Academic Publications:

• Yoel, Benjamin, Caleb Lucas, and Matt Grossmann. 2026. “The Core Drivers of Congress: Analyzing Members, Constituents, and Committees with CongressData.” American Politics Research.

• Baron, Hannah, Rob Blair, Jessica Gottlieb, Laura Paler, Julie Weaver, and Benjamin Yoel. Forthcoming. “Introducing the Democratic Erosion Event Dataset.” Nature: Scientific Data.

• Grossmann, Matt, Caleb Lucas, and Benjamin Yoel. 2025. Introducing CongressData and Correlates of State Policy.” Nature: Scientific Data 1-5.

• Cavari, Amnon, Amichai Magen, and Benjamin Yoel. 2024. “U.S. Democratic Backsliding and the Decline of Democratic Support Abroad.” International Journal of Public Opinion Resesarch, 36(2):1-13.

• Cavari, Amnon, Benjamin Yoel, and Hannah Lowenkamp. 2021. “In the Name of the President.” American Politics Research 49(6): 666-680.

Book Reviews:

• Yoel, Benjamin. 2025. “Review of: Post-Soviet Graffiti: Free Speech in Authoritarian States by Alexis Lerner.” International Affairs, 101(5): 138-139.

• Yoel, Benjamin. 2024. “Review of: Resisting Backsliding: Opposition Strategies against the Erosion of Democracy by Laura Gamboa.” Democratization, 1-2.

Other Publications:

• Yoel, Benjamin. 2018. “Oman’s Economic Diversification from Oil and ‘Omanization’ Policies.” Iqtisadi 8(11): 1-9.

• Yoel, Benjamin. 2018. “The Ethiopia-Eritrea Peace Deal: Why Now?” Ifriqiya 4(5): 1-6.

Working Papers and Works in Progress:

• “Leader Tenure and Women’s Representation in Cabinets,” With Alejandra López Villegas. Under Review. (Equal Coauthorship). Winner of the 2025 Best Graduate Student Paper Award, Department of Political Science, Michigan State University. Under Review.

• “Who Counts? Ethnic Identities and Support for Democratic Backsliding,” With Hannah Ridge. Under Review. Working Paper Version. Pre-registration.

• “Introducing SenateData.” With Iliya Liampert and Matt Grossmann. Under Review.

• “Opposition Coalitions and Public Attitudes: Experimental Evidence From Four Countries.” With Jeremy Price, Daniel Markovits, and Abhyudaya Tyagi. Under Review. (Lead Author).

• “Political Bias in LLMs: Observational and Experimental Insights.” With Marco Morucci. Data Collection Stage.

• “Introducing the United Secretary of State Speech Dataset (1997-2025).” With Jay Revolinsky. Writing Stage. (Lead Author).

Dissertation Projects

• “We Only Have One Country”: Multiethnic Coalitions and Resistance to Democratic Backsliding. Pre-Analysis Plan. Supported by the Institute for Liberty and Responsibility. Under Review.

• International Pressure and Opposition to Democratic Backsliding. Pre-Analysis Plan. Supported by the Institute for Humane Studies. Under Review.

• International Rhetoric and the Politics of Democratic Backsliding.Supported by MSU’s College of Social Science. In Preparation.