Research

Publications & papers

Peer-reviewed publications and working papers on American political institutions, executive politics, and elite rhetoric.

2026

Are Voters' Preferences Being Ignored in Governor's Agendas?

Benjamin S. Noble and Daniel M. Butler · Political Research Quarterly

2026

Presidential Leadership and Legislative Polarization

Benjamin S. Noble and Ian R. Turner · Presidential Studies Quarterly

2025

CueAnon: What QAnon Signals about Congressional Candidates and What it Costs Them

Benjamin S. Noble and Taylor N. Carlson · Political Behavior

★ Best paper, Political Behavior 2024

2024

Presidential Cues and the Nationalization of Congressional Rhetoric, 1973-2016

Benjamin S. Noble · American Journal of Political Science

2023

Energy versus Safety: Unilateral Action, Voter Welfare, and Executive Accountability

Benjamin S. Noble · Political Science Research and Methods

2022

Crime and Presidential Accountability: A Case of Racially Conditioned Issue Ownership

Benjamin S. Noble, Andrew Reeves, and Steven W. Webster · Public Opinion Quarterly

R&R

From the Briefing Room to Your Living Room: How the President Sets the Media's Agenda

David Ryan Miller, Benjamin S. Noble, and Erin L. Rossiter

Under review

Rhetorical Cohesion: Measuring Party Unity in Political Messaging

Gechun Lin and Benjamin S. Noble

2021

Public Opinion and Public Support in Crisis Management

Zoe Ang, Benjamin S. Noble, and Andrew Reeves · Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics