americans Don't Join the Party:
Race, Immigration, and the Failure (of Political Parties) to Engage the Electorate
Zoltan L. Hajnal & Taeku Lee
Changing White Attitudes Toward Black Political Leadership. 2006. Cambridge University Press.
Who Loses in American Democracy? American Political Science Review 103, no. 1 (Feb) (2009): 37-57.
America's Uneven Democracy: Race, Turnout, and Representation in City Politics 2009 Cambridge University Press
Winner of the Best Book in Urban Politics, APSA
“Black Exceptionalism: Insights from Direct Democracy on the Race vs Class Debate” Research Article. 2007. Public Opinion Quarterly. 71(4): 560-587
“Where Turnout Matters: The Consequences of Uneven Turnout in City Politics” 2005 Journal of Politics. 67(2): 515-535. With Jessica Trounstine.
jop turnout matters
“Reviving Local Democracy: Institutional Solutions to Low Voter Turnout” 2003 Urban Affairs Review. 38(5):645-668. With Paul Lewis.
UAR voterturnout
“Minorities and Direct Legislation: Evidence from California Ballot Proposition Elections,” 2002 The Journal of Politics. 64(1):154-177. With Elisabeth Gerber and Hugh Louch.
jop -tyranny
“White Residents, Black Incumbents, and a Declining Racial Divide,” 2001 American Political Science Review. 95(3):603-617
apsr -white attitudes
“Who or What Governs: The Effects of Economics, Politics, Institutions, and Needs on Local Spending.” 2010. American Politics Research. 2010 38: 1130-1163 With Jessica Trounstine