Enrijeta Shino
Assistant Professor of Political Science
The University of Alabama
I study elections, voting behavior, public opinion, and political methodology. I am also a Faculty Affiliate at the University of Alabama’s Institute for Social Science Research.
My research has been published in journals including Public Opinion Quarterly, Political Science Quarterly, Political Science Research and Methods, Political Research Quarterly, State Politics and Policy Quarterly, Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, Electoral Studies, American Politics Research, and Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology.
My work has been covered by The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Vox, Newsweek, and NPR.
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Publications
Titles link to the published article.
Peer-reviewed articles
2026
- Laboratories of Electoral Democracies: What Have We Learned from a Quarter Century of Research on Voting and Elections in the American States? State Politics and Policy Quarterly
- Partisan Bias in Mass Opinion of Electoral Malfeasance: Rates, Victims, Perpetrators, and Policy Solutions Political Science Quarterly
- Leader Motivated Behavior: Voting by Mail in the 2020 General Election Public Opinion Quarterly
- Validating Vote-by-Mail Ballots: The Subjective Nature of Signature Verification Political Research Quarterly
2025
- The Effect of Mail Ballot Tracking on Egotropic Voter Confidence Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties
- Treating a Friend to Voter Registration in a Divided America PLOS One
- The Power of the Leader: Party Approval and Institutional Trust Party Politics
- Vote Method and Confidence in Elections Political Research Quarterly
- Vote-by-Mail in the United States Journal of Election Administration Research & Practice
- Not a Teammate and Not a Fan: Probing the Identities of Unaffiliated Registered Voters State Politics and Policy Quarterly
- Personal Damage from Tropical Disasters Increases Republicans' Support for Climate Change Policies Journal of Environmental Psychology
2024
- The Changing South in Presidential Elections Party Politics
- Campus Voting during the COVID-19 Pandemic American Politics Research 52(3): 225–238
- The Fall of Trump: Mobilization and Vote Switching in the 2020 Presidential Election Political Science Research and Methods 12(2): 229–248
- Access or Experience? Determinants of Distrust in US Elections American Politics Research 52(2): 97–111
- Mail Voting and Voter Turnout Election Law Journal 23(1): 1–18
2023
- Voter Habituation and Opinion Activation in Misreporting Voting Behavior in the 2020 Presidential Election The Social Science Journal
- The Effects of Election Administration Changes on Voters of Color in Florida Journal of Election Administration Research & Practice 2(1): 38–54
2022
- Lying for Trump? Elite Cue-Taking and Expressive Responding on Vote Method Public Opinion Quarterly 86(4): 837–861
- Redrawn, Withdrawn: The Effects of Redistricting on the Representative-Constituent Relationship Election Law Journal
- Determined by Mode? Representation and Measurement Effects in a Dual-Mode Statewide Survey Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology 10(1): 183–202
2021
- Determinants of Rejected Mail Ballots in Georgia's 2018 General Election Political Research Quarterly, pp. 231–243
- The Different Faces of Public Opinion: Is the American Voter Tinted by Mode? International Journal of Public Opinion Research 33(4): 756–778
- Pandemic Politics: COVID-19, Health Concerns, and Vote Choice in the 2020 General Election Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties 31: 191–205
- Election Administration and Public Records Responsiveness Public Integrity
2020
- Political Knowledge and Convenience Voting Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties
- Mobilizing the Youth Vote? Early Voting on College Campuses Election Law Journal 19(4): 524–541
- Verifying Voter Registration Records American Politics Research 48(6): 677–681. Special Symposium on Election Sciences
- Defying the Rally During COVID-19 Pandemic: A Regression Discontinuity Approach Social Science Quarterly 101(5): 1979–1994
- Telephone Survey Calling Patterns, Productivity, Survey Responses, and their Effect on Measuring Public Opinion Field Methods 32(3): 291–308
2018
- Timing the Habit: Voter Registration and Turnout Electoral Studies 51: 72–82
Book chapters and reviews
Forthcoming
- Voting Behavior and Participation: What Drives Us to the Polls De Gruyter
2023
- Vote Choice During a Pandemic: How Health Concerns Shaped the 2020 Presidential Election Palgrave, pp. 139–159
2021
- Review of Making Young Voters: Converting Civic Attitudes into Civic Action, by John B. Holbein and D. Sunshine Hillygus Oxford University Press
2020
- Review of The Turnout Myth: Voting Rates and Partisan Outcomes in American National Elections, by Daron Shaw and John Petrocik Oxford University Press, pp. 1233–1234
Teaching
University of Alabama 2022–present
- PSC 611 Political Behavior graduate
- PSC 616 Election Reform in America graduate
- PSC 411 Public Opinion
- PSC 375 Election Reform in America
- PSC 373 Political Participation
Media
Selected coverage. The full list is in the CV.
- USA Today Primary elections today: Key races to watch in the South, West 2026
- USA Today Three things to look for in a jam-packed primary election week 2026
- The New York Times Voting is bewildering this primary season. That worries experts. 2024
- Australian Outlook Election Distrust in America: Unraveling the Past and Shaping the Future 2024
- LSE US Centre (USAPP) Renewed threats to oust the Speaker show the dire implications for US democracy of Trump's takeover of the Republican Party 2024
- PsyPost Study reveals “lying for Trump” trend among mail-in voters in Florida 2024
- The New York Times Republicans face setbacks in push to tighten voting laws on college campuses 2023
- The New York Times This is one Republican strategy that isn't paying off 2023
- The Boston Globe A blue state, but Massachusetts electorate has become something else: The cradle of independents 2023
- The New York Times Which party would benefit most from voting by mail? It's complicated. 2020
- The Washington Post Do you usually vote by mail? A lot of Republicans who do won't say so. 2020
- The Washington Post Here's the problem with mail-in ballots: They might not be counted. 2020
- The Wall Street Journal Thinking about moving to Georgia to vote in runoffs? Better hurry and plan to stay. 2020
- Vox How to fix America's voter registration system so more people can vote 2020
- Newsweek Record amount of mail-in votes could be rejected in 2020 election 2020
- The Conversation Your voting habits may depend on when you registered to vote 2018
Contact
- eshino@ua.edu
- Office
- 326 ten Hoor Hall
Department of Political Science
The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama - Elsewhere
- Google Scholar, GitHub, X (Twitter)