Christopher Wlezien is Hogg Professor of Government at the University of Texas at Austin, and holds or has held positions – both permanent and visiting – at various universities in the United States and other countries. He has published numerous articles and chapters as well as a number of books, including Degrees of Democracy, The Timeline of Elections, Who Gets Represented? and, most recently, Information and Democracy: Public Policy in the News. More information about his teaching, research, datasets, and service is available on his website: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/government/faculty/cw26629