Lucas Lothamer

PUBLICATIONS:

Kistner, Michael, Michael Heseltine, Robert Alvarez, Maya Fitch, Lucas Lothamer, and Elizabeth Simas. Conditionally Accepted. “Measuring Partisanship and Representation in Online Congressional Communication.” American Political Science Review.

Clifford, Scott, Lucia Lopez, and Lucas J. Lothamer. 2026. “Measuring Support for Political Violence in the United States.” Public Opinion Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.1093/poq/nfaf060

Simas, Elizabeth and Lucas J. Lothamer. 2025 “Not Just Who but How: Connecting Opinions about the Primary Process to General Election Turnout.” Electoral Behavior 96: 102969. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2025.102969

Clifford, Scott and Lucas Lothamer. 2025. “How Strong Policy Attitudes Activate Support for Aggressive Political Action.” Political Behavior.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-024-09989-9

Lothamer, Lucas J. and Brandon Rottinghaus. 2024. “What Causes Political Violence Directed at the President?” Presidential Studies Quarterly 54: 130-139.
https://doi.org/10.1111/psq.12865

Nagoshi, T. Craig, J. Raven Cloud, Lou Lindley, Julie L. Nagoshi, and Lucas J. Lothamer. 2019. “A Test of the Three-Component Model of Gender-Based Prejudices: Homophobia and Transphobia Are Affected by Raters’ and Targets’ Assigned Sex at Birth.” Sex Roles 80: 137-146.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-018-0919-3

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

Lothamer, Lucas J. 2026. “Who’s the Target? Manipulating Political Cynicism in a Partisan Era.” Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA).

Lothamer, Lucas J. 2025. “The Role of Policy and Gender in Explaining Political Violence Toward Women.” Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA).

Clifford, Scott, Lucia Lopez and Lucas J. Lothamer 2025. “Measuring Support for Political Violence in the United States.” Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA).

Lothamer, Lucas J. 2024. “The Effect of Partisan Cynicism on Voter Turnout in U.S. Elections.” American Political Science Association (APSA).

Kistner, Michael, Robert D. Alvarez, Maya Fitch, Lucas J. Lothamer, and Elizabeth Simas. 2024. “Measuring Partisanship and Representation in Online Congressional Communication.” American Political Science Association (APSA).

Lothamer, Lucas J. 2024. “Balanced Cynicism: Removing Negative Partisanship from Measures of Political Cynicism.” Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior (EPOVB).

Clifford, Scott, Lucia Lopez and Lucas J. Lothamer. 2024. “Measuring Support for Political Violence in the United States.” Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior (EPOVB).

Lothamer, Lucas J. 2023. “Examining the Effects of Political Cynicism on Attitudes Toward the Supreme Court.” Midwest Political Science Association.

Clifford, Scott and Lucas J. Lothamer. 2022. “Moral Motivation for Political Aggression and Violence.” Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA).

SELECT WORKS IN PROGRESS:

Lothamer, Lucas J. “The Corrosive Effects of Cynicism on Judicial Evaluations”

Lothamer, Lucas J. “The Confounding Effects of Partisanship on Political Cynicism.”

Lothamer, Lucas J. and Martha C. Johnson “The Role of Policy and Gender in Explaining Political Violence Toward Women.”

Lothamer, Lucas J. “’Corrosive Cynicism’ or ‘Healthy Skepticism’? Reconsidering The Effects of Political Cynicism on Participation in a Polarized Environment.”