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Political Science Insights to Illuminate the News

Logan Strother

Nathan T. Carrington and Logan Strother May 12, 2022

Leaks don’t hurt trust in the Supreme Court. Unpopular decisions do.

That’s what our research found

Nathan T. Carrington and Logan Strother February 4, 2022

Gorsuch is scheduled to speak to the right-wing Federalist Society. Americans find such speeches inappropriate.

Americans don’t approve of justices appearing with politicians, our research finds.

Nathan T. Carrington and Logan Strother June 14, 2020

Legally, Confederate statues in public spaces aren’t a form of free speech

Who’s likely to make this claim? People who have unfavorable views of black Americans.

Thomas Ogorzalek, Spencer Piston, and Logan Strother December 7, 2019

What Nikki Haley gets wrong about the Confederate flag

It was the fight against civil rights that brought the flag back.

Logan Strother and Daniel Bennett November 24, 2018

Which Americans support the Second Amendment? The answer depends on whether whites or blacks have the guns.

Logan Strother and Ben Johnson October 17, 2018

The Supreme Court hasn’t followed public opinion for 50 years. Why would it start now?

Logan Strother, Geiguen Shin, and Charles Menifield August 29, 2018

We gathered data on every confirmed, line-of-duty police killing of a civilian in 2014 and 2015. Here’s what we found.

Logan Strother September 11, 2017

National flood insurance will help clean up after Irma and Harvey. And that’s a problem.

Thomas Ogorzalek, Spencer Piston, and Logan Strother June 12, 2017

The Confederate flag largely disappeared after the Civil War. The fight against civil rights brought it back.

Logan Strother October 12, 2016

Trump’s border wall would become a lot more unpopular if he tried to build it