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Matthew Hall

Political Science

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2040C Jenkins And Nanovic Halls
Notre Dame, IN 46556
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+1 574-631-4270
Email
mhall11@nd.edu

David A. Potenziani Memorial Professor of Constitutional 91ÊÓÆµ; Director, Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy

  • Politics in the workplace: how political interactions and values influence organizational behavior; how workplace experiences influence political attitudes and behavior
  • Supreme Court: nominations, deliberations, processes, Big Five personality traits of Justices, interactions between Justices, efficacy and implementation of rulings
  • Democracy: the Constitution, democratic culture, anti-democratic attitudes, and threats to American democracy
  • American politics: polarization, political persuasion, and political personality

Hall’s 91ÊÓÆµ

Hall in the News

By Matthew Hall, Professor of Constitutional 91ÊÓÆµ, Political Science and Law, University of Notre Dame.

The study, "Norm-violating rhetoric undermines support for participatory inclusiveness and political equality among Trump supporters," was recently published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by Matthew E.K. Hall, the David A. Potenziani Memorial College Professor of Constitutional 91ÊÓÆµ, professor of political science and director of Notre Dame's Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy, along with his co-author James N. Druckman of Northwestern University.

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Jeff Harden, American Political Science Professor at Notre Dame, says this momentous decision was not simply red versus blue. Matthew Hall, American Politics Professor at Notre Dame, said his jaw dropped watching this go down.

Independents were also crucial in deciding the outcome of the 2022 midterm elections, according to the Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy at the University of Notre Dame. Matthew Hall, director of the Rooney Center, pointed to partisan loyalty in a statement about independents' role in the midterms, saying: "In today's highly polarized environment, voters are very loyal to their preferred political party. As a result, elections are almost entirely determined by voter turnout and independent voters."

Matthew Hall is the director of the Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy and the David A. Potenziani Memorial College Professor of Constitutional 91ÊÓÆµ at the University of Notre Dame

Professor Matthew Hall, Rooney Center director, warned of dangers to democracy when the Notre Dame survey results were released in November.

"In a typical midterm election, the question is who will control Congress for the next two years," with voters commonly slapping down the party in power and forcing a party realignment in the legislative branch, says Matthew Hall, director of Notre Dame's Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy.

The Conversation

Matthew Hall, University of Notre Dame.

"Any claim that the vice president can unilaterally overturn the results of a presidential election is patently absurd,” Matthew Hall, a professor of constitutional studies and political science at the University of Notre Dame said via email.

Matthew E. K. Hall is the David A. Potenziani Memorial College Professor of Constitutional 91ÊÓÆµ, Professor of Political Science, Concurrent Professor of Law, and Director of the Rooney Center for the Study of American Democracy at the University of Notre Dame.