Call for Papers

The Social Psychology of the
2024 U.S. Presidential Election

Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy (ASAP), a journal of the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI), is issuing a Call for Papers on the Social Psychology of the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election. This collection will be the fifth in ASAP's series on U. S. Presidential elections, continuing a tradition that began with our collection on the 2004 election and continued with the 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2020 campaigns.

We seek empirical papers that apply or develop theories and models from social and personality psychology, broadly construed (e.g., including critical, cultural, feminist, and political psychology as well social cognition and social development) to any topic related to the 2024 U.S. elections, campaigns, or their aftermath. It is not necessary that papers address the presidential election; papers can address topics related to elections for other federal, state, and local offices as well as ballot measures and referenda. Particular areas of emphasis this year overlap with our recent editorial on our priorities for ASAP during our editorial term. These include, but are not limited to:

• Studies that sample or address issues related to minoritized populations, including members of minoritized racial and ethnic groups, immigrants, LGBTQIA+ people, incarcerated individuals, and people with disabilities.
   
• Studies examining perspectives on U.S. elections from outside the United States, as well as articles on elections in other countries that broadly fit the criteria above.
   
• Cultural, critical, and feminist perspectives on the study of U.S. elections, as well as studies employing participatory and qualitative methods and analyses.
   
• Studies on partisanship, polarization, and radicalization, including how these factors relate to intersecting social identities (e.g., race and ethnicity, gender and sexual identity, class, age, and disability).
   
• Studies related to democratic norms, including mutual toleration and forbearance.
   
• Studies of non-electoral political engagement surrounding the election and campaigns (e.g., social movements, collective action, online activism).
   
• Studies related to policy issues raised in the elections and campaigns (e.g., reproductive rights, immigration, educational curricula, climate change, international cooperation, domestic and foreign policy, etc.).
   
• Voting rights and electoral participation.
   
• Studies of candidates and their behavior, including who chooses to run for office and why, as well as candidate rhetoric and personality.