When politicians talk more about their personal lives and less about politics, it makes people from the opposing side of the political line see them as people and like them more.
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Idaho, Montana and Florida had the highest population growth among US states between 2020 and 2022.
People tend not to think that their own emotions could simply be wrong. But research shows that people excessively dislike others who disagree with them.
In-person conversations between Republicans and Democrats lasting just 15 minutes were found to lessen political animus, research shows.
Pew asked people in 17 countries how they felt about climate change. The survey found some optimism but also deep ideological divides, particularly in the United States.
The advocates of friendship as a way to solve America’s partisan divide are wrong. There are more effective ways to tackle intractable political problems.
The programs that Americans of all political stripes like to watch seem to be united by a common theme.
The bitterly contested hearings to confirm Brett Kavanaugh as the newest justice to the U.S. Supreme Court were more of a show trial than a legal procedure.
The midterm elections have put America’s political divide front and center, increasingly invading the work space and stressing out employees.
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Director of Center for Climate Communication, George Mason University
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