Amy Funck

Amy Funck is a political behaviorist and elections expert with a focus on the role of emotions, attachment theory, and cognitive skills in political decision-making. She brings a rich background in public opinion and elections, having worked for Edison Research on the National Election Pool’s exit poll, state-level polls, broad public interest polls, and internal campaign polls. She was formerly a political content expert and assessment specialist for ETS where she developed the AP US and Comparative Government and Politics exams, as well as statewide content knowledge assessments for teacher certification.

Her most recent work investigates how value and belief driven cognition impact pro-democratic attitudes; the role of issues (vs. partisanship) in elections; effect size sensitivity to methodological choices in emotions research; the emotional underpinnings of conspiracy theory belief; and how childhood experiences with authority figures impact later trust in political institutions.