My current research projects center on public opinion and elite behaviors in Western democracies.
Peer Reviewed Articles
Onishi, Wataru. 2026. “Little Room for Motivated Reasoning? How Partisans Respond to Government Misconduct with Well-Substantiated Evidence.” Research & Politics.
Working Papers
Reduction of Inter-Party Hostility through Elite Warm Interactions Following Violence against a Politician
Bonding Two Identities: Dynamics of Partisan-Brexit Sorting and Affective Polarization After Party Leader Changes.
Does Intra-Party Disagreement Mitigate Affective Polarization?
Beyond Coalition Signals: The Impact of Coalition Agreements on Voter Evaluations of Coalition Partners in the Real World.
Can Co-partisans Constrain Democratic Backsliding? (with Shaun Bowler, Miguel Carreras, and Jennifer Merolla)
Work in Progress
Voter Responses to Politicians’ Efforts to Protect Against Political Violence
Threats of Violence against Politicians and Unequal Costs of Electoral Campaigning