Gabriel Lenz

Gabriel Lenz is a Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. His research focuses on democratic accountability, election dynamics, and voter behavior, bridging American politics, political economy, and political psychology.

• Key Research Themes: Voter accountability, economic policy impact on elections, candidate appearance effects, and democratic backsliding.
• Awards: 2023 Christiaan Huygens Prize, Jewell-Loewenberg Paper Award (2016), Charles Redd Award (2014), and Editors’ Choice Award (2012).

Publications in top journals like American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, and Political Analysis explore retrospective voting, survey methodology, and policy attitude stability. Recent work analyzes voter responses to crises like the 2020 pandemic.

Notable Grants and collaborations include partnerships with institutions like I4R and contributions to the Strengthening Democracy Challenge megastudy.