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Michael W. Traugott

Adjunct Professor
Professor, Communication Studies
Research Professor, Center for Political Studies
Ph.D., Michigan

4230 ISR
426 Thompson Street
(734) 763-4702
mtrau@umich.edu

Research Interests:

Professor Traugott studies the mass media and their impact on American politics. This includes research on the use of the media by candidates in their campaigns and its impact on voters, as well as the ways that campaigns are covered and the impact of this coverage on candidates. He has a particular interest in the use of surveys and polls and the way they are used to cover campaigns and elections. His most recent book is The Voters' Guide to Election Polls.

Selected Publications

  • Presidential Polls and the News Media, with Paul J. Lavrakas and Peter V. Miller (Westview Press: Boulder, CO, 1995).
  • "The Impact of Media Polls on the Public," In Media Polls in American Politics, ed. Thomas E. Mann and Gary R. Orren (Washington: The Brookings Institution, 1992) pp. 125-149.
  • "Who Votes by Mail: A Dynamic Model of the Individual-Level Consequences of Vote-by-Mail Systems," with Adam Berinsky and Nancy Burns. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 25, 1998.

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