| The Myth of the Independent Voter BE Keith University of California Press, 1992 | 1041 | 1992 |
| Direct legislation D Magleby Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984 | 889 | 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 | 236 | 2010 |
| Direct legislation in the American states DB Magleby Referendums around the world: The growing use of direct democracy, 218-257, 1994 | 176 | 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 | 125 | 1986 |
| Pre-Election Judicial Review of Initiatives and Referendums JD Gordon III, DB Magleby Notre Dame L. Rev. 64, 298, 1989 | 118 | 1989 |
| Participation in mail ballot elections DB Magleby Western Political Quarterly 40 (1), 79-91, 1987 | 117 | 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 | 106 | 2008 |
| 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 | 83 | 2011 |
| The polls—Poll trends public support for Congress KD Patterson, DB Magleby Public Opinion Quarterly 56 (4), 539-551, 1992 | 83 | 1992 |
| Voter confidence and the election-day voting experience RL Claassen, DB Magleby, JQ Monson, KD Patterson Political Behavior 35, 215-235, 2013 | 81 | 2013 |
| Consultants and direct democracy DB Magleby, KD Patterson PS: Political Science & Politics 31 (2), 162-166, 1998 | 76 | 1998 |
| Financing the 2008 election DB Magleby, A Corrado Brookings Institution Press, 2011 | 75* | 2011 |
| Opinion formation and opinion change in ballot proposition campaigns DB Magleby Manipulating public opinion, 95-115, 1989 | 67 | 1989 |
| Who donates in campaigns?: The importance of message, messenger, medium, and structure DB Magleby, J Goodliffe, JA Olsen Cambridge University Press, 2018 | 47 | 2018 |
| Government by the people: National version JMG Burns, JW Peltason, TE Cronin, DB Magleby (No Title), 2000 | 47 | 2000 |
| Government by the People . J McG, ... et al Prentice-Hall International, 1993 | 47 | 1993 |
| Outside money: Soft money and issue advocacy in the 1998 congressional elections DB Magleby Rowman & Littlefield, 2000 | 46 | 2000 |
| Taking the initiative: Direct legislation and direct democracy in the 1980s DB Magleby PS: Political Science & Politics 21 (3), 600-611, 1988 | 46 | 1988 |
