@AmericanU Assistant Professor in Government, @UCLA PhD, @FulbrightPrgrm scholar
Joined June 2015
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Joshua Ferrer retweeted
30 Aug 2025
#SPAintheMedia Turnover among local election officials hit record highs in 2024: 41% were new to the political scene, the most in 25 years, raising challenges for election administration. Read more from SPA's Asst. Prof. Joshua Ferrer's study here bit.ly/3VueQ3O, here: n.pr/47TcLpD, and here: cbsn.ws/3HzGSYH. @Jferrer505
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24 Aug 2025
My latest research at the @BPC_Bipartisan with @danmthomp, @RachelOrey. Election officials across the country have been turning over at much higher rates in the past few years. This is a combo of a long-term trend of increasing turnover rates, and recent out-of trend surge.
19 Aug 2025
NEW: Turnover among chief local election officials continued to climb following the presidential election, reaching 41% in 2024—up from 39% in 2022.
🧵New analysis by @RachelOrey, @Jferrer505, and @danmthomp explores how turnover trends evolved through 2024.
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Joshua Ferrer retweeted
10 Jul 2025
From the latest issue of the QJPS, “To Elect or Appoint? Evidence from Local Election Administration” by @Jferrer505. A thread.
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19 Mar 2025
New blog post with @BPC_Bipartisan looking into the high election workloads and the potential benefits of election consolidation. Election officals admister over 2 elections a year on average, and some manage many more!
bipartisanpolicy.org/blog/wh…
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Joshua Ferrer retweeted
19 Feb 2025
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The Global Legislators Database: Characteristics of National Legislators in the World’s Democracies - cup.org/4hZcjYE
- Nicholas Carnes, @Jferrer505, @mgoldenProf, @EsmeLillywhite, @NoamLupu & Eugenia Nazrullaeva
#OpenAccess
ALT BJPolS abstract describing the Global Legislators Database, which includes demographic and biographical data on legislators from nearly 100 parliamentary democracies worldwide.
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3 Feb 2025
Super excited to share that I'll be joining American University as an Assistant Professor in Government this Fall! A huge thanks to everyone at @polisciucla for helping me through my PhD, especially to @danmthomp for being the best mentor and colleague one could possibly ask for
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Joshua Ferrer retweeted
#OpenAccess from @PSRMjournal -
Beyond the Trump Presidency: The Racial Underpinnings of White Americans’ Anti-Democratic Beliefs - cup.org/42GG6B8
- @Jferrer505 & Christopher Palmisano (both @UCLA)
#FirstView
ALT Logo of JREP with the hashtag OpenAccess, set against a gray background dotted with red circles of various sizes.
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9 Dec 2024
I gave a radio interview to ABC Australia about my forthcoming co-authored @BJPolS article on the Global Legislator Dataset, studying the characteristics of MPs around the world abc.net.au/listen/programs/s…
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Joshua Ferrer retweeted
31 Oct 2024
🧵NEW @BPC_Bipartisan: @Jferrer505, @JDRackey and I examine the impact of primary formats on turnout &demographic makeup of the electorate. We find:
-More open primary types boost turnout.
-More open primary types lead to more representative electorates. bipartisanpolicy.org/report/…
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Joshua Ferrer retweeted
14 May 2024
Do locally elected administrative clerks use their position to advantage their own parties in elections? Using a novel dataset @Jferrer505, @GeynIgor, & @danmthomp find that clerks oversee similar election results, turnout, & policies.
#APSRNewIssue
ow.ly/qoVv50Rpta0
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9 Apr 2024
Excited to share the release of my new report joint with @BPC_Bipartisan, @danmthomp, and @RachelOrey!
We examine turnover among election officials since 2000 and outline recommendations to remedy the chronic and emerging roots of turnover.
bipartisanpolicy.org/report/…
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Joshua Ferrer retweeted
21 Nov 2023
Do locally elected administrative clerks use their position to advantage their own parties in elections? Using a novel dataset @Jferrer505, @GeynIgor, & @danmthomp find that clerks oversee similar election results, turnout, & policies.
#APSRFirstView
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Joshua Ferrer retweeted
9 Oct 2023
Partisanship in electoral system reform is well-understood, but @joshuaferr argues that the factors affecting partisan manipulation of other democratic ‘rules of the game’ has received little attention.
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Joshua Ferrer retweeted
9 Mar 2023
ICYMI: @Redistrict cites @Jferrer505 and my recent report for @BPC_Bipartisan on 2022 primary turnout. cookpolitical.com/analysis/h…
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Joshua Ferrer retweeted
7 Mar 2023
New @BPC_Bipartisan report finds that 21.3% of eligible voters cast ballots in 2022 primaries, up from 19.9% in 2018 and historic low of 14.3% in 2014.
But, still means small groups of hardcore partisans are electing vast majority of members of Congress. bipartisanpolicy.org/report/…
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8 Mar 2023
Diving into my new report from @BPC_Bipartisan and @ThorningMichael, we find that about 21% of voters participated in last year's primaries--higher than in the 2010, 2014, and 2018 cycles but still really low!
bipartisanpolicy.org/downloa…
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8 Mar 2023
Consolidating primary dates can also help. States that hold their election at the same time as another state in the same geographic region see 1.5 percentage points higher turnout
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8 Mar 2023
States should also consider combining federal and state primaries, allowing votes in uncontested races, and eliminating nominating conventions
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