Dr. Hopkins鈥� 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,听Red Fighting Blue: How Geography and Electoral Rules Polarize American Politics听(Cambridge University Press, 2017),听demonstrates 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.听He has also听co-authored Asymmetric Politics: Ideological Republicans and Group Interest Democrats听(Oxford University Press, 2016) and听Presidential Elections: Strategies and Structures of American Politics听(Rowman & Littlefield, 2015).听Professor Hopkins has shared his insight with local television affiliates, the听Washington Post, NPR, the听New Republic, and the听Christian Science Monitor, and his research has been cited in the听New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Slate, Salon, Vox, Commentary, and听New York Magazine. Recently, he听discussed Ayanna Pressley's primary victory in the state's 7th Congressional District with听听Professor Hopkins听frequently serves as an expert commentator on American politics for international, national, and Boston-area media organizations. He blogs regularly about current events at and can be found on Twitter at .
