Publications

Selected Articles

– Zhirnov, Andrei Y., Mert Moral, and Evgeny A. Sedashov. 2023. “Taking Distributions Seriously: On the Interpretation of the Estimates of Interactive Nonlinear Models.” Political Analysis 31(2): 213-34.
* Replication data and code. Supplementary Materials. DAME (Tools for Data-Conscious Interpretation of Nonlinear Interactive Models in R) Package. Stata code and examples.

Moral, Mert, and Robin E. Best. 2023. “On the Relationship between Party Polarization and Citizen Polarization.” Party Politics 29(2): 229-47.
* Replication data and code. Supplementary Materials.
* Covered by BingUNews.

Moral, Mert, and Andrei Y. Zhirnov. 2018. “Issue Voting as a Constrained Choice Problem.” American Journal of Political Science 62(2): 280-95.
* Replication data and code. Supplementary Materials.

Moral, Mert. 2017. “The Bipolar Voter: On the Effects of Actual and Perceived Party Polarization on Voter Turnout in European Multiparty Democracies.” Political Behavior 39(4): 935-65.
* Replication data and code. Supplementary Materials.
* Covered by the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems.

Moral, Mert, and Efe Tokdemir. 2017. “Justices ‘en Garde’: Ideological Determinants of the Dissolution of Anti-Establishment Parties.” International Political Science Review 38(3): 264-80.
* Replication data and code. Supplementary Materials.
* Covered by the Quantitative Peace.
* Winner of the Richard I. Hofferbert Award awarded by the Department of Political Science at the State University of New York at Binghamton.

Moral, Mert. 2016. “The Passive-Aggressive Voter: The Calculus of Casting an Invalid Vote in European Democracies.” Political Research Quarterly 69(4): 732-45.
* Replication data and code. Supplementary Materials.
* Covered by the Science News and Business Insider.

Moral, Mert, H. Ege Özen, and Efe Tokdemir. 2015. “Bringing the Incumbency Advantage into Question for Proportional Representation.” Electoral Studies 40(1): 56-65.
* Replication data and code.
* Covered by the Democratic Audit UK.

Edited Volumes and Book Chapters

– Çarkoğlu, Ali, Emre Erdoğan, and Mert Moral, eds. 2023. Türkiye Siyasetinin Sınırları: Siyasal Davranış, Kurumlar ve Kültür – Ersin Kalaycıoğlu’na Armağan [The Boundaries of Turkish Politics: Political Behavior, Institutions, and Culture]. İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları.

– Moral, Mert. 2023. “Kültür Çatışması (Kulturkampf): Coğrafi Kutuplaşma ve Seçmen Davranışı İlişkisi Üzerine Bir Deneme [Culture Struggle (Kulturkampf): An Essay On the Relationship between Geographic Polarization and Electoral Behavior].” In Türkiye Siyasetinin Sınırları: Siyasal Davranış, Kurumlar ve Kültür – Ersin Kalaycıoğlu’na Armağan, eds. A. Çarkoğlu, E. Erdoğan, and M. Moral. İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları.

Moral, Mert. 2021. “Politics as (Un)Usual? An Overview of the June 2018 Presidential and Parliamentary Elections in Turkey.” In Elections and Public Opinion in Turkey: Through the Prism of the 2018 Elections eds. A. Çarkoğlu and E. Kalaycıoğlu, NY: Routledge.
* Replication data and code.

Moral, Mert. 2021. “The Story of Electoral Alliances.” In Elections and Public Opinion in Turkey: Through the Prism of the 2018 Elections eds. A. Çarkoğlu and E. Kalaycıoğlu, NY: Routledge.
* Replication data and code.

Moral, Mert. 2019. “A Comparative Study of the Individual and Contextual Determinants of Invalid Votes in Europe.” In SAGE Research Methods Cases Part 2, London: Sage Publications, doi:10.4135/9781526478733.

Other Peer-Reviewed Research

Moral, Mert. 2022. “Siyaset Biliminde Etkileşimli Modeller Üzerine [On the Interactive Models in Political Science Research].” Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 51(1): 111-128.
* Replication data and code.

– Aydaş, İrem, Mert Moral, and Yasemin Tosun. 2022. “Türkiye’de Seçim Anketlerinin Toplam Anket Hatası Perspektifinden Bir İncelemesi [An Examination of Election Polls in Turkey from the Total Survey Error Paradigm Perspective].” Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 51(1): 87-110.
* Replication data and code.

– Sedashov, Evgeny, and Mert Moral. 2022. “The Reliability of COVID-19 Data in the Shadow of Anti-Pandemic Measures’ Cancellation.” Siyasal: Journal of Political Sciences 31(1): 91-114.

– Moral, Mert. 2021. “Siyasi Kutuplaşma [Political Polarization].” In Sosyal Bilimler Ansiklopedisi [Encyclopedia of Social Sciences], ed. M. A. Y. Saraç, Ankara: TÜBİTAK [Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey].

– Moral, Mert. 2021. “Siyasi Davranış [Political Behavior].” In Sosyal Bilimler Ansiklopedisi [Encyclopedia of Social Sciences], ed. M. A. Y. Saraç, Ankara: TÜBİTAK [Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey].

– Moral, Mert. 2021. “Partizanlık [Partisanship].” In Sosyal Bilimler Ansiklopedisi [Encyclopedia of Social Sciences], ed. M. A. Y. Saraç, Ankara: TÜBİTAK [Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey].

– Çarkoğlu, Ali, Thomas Vitiello, and Mert Moral. 2012. “Voter Advice Applications in Practice: Answers to Some Key Questions from Turkey.” International Journal of Electronic Governance 5 (3/4): 298-317.
* Winner of the Elizabeth H. Nelson Prize awarded by the World Association of Public Opinion Research.