BCAD faculty affiliate Robert Van Houweling’s research on political positioning was featured in Vox

Rob Van Houweling was quoted in Vox:

Campaign promises are very successful at tying politicians’ hands, and signing pledges for outside groups — such as a promise not to raise taxes — is the most successful of all, two political scientists at Stanford, Michael Tomz and Robert Van Houweling found in research on political positioning published in 2012.

The full article is available here.

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