Dr. Harold D. Clarke, Ashbel Smith Professor of Political Economy at the University of Texas, Dallas, received his PhD from Duke University and bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Western Ontario. Clarke is an internationally recognized expert on voting and elections. His research focuses on electoral choice and the political economy of party support in Great Britain, the U.S. and Canada. His studies have been supported by the National Science Foundation, the Economics and Social Research Council (UK), the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (Canada), and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.