Associate Professor
Political Science Department
McGuinn Hall Room 225
Telephone: 617-552-6029
Email: david.hopkins@bc.edu
American Political Parties and Elections
U.S. Congress
Voting Behavior
Public Opinion
Dr. Hopkins’ research and teaching interests include American political parties and elections, the U.S. Congress, voting behavior, public opinion, and research methods. Professor Hopkins' most recent book,ÌýRed Fighting Blue: How Geography and Electoral Rules Polarize American PoliticsÌý(Cambridge University Press, 2017),Ìýdemonstrates how the rise of the culture war, in combination with winner-take-all voting rules, has produced a regionally divided electorate and an ideologically divided party system in the United States.ÌýHe has alsoÌýco-authored Asymmetric Politics: Ideological Republicans and Group Interest DemocratsÌý(Oxford University Press, 2016) andÌýPresidential Elections: Strategies and Structures of American PoliticsÌý(Rowman & Littlefield, 2015).ÌýProfessor Hopkins has shared his insight with local television affiliates, theÌýWashington Post, NPR, theÌýNew Republic, and theÌýChristian Science Monitor, and his research has been cited in theÌýNew York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Slate, Salon, Vox, Commentary, andÌýNew York Magazine. Recently, heÌýdiscussed Ayanna Pressley's primary victory in the state's 7th Congressional District withÌýÌýProfessor HopkinsÌýfrequently serves as an expert commentator on American politics for international, national, and °¬¿ÉÖ±²¥-area media organizations. He blogs regularly about current events at and can be found on Twitter at .