Andrew Trexler

Andrew Trexler is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, specializing in American politics and political communication. His research examines the news media, public opinion, and political behavior, with a focus on the challenges of the contemporary information environment and the mass media's capacity to provide information central to democratic accountability.

Dr. Trexler's research interests span political communication, political behavior, news media, public opinion, and survey methods. He employs a diverse methodological toolkit including experimental methods, survey research, text analysis, and machine learning. His work bridges political science, public policy, mass communication, and psychology, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach to understanding political phenomena.

His recent publications demonstrate expertise in survey methodology, media effects, and American political behavior. Dr. Trexler has published research on repeated measure designs in survey experiments, voting access reforms during the pandemic, local news reporting effects on infrastructure investment attitudes, and the dynamics of political cohort formation following major events like the George Floyd protests.

• Active contributor to methodological discussions in survey research
• Research examining the relationship between media coverage and political attitudes
• Work on political behavior in the American context with methodological rigor
• Engagement with contemporary challenges in political communication and information environments

As a faculty member at UW-Madison, Dr. Trexler contributes to the Political Science department's strengths in American politics and methodology. His research addresses fundamental questions about how citizens acquire political information and form political attitudes in contemporary democratic systems, with implications for democratic accountability and governance.