Publications
“Detecting Formatted Text: Data Collection Using Computer Vision” Political Analysis, 2026
“Legislative Responsiveness to Climate Change: Politically Driven Adaptation in California’s Agricultural Sector” with Paige Pellaton, Alex Cohen, Cory Struthers, Siddharth Kishore, Scott A MacKenzie, Matthew S Shugart, Mehdi Nemati, Ariel Dinar. Handbook on Climate Change Impacts, Mitigation, and Adaptation in Agriculture, 2026
“Start Spreading the Views: Improving Political Expression and Representation in Local Elections Using Ranked Choice Voting” with Cheryl Boudreau and Scott A MacKenzie. Political Research Quarterly 2026
“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, 2025
“Running toward rankings: Ranked choice voting’s impact on candidate entry and descriptive representation” American Journal of Political Science, 2025
“Going into Government: How Hiring from Special Interests Reduces Their Influence” with Ryan Hubert and Janna King Rezaee. American Journal of Political Science, 2023
Under Review
“Ward Against Ward? District Elections and Particularism in U.S. City Councils” *Revise and Resubmit
“A Small Town Squire? Measuring Professionalism in City Councils” With Ali Amini *Revise and Resubmit
Voting Advice Custom Made: Personalized Voter Guides Can Improve Decision Making in Local Elections with Cheryl Boudreau and Scott A MacKenzie *Under Review
Working Papers
“The What, When, and Where of Municipal Policy Attention in California Cities“
“Two Are Better Than One: Multiple-Candidate Endorsements and Voting Behavior in Elections Using Ranked Choice Voting” with Cheryl Boudreau and Scott A MacKenzie
“Partisan Polarization in City and County Legislatures” with Justin de Benedictis-Kessner and Christopher Warshaw
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.