Congressional Bipartisanship Scores by Member and Issue Area, 1983–2024

The Center for Effective Lawmaking featured the Congressional Bipartisanship Scores project, a dataset developed with Mackenzie R. Dobson that measures how members of Congress attract and offer cross-party support across time and policy areas.

Congressional Bipartisanship Scores shared on X

Mackenzie R. Dobson shared the new Congressional Bipartisanship Scores project on X, highlighting the dataset and linking to the Center for Effective Lawmaking feature.

The University of Cincinnati Office of Research (URC) Announces 2026 Faculty Scholars Awardees

Building upon the rich legacy of the University Research Council (URC), UC’s oldest and most prestigious internal funding program, the URC Faculty Scholars Research Awards recognize outstanding early-career faculty whose work demonstrates exceptional promise and vision. Jacob M. Lollis is a grantee for his project: Democracy Denied: Explaining the Rise of Election-Denying Candidates in U.S. Politics.

The Concentration of Legislative Effectiveness in the American States

The Center for Effective Lawmaking featured work with Todd Makse on how legislative effectiveness is distributed across members within state legislative chambers.

I’m Coming Out! How Voter Discrimination Produces Effective LGBTQ Lawmakers

The Center for Effective Lawmaking featured work with Mackenzie R. Dobson on LGBTQ lawmakers, voter discrimination, and legislative effectiveness in the American states.

Are Workers Effective Lawmakers?

The Center for Effective Lawmaking featured Jacob M. Lollis's research on working-class lawmakers and state legislative effectiveness.

2023 Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grantees

The American Political Science Association named Jacob M. Lollis a 2023 Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant awardee. The APSA DDRIG program supports theoretically derived, empirically oriented doctoral dissertation research in political science.