Daniel M. Thompson

Assistant Professor · Political Science · UCLA
dthompson at polisci dot ucla dot edu
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I am an assistant professor of political science at UCLA studying American politics and political methodology. I study how the rules governing elections affect who participates, who wins, and ultimately the policies governments choose. I collect new data on elections and electoral institutions which I combine with large administrative datasets on government behavior. I then use modern empirical techniques for causal inference to study how electoral institutions shape election outcomes and public policy. Prior to joining UCLA, I received a PhD in political science from Stanford in 2020 and a Master of Public Policy degree from UC Berkeley in 2014.
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Publications

Did Private Election Administration Funding Advantage Democrats in 2020? Joint with Apoorva Lal. 2024. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121(22):1-11. (Online appendix, Coverage: Wall Street Journal, Washington Post)
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Working Papers