John Sides

John Sides is a professor of political science at Vanderbilt University and the Publisher of Good Authority. He is co-author, with Chris Tausanovitch and Lynn Vavreck, of The Bitter End: The 2020 Presidential Campaign and the Battle for the Meaning of America.


Partisan election officials don’t advantage their own party

New research shows that nonpartisan election administration may be the norm.

Welcome the Good Authority fellows!

Meet our six new fellows.

America is less polarized by race – but more polarized about race

The pro-GOP shift among people of color is making racial attitudes more important to politics, not less.

What polls can and cannot tell us about the 2024 elections 🎧

John Sides and Michael Tesler talk about what to expect leading up to the Nov. 5 vote.

How much trouble is Joe Biden really in?

There’s precedent for an election-year boost – but it’s not guaranteed.

A viral poll result got debunked. People are learning the wrong lesson.

Are all polls with opt-in samples wrong? Not quite.

Trump had the nomination sewn up before a single vote was cast

Two graphs show his dominance in the “invisible primary.”

The puzzle of Americans’ economic pessimism isn’t a puzzle at all

There’s a potential resolution to the big "vibes" debate.

Maybe young men and women aren’t so ideologically different

A viral graph isn't the full story.

Right-wing populist parties have risen. Populism hasn’t.

The success of these parties isn’t about a surge in populist sentiments.