| The myth of the independent voter BE Keith, DB Magleby, CJ Nelson, EA Orr, MC Westlye Univ of California Press, 1992 | 1000 | 1992 |
| Direct legislation D Magleby Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984 | 878 | 1984 |
| Let the Voters Decide-An Assessment of the Initiative and Referendum Process DB Magleby U. Colo. L. Rev. 66, 13, 1994 | 238 | 1994 |
| The money chase: Congressional campaign finance reform DB Magleby, CJ Nelson Brookings Institution Press, 2010 | 230 | 2010 |
| Direct legislation in the American states DB Magleby Referendums around the world: The growing use of direct democracy, 218-257, 1994 | 177 | 1994 |
| The partisan affinities of independent ‘leaners’ BE Keith, DB Magleby, CJ Nelson, E Orr, MC Westlye, RE Wolfinger British Journal of Political Science 16 (2), 155-185, 1986 | 126 | 1986 |
| Pre-Election Judicial Review of Initiatives and Referendums JD Gordon III, DB Magleby Notre Dame L. Rev. 64, 298, 1989 | 122 | 1989 |
| Participation in mail ballot elections DB Magleby Western Political Quarterly 40 (1), 79-91, 1987 | 116 | 1987 |
| “At Your Service” voter evaluations of poll worker performance RL Claassen, DB Magleby, JQ Monson, KD Patterson American Politics Research 36 (4), 612-634, 2008 | 102 | 2008 |
| The polls—Poll trends public support for Congress KD Patterson, DB Magleby Public Opinion Quarterly 56 (4), 539-551, 1992 | 83 | 1992 |
| The myth of the independent voter revisited DB Magleby, CJ Nelson, MC Westlye Facing the challenge of democracy: Explorations in the analysis of public …, 2011 | 80 | 2011 |
| Consultants and direct democracy DB Magleby, KD Patterson PS: Political Science & Politics 31 (2), 162-166, 1998 | 76 | 1998 |
| Voter confidence and the election-day voting experience RL Claassen, DB Magleby, JQ Monson, KD Patterson Political Behavior 35, 215-235, 2013 | 74 | 2013 |
| Financing the 2008 election DB Magleby, A Corrado Brookings Institution Press, 2011 | 68 | 2011 |
| Opinion formation and opinion change in ballot proposition campaigns DB Magleby Manipulating public opinion, 95-115, 1989 | 68 | 1989 |
| Government by the People . J McG, ... et al Prentice-Hall International, 1993 | 47 | 1993 |
| Government by the people: National version JMG Burns, JW Peltason, TE Cronin, DB Magleby (No Title), 2000 | 45 | 2000 |
| Taking the initiative: Direct legislation and direct democracy in the 1980s DB Magleby PS: Political Science & Politics 21 (3), 600-611, 1988 | 45 | 1988 |
| The last hurrah?: soft money and issue advocacy in the 2002 congressional elections DB Magleby, JQ Monson Rowman & Littlefield, 2004 | 44 | 2004 |
| Outside money: Soft money and issue advocacy in the 1998 congressional elections DB Magleby Rowman & Littlefield, 2000 | 44 | 2000 |
