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Stephen Ansolabehere

b. 1901

American political scientist

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About Stephen Ansolabehere

Born 1901. Stephen Ansolabehere was a political scientist.

Stephen Daniel Ansolabehere is a professor of government at Harvard University. He is the younger brother of animator Joe Ansolabehere.

Education Ansolabehere received his B.A. in political science and B.S. in economics from the University of Minnesota in 1984, and his Ph.D. in political science from Harvard in 1989.

Career From 1989 to 1993, Ansolabehere served as an assistant professor in the University of California, Los Angeles' department of political science.

Work Ansolabehere is known for his research on multiple aspects of elections in the United States, including public opinion, mass media, and representation. In 2003, he published a paper arguing that in the United States, people and corporations tend to consider donating money to be an inefficient way of influencing politicians. The same paper argued that most people who donate to a politician do so because they genuinely support the politician's cause, and because donating to support their preferred politician makes them feel good, and that campaign spending as a percentage of GDP may have actually declined in the previous 100 years.

Honors and awards In 1996, Ansolabehere received the Goldsmith Book Prize for the book Going Negative, which he co-authored with Shanto Iyengar.

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Important facts

Born
1901
Birth century
Occupation
Education
Harvard University, University of Minnesota
Employers
University of California, Los Angeles, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Awards
Heinz I. Eulau Award; Goldsmith Book Prize

Frequently asked questions

Who was Stephen Ansolabehere?

American political scientist

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Stephen Ansolabehere was born in 1901.

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Stephen Ansolabehere was a political scientist.

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