Reed Merrill
Ph.D. Student
Research Areas
Public opinion
Elections
Methodology
My research focuses on the determinants of electoral outcomes in American politics. I am interested in the influence of political polarization on attitude formation, vote choice, and aggregate shifts in partisan identity. In the future, I also plan to do methodological research into the comparative advantages and disadvantages of in-person versus web-based surveying. I am also interested in broader issues concerning measurement error in survey-based research.