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Bottom line: Political endorsements are overrated.
The number of candidates running in party primaries has ballooned since 2010. That may result in extreme, inexperienced or controversial nominees who do not represent a majority of voters.
Your willingness to get a vaccination is tied to your political party. And that may have deadly consequences.
Even before the pandemic, divisive politics was affecting mental health, and political topics were being raised in therapy. Now, patients want therapists that share their views.
Deep-seated disagreement is healthy for a democracy. But when people lose the ability to navigate those differences, they risk seeking anti-democratic unity of thought.
As states devise new electoral district maps, some have adopted independent commissions to ensure fairness in that process. Do they deliver?
The accusation of bias is like kryptonite for responsible news organizations: the stronger their piety to the ideal of objectivity, the more vulnerable they are to complaints made in bad faith.
Politics always influences what questions scientists ask. Their intertwined relationship becomes a problem when politics dictates what answers science is allowed to find.
States led by Republican governors generally had higher COVID-19 case and death rates in 2020.
Cross-partisanship co-operation among political leaders doesn’t neatly translate into a similar consensus among the Canadian public, including those with disabilities or chronic health conditions.
The US system was designed with more checks and balances than many other successful democracies – the filibuster’s main function is to give undue power to a vocal minority.
Biden’s winning campaign message was one of unity. But even the people who study polarization can’t agree on whether it’s possible to unify the United States.
Though hypocrites seemingly relinquish their moral authority, the trial against Socrates shows us that our favoritism for public figures is stronger than our judgments of their hypocrisy.
A survey of 800 foreign policy experts identified four international issues where Republicans and Democrats may actually cooperate to get something done – and one area of severe disagreement.
The conservative cable news channel particularly favors the term when explaining opposition to Donald Trump. This framing of the news can lead Fox viewers to see the world as us versus them.
The Supreme Court doesn’t have to be so polarized. Many European countries make judicial appointments in a term-limited, intentionally depoliticized way to promote consensus and compromise.
Americans are mad – fist-fighting, protesting mad. And that’s just how politicians want voters in election season. But the popular anger stoked by candidates doesn’t just dissipate after the campaign.
Despite partisan affiliation, American voters tend to share views on common facts about the world. But recent research suggests that when it comes to COVID-19, voters live in alternative realities.
It is a tenet of American journalism that reporters working for the news sections of newspapers remain entirely independent of the opinion sections. But that wall may be invisible to readers.
Top contributors
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W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Boise State University
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Indiana University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Park University
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Professor & Co-Director, Center for an Independent and Sustainable Democracy, School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Case Western Reserve University
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Associate Professor of Media Studies, Penn State
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Professor of Political Communication, Loughborough University
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Professor of Psychology, University of Maryland
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Dayton
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Associate Professor of International Business and Strategy at the D'Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University
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Assistant Professor of Journalism, University of Florida
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Provost Associate Professor, American University School of International Service
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Tulane University
