As the US election looks too close to call, the presidential campaigns head for Pennsylvania likely to be essential to any win.
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Candidates use psychological strategies to win support and to cast their rivals in a negative light. In projection, people seek to lessen their own faults by calling out these faults in others.
If you’re an unhappy voter and want other unhappy voters to hold their noses and vote for the major candidate they least dislike, think about the Golden Rule.
Evangelicals are often regarded as a uniform, monolithic group − but there are differences within their politics and social engagement.
The rapidly changing social conditions in Ohio have played a significant role in the growth of extremism as some alienated white men fear that a race war is coming.
Based on federal budgeting requests from the past 2 administrations, Trump and Harris placed different values on science research funding.
Social media platforms, the modern public squares, are being manipulated by foreign influence campaigns. AI makes those campaigns more effective.
In order to effectively appeal to voters with a shared identity, Kamala Harris and other politicians would need to show that they care about the particular issues they are concerned about.
Careers in politics are particularly difficult for women, who must be careful to avoid hurting their image. Kamala Harris is the latest to contend with this double standard.
Harris’ support for abortion rights and political unity – as well as the fact that she offers an antidote to Donald Trump – helps explain her appeal.
As the ground war in Lebanon heats up, how did it happen and where might it all end up?
Arab Americans look more likely to vote for Trump than Harris in the upcoming US election.
Allentown, Bethlehem and other old industrial cities in Pennsylvania have made a remarkable recovery − thanks in part to new residents from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.
The union averted a small-scale strike at a Ford factory, but tensions with Stellantis have not eased.
When Walz and Vance went head-to-head the atmosphere was less angry than in recent political debates.
The types of smiles that politicians display can give us insights into their personalities and how they’ll lead.
Tailored messaging, repeated exposure, and false grassroots campaigns are classic propaganda techniques, now used widely by state-back trolls.
Ahead of the election, a reproductive health law scholar lays out the broad strokes of what both Harris and Trump have done regarding abortion policy while in office.
Vice President Kamala Harris has strongly supported clean energy investments, while Donald Trump has railed against them. But transformative shifts in the energy landscape already are well underway.
Republicans have long focused on freedom as an election issue. Kamala Harris appears to be shifting the Democrats’ strategy to offer a rival view of what freedom means.
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