Jamie L. Carson is the UGA Athletic Association Professor of Public & International Affairs II in the Department of Political Science at the University of Georgia. His most recent books are Nationalized Politics: Evaluating Electoral Politics Across Time (2024) and The Politics of Congressional Elections (2024; 11th edition).Ryan D. Williamson is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Wyoming. He received his doctorate from the University of Georgia and his undergraduate degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He previous served as an APSA Congressional Fellow in the US Senate Committee on Rules and Administration and as a governance fellow with the R Street Institute. He is co-author of Nationalized Politics: Evaluating Electoral Politics Across Time (2024).