Harold D. Clarke, Ph.D. Duke University, is Ashbel Smith Professor, School of Soical
Sciences, University of Texas at Dallas, and Adjunct Professor, Department of
Government, University of Essex. His research on electoral choice and the political
economy of party support in Great Britain, the United States and Canada has been
supported by the National Science Foundation (U.S.), the Economics and Social Research
Council (U.K.), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (Canada).
He is the author of numerous articles published in journals such as the American Journal
of Political Science, the American Political Science Review, the British Journal of
Political Science, the Journal of Politics and Political Analysis. His most recent book is
Political Choice in Britain (Oxford University Press, 2004). Forthcoming books include
Performance Politics: Britain (Cambridge University Press) and Political Choices:
Canada and the United States (Broadview Press). His teaching interests focus on
research methods, and he regularly teaches advanced time series analysis at the Essex
Summer School in Data Collection and Analysis. Clarke is currently a principal
investigator for the 2005 British Election Study and principal investigator for the
Dynamics of Party Support in Britain project. He is also conducting the Political Support
in America and Political Support in Canada voting studies. He is editor of Electoral
Studies.