{"id":5,"date":"2012-10-25T22:04:15","date_gmt":"2012-10-25T22:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/template-faculty01\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2024-12-05T19:24:08","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T19:24:08","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/martha-kropf\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Martha Kropf"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"302\" height=\"410\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/martha-kropf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/430\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-141256.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-178 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/martha-kropf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/430\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-141256.png 302w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/martha-kropf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/430\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-05-141256-221x300.png 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>I&#8217;m a Core Faculty member in Charlotte&#8217;s Interdisciplinary Public Policy Program<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I study Election Science (election conduct and administration), Voting Behavior, and Public Opinion. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncelectionsfuture.com\/\">Steering Committee Member, Commission on the Future of North Carolina Elections<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1kp_9A8TpbhHgNIwXjIgNQBX59nVDchAo\/view?usp=sharing\">Kropf Vitae (December 2024)<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links is-layout-flex wp-block-social-links-is-layout-flex\"><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Social Media:<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group 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screen-reader-text\">LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links is-layout-flex wp-block-social-links-is-layout-flex\"><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/martha-kropf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/430\/2024\/12\/image.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/martha-kropf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/430\/2024\/12\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-182\" style=\"width:303px;height:auto\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/elements\/republic-if-you-can-afford-it\/CE8A01003AA98C51937031E4C1DC413E\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/elements\/republic-if-you-can-afford-it\/CE8A01003AA98C51937031E4C1DC413E\">Click here to order my new book<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The cost of administering elections is an importantly understudied area in election science. This book reports election costs in 48 out of 50 states. It discusses the challenges and opportunities of collecting local election costs. The book then presents the wide variation in cost across the country with the lowest spending states spending a little over $2 per voter and the highest spending almost $20 per voter. The amounts being spent in the state are also examined over the election time period of 2008 \u2013 2016. Economic events like the Great Recession had predictable effects on lowering spending on elections but the patterns are not the same across the different regions of the country. The relationship between spending and election administration outcomes is also explored and finds that the voters&#8217; confidence and perceptions of fraud in elections is associated with the amount spent on election administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Important Election Involvement<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doleinstitute.org\/news\/dole-institute-kennedy-institute-launch-initiative-to-strengthen-americas-election-infrastructure\/\"><strong>Strengthening Election Infrastructure<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/electionlab.mit.edu\/deepening-field-election-science\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/electionlab.mit.edu\/deepening-field-election-science\"><strong>Hey Scholars: Election Science Syllabi<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Read about Election Science: <\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/electionscience.charlotte.edu\/\">UNC Charlotte: Election Science Research &amp; Administration Conference, July 27-29, 2022<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>                    <a href=\"https:\/\/electionlab.mit.edu\/articles\/reflections-esra-2022\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/electionlab.mit.edu\/articles\/reflections-esra-2022\">The 2022 Meeting at UNC Charlotte<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/electionlab.mit.edu\/events\/esra-2021\">Virtual: Election Science Reform &amp; Administration Conference, July 19-21, 2021<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">*****<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Books:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/martha-kropf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/430\/2012\/10\/Martha_meets_Biden.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"340\" height=\"525\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/martha-kropf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/430\/2012\/10\/Martha_meets_Biden.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Martha Kropf is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her Ph.D. is from American University in Washington, DC in Political Science (fields: American Politics and Public Policy). She worked two years at the University of Maryland Survey Research Center (Project Coordinator) and taught at the University of Missouri-Kansas City before coming to UNC Charlotte. Her areas of research include the study of elections and election reform, voting and political mobilization. She has published in the Journal of Politics, Political Research Quarterly and Public Opinion Quarterly. Her work has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the Aspen Institute.\" class=\"wp-image-33\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/martha-kropf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/430\/2012\/10\/Martha_meets_Biden.jpg 340w, https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/martha-kropf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/430\/2012\/10\/Martha_meets_Biden-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr. Martha Kropf is Professor of Political Science &amp; Public Administration at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her Ph.D. is from American University in Washington, DC in Political Science (fields: American Politics, Public Policy and Public Economics). She worked two years at the University of Maryland Survey Research Center (Project Coordinator) and taught at the University of Missouri-Kansas City before coming to UNC Charlotte. Her areas of research include the study of elections and election reform, voting and political mobilization. She has published in the Journal of Politics, Political Research Quarterly and Public Opinion Quarterly. Her work has been funded by the National Science Foundation and the Aspen Institute.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.palgrave.com\/us\/book\/9781137301697\">Institutions and the Right to Vote in America<\/a><\/em>. 2016. Palgrave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/41Kf%2BnmOIaL._SX328_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>H<a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Helping-America-Vote-The-Limits-of-Election-Reform\/Kropf-Kimball\/p\/book\/9780415804080\"><em>elping America Vote: The Limits of Election Reform<\/em>, 2012, Routledge (with David C. Kimball)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.tandf.co.uk\/common\/jackets\/agentjpg\/978041580\/9780415804080.jpg\" alt=\"Helping America Vote: The Limits of Election Reform (Paperback) book cover\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Courses Taught<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Introduction to American Politics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Voting and Elections<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Public Opinion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Service Learning: Analyzing Elections with Exit Polls<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Political Science Research Methods<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Public Policy Process (Ph.D. Level)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research Design for Public Policy (Ph.D. Level)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Technical Appendices for &#8220;Won&#8217;t You Be My Neighbor? Norms of Cooperation, Public Broadcasting and the Collective Action Problem&#8221; in <em>Social Science Quarterly<\/em>, September 2009<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/martha-kropf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/430\/2012\/10\/AppendixA.pdf\">Appendix A: Explanation of Sampling Method<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/martha-kropf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/430\/2012\/10\/AppendixB.pdf\">Appendix B: Methodological Report<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m a Core Faculty member in Charlotte&#8217;s Interdisciplinary Public Policy Program I study Election Science (election conduct and administration), Voting Behavior, and Public Opinion. 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