Converse's most influential works include:
- *The American Voter* (1960), co-authored with Angus Campbell and Warren Miller. This book is considered a landmark in the study of American politics, and it helped to shape the way that political scientists think about voters and elections.
- *Electoral Choice: The Case of the 1960 Presidential Election* (1964), co-authored with Angus Campbell and Warren Miller. This book extended the findings of *The American Voter* by examining the factors that influenced voters' decisions in the 1960 presidential election.
- *Political Socialization: The Elementary School Classroom as an Environment for Political Learning* (1969), co-authored with Gregory Markus. This book examined the role of the elementary school classroom in shaping children's political attitudes.
- *Belief Systems and Mass Politics* (1970). This book developed the theory of belief systems, which argues that voters' political behavior is influenced by their underlying values and beliefs.
Converse was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. He died in 2016 at the age of 88.