Peer-Reviewed Publications
“Forecasting the 2024 Electoral College Winner: The State Presidential Approval/State Economy Model” with Peter Enns, Julius Lagodny, and Anusha Kumar. PS: Political Science & Politics, 2024
“Running toward rankings: Ranked choice voting’s impact on candidate entry and descriptive representation” American Journal of Political Science, 2024
“Going into Government: How Hiring from Special Interests Reduces Their Influence” with Ryan Hubert and Janna King Rezaee. American Journal of Political Science, 2022.
Under Review
“Detecting Formatted Text: Data Collection Using Computer Vision”
*Conditionally Accepted at Political Analysis
“Start Spreading the Views: Improving Political Expression and Representation in Local Elections Using Ranked Choice Voting” With Cheryl Boudreau and Scott MacKenzie
*Under Review
Working Papers
“Ward Against Ward: Particularism in District-Based City Councils”
*Received 2023 Best APSA Paper Award (Urban and Local Politics Section/Urban Affairs Review)
“A Small Town Squire? Measuring Professionalism in City Councils”
“What a DRAG! Data from Retrieval-Augmented Generation”
“Local Birds or a National Flock: Measuring Ideology at the Local Level Using Twitter”
“Ranked Choice Voting and Political Expression: How Voting Aids Influence Informed and Uninformed Citizens’ Decision-making” with Cheryl Boudreau and Scott MacKenzie
Policy Reports
Colner, Jonathan, The Short-Term Impact of Ranked-Choice Voting on Candidate Entry and Descriptive Representation (February, 2023). Available at New America.
Colner, J. P, & D’Agostino, M. (2022). Lessons from Cities Considering Congestion Pricing. UC Office of the President: University of California Institute of Transportation Studies.
Boudreau, Cheryl and Colner, Jonathan and MacKenzie, Scott A., Ranked-Choice Voting and Political Expression: How Voting Aids Narrow the Gap between Informed and Uninformed Citizens (December 2020). Available at New America.