Michael W. Traugott

Social Sciences · University of Michigan

Established · publishing since 1974

Electoral Systems and Political Participation Social Media and Politics Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting Survey Methodology and Nonresponse Media Influence and Politics

Publications

139

Citations

3,932

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

Publishing since 1974

In context

Among 1,148 established Social Sciences PIs within our index

Citations: 3,932cohort median 1,166

Publications / year (recent): 1.0cohort median 2.2

Typically publishes in teams of ~2 · 94% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 4 venues

Publication cadence

Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.0/year recently

Recent publications

Time-Varying Relationships Between the “Sentiment” of U.S. Public Opinion and News Media
International Journal of Public Opinion Research · 2025
More than 100K Michigan voters pick ‘uncommitted’ over Biden − does that matter for November?
2024
Voters in Arab American strongholds likely tipped Michigan in Trump’s favor
2024
Voter's Guide to Election Polls
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers eBooks · 2023
Americans are drowning in a sea of polls
2020
Cyberwar: How Russian Hackers and Trolls Helped Elect a President—What We Don’t, Can’t, and Do Know
Public Opinion Quarterly · 2019
The Use of Focus Groups to Supplement Campaign Coverage
2019
The Media's Use of Election Polls: A Synthesis and Recommendations for 1996 and Beyond
2019
News Media's Use of Presidential Polling in the 1990s: An Introduction and Overview
2019
Problems of Character: Was It the Candidate or the Press?
2019
Overview of the Section on the Questionnaire
2019
Introduction to Section on Trend Data
2019
Introduction to Section on Special Surveys
2019
How to know which impeachment polls to believe – and which to skip
2019
The Genesis of the Birther Rumor: Partisanship, Racial Attitudes, and Political Knowledge
The Journal of Race Ethnicity and Politics · 2018

Publishes in

Public Opinion Quarterly×2
International Journal of Public Opinion Research×2
The Journal of Race Ethnicity and Politics×1
Mass Communication & Society×1
npj Vaccines×1

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Last updated Jul 25, 2026.

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