The latest on SB4, the Texas push to control the U.S. border Andrea Silva - April 9, 2024 State efforts to override federal immigration policies tend to backfire, research shows.
Transgender candidates win elections. Here’s why. Zein Murib - November 13, 2023 Some research suggests the wave of trans candidates’ wins is unexpected.
Liberal Democrats are more hawkish than you might think Emily Sullivan and Dina Smeltz - November 16, 2022 They’re the ones who endorse military support for Ukraine, Taiwan and other places when there’s a threat to human rights or democracy.
Kansans voted to protect abortion rights. Why? Zoe Nemerever - August 4, 2022 Voters don’t like changing constitutions — and often aren’t as conservative as state legislators tend to assume
South Dakota’s wealth is in finance. South Dakotans still think it’s in farming. Filip Viskupič and David Wiltse - October 14, 2021 More people may work in agriculture — but the Pandora Papers revealed that the state has become an international financial haven
The Emancipation Proclamation did not end slavery. Here’s what did. Clarence Lusane - June 24, 2021 Two states — Delaware and Kentucky — still allowed slavery until the 13th Amendment was ratified, six months after Juneteenth.
Openly LGBTQ candidates are running in record numbers — again Gabriele Magni and Andrew Reynolds - October 27, 2020 Numbers and diversity are increasing every election cycle. Here’s why.
These states are most likely to boost turnout — despite the pandemic Michael J. Pomante II - October 7, 2020 The Cost of Voting Index is keeping tabs on which states have made it easier to vote this year.
Missouri just broke the pandemic’s moratorium on executions Austin Sarat - May 21, 2020 Death penalty supporters will likely decry the delay, while opponents point to questionable evidence that the execution was warranted
Trump-Biden voters could decide the 2020 election Ruy Teixeira and John Halpin - May 19, 2020 Nine percent of Trump’s 2016 voters say they’re planning to vote for Biden, our data suggest.
In some states, unemployment checks are much smaller than in others. Here’s why. Sara Watson - May 6, 2020 Some states replaced about two-thirds of lost income; one replaced only 17 percent. The Cares Act shook all that up.
Delaware offered Amazon $4.5 million to locate a new facility there. Guess who wins? Nathan M. Jensen - March 10, 2020 Our new book reveals the unexpected consequences of incentive programs
The U.S. might ratify the ERA. What would change? Lisa Baldez - January 22, 2020 Here’s what we can learn from states that already have equal rights amendments.
Michigan’s clean energy standards violate international trade law Joel Trachtman - July 4, 2019 Seven states have passed environmental laws that are incompatible with the United States’ international obligations.
There’s a big new headache for the Green New Deal Todd Tucker - June 28, 2019 The WTO wants to rule out the local economic benefits that the initiative would rely on.
In 2018, the turnout gap between young and old people didn’t really shrink at all Martin Wattenberg - February 11, 2019 [caption id="attachment_83591" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Voters cast ballots at Hoyt Park
Former U.S. Special Forces were reportedly hired to kill Yemen’s leaders. Did the government know? Deborah Avant - October 19, 2018 [caption id="attachment_79057" align="aligncenter" width="960"] The carcass of a car reportedly
Want a less partisan senator? Elect a former governor. Misty Knight-Finley and Alex Keena - July 31, 2018 [caption id="attachment_76207" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Former GOP presidential nominee and current
Congress is about to loosen the reins on the banking industry. Here’s why. Christopher Mitchell - May 21, 2018 [caption id="attachment_73603" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Souvenir license plates for sale at
The NRA sees a bleak Hobbesian world. So why does it want to arm individuals with guns? Ryan Reed and Christopher Hallenbrook - April 19, 2018 [caption id="attachment_72430" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Anti-NRA signs are passed out during
Despite Trump, many cities and states are fighting climate change. Including Pittsburgh. Rebecca Bromley-Trujillo - June 6, 2017 [caption id="attachment_59367" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Demonstrators protest President Trump's decision to
The electoral college badly distorts the vote. And it’s going to get worse. Katy Collin - November 17, 2016 [caption id="attachment_49696" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Protesters demonstrate against President-elect Donald Trump
The U.S. elected fewer openly LGBT legislators this cycle than last. Again. Charles Gossett and Andrew Reynolds - November 11, 2016 A rainbow flag blows during a demonstration in Berlin.
Vice-presidential candidates do win votes. But Mike Pence won’t help Donald Trump win the election. Boris Heersink and Brenton Peterson - July 15, 2016 [caption id="attachment_43886" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump with
Will the Cleveland convention help Trump win Ohio? Probably not. Joseph Uscinski and Christopher B. Mann - July 15, 2016 [caption id="attachment_43710" align="aligncenter" width="960"] CLEVELAND, OH - JULY 11: Windows
This research shows that vice presidential candidates actually do win votes in their home states Boris Heersink and Brenton Peterson - April 26, 2016 [caption id="attachment_35097" align="aligncenter" width="908"] (Joshua Lott/The Washington Post; Melina Mara/The
For research, we pretended to be crooks and terrorists and tried to buy shell companies. The results were disturbing. Jason Sharman - April 7, 2016 People across the world, including world leaders, have been variously
Here’s what prediction markets think about the Wisconsin results David Rothschild - April 6, 2016 [caption id="attachment_38706" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in
The question behind the Panama leak: Why aren’t international rules stopping offshore tax evasion? Leonard Seabrooke and Duncan Wigan - April 5, 2016 A lot of people are upset about the release of
This map shows the 31 countries where transgender and gender-variant candidates have run for office since 1977 Logan Casey and Andrew Reynolds - December 16, 2015 [caption id="attachment_33473" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Tamara Adrián, lawmaker-elect in Venezuela's parliament,
A surprising factor that may increase voter turnout: a cancer diagnosis Wendy Rahn and Sarah Gollust - October 22, 2015 [caption id="attachment_31065" align="aligncenter" width="1600"] (Bigstock)[/caption] Preliminary forecasts predict a close
A majority in every state favors a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants John Sides - February 25, 2015 The good folks at the Public Religion Research Institute have
Tax havens for despots, criminals and the Fortune 500 Neil Abrams and Steven Fish - February 12, 2015 [caption id="attachment_21172" align="alignnone" width="620"] The HSBC corporate logo outside a
The fall of Atlanta and Lincoln’s reelection: ‘Game-changer’ or campaign myth? Nathan Kalmoe - September 2, 2014 [caption id="attachment_14837" align="aligncenter" width="454"] Gen. William T. Sherman among the
The fall of Atlanta and Lincoln’s reelection: 'Game-changer' or campaign myth? Nathan Kalmoe - September 2, 2014 [caption id="attachment_14837" align="aligncenter" width="454"] Gen. William T. Sherman among the
Harvey Milk’s legacy Andrew Reynolds - May 21, 2014 [caption id="attachment_10712" align="aligncenter" width="556"] Zakhele Mbhele, right, before his swearing-in
Harvey Milk's legacy Andrew Reynolds - May 21, 2014 [caption id="attachment_10712" align="aligncenter" width="556"] Zakhele Mbhele, right, before his swearing-in
How U.S. state legislatures are polarized and getting more polarized (in 2 graphs) - January 14, 2014 Boris Shor is an assistant professor at the Harris School
The mythical moderates? David Karol - October 8, 2013 Until recently, moderate Republicans had succeeded in flying under the
Remember Civil Unions? The Shifting Middle Way in the Same-sex Marriage Debate John Sides - May 16, 2013 We welcome this guest post from Robert Jones and Daniel
Partisanship Everywhere: Googling 47% Erik Voeten - September 24, 2012 Data from Google Insights. States with smaller populations are less
Compared to national popular vote, the electoral college favors voters in small states (on average), not large states. It’s because of those extra 2 electoral votes that each state gets! Andrew Gelman - July 31, 2012 The other day, in discussing the virtues of the electoral
Trends in partisanship by state Andrew Gelman - January 25, 2011 Matthew Yglesias discusses how West Virginia used to be a
Why don’t low-income whites love the Democrats? - December 6, 2010 _Unequal Democracy_ is one of the best books on American
Activists, Valence, and Party Positioning Joshua Tucker - September 20, 2010 In Chapter 7 of his book _The Spatial Model of
Is Health Care Hurting the Democrats? John Sides - January 21, 2010 That's the argument of political scientists David Brady and Douglas
Scozzafava is a Conservative Republican (by New York State standards) Andrew Gelman - October 21, 2009 My colleague Boris Shor has performed some analysis (jointly with
Well, How Did We Get Here? The Rise of the 60-Vote Senate Gregory Koger - August 25, 2009 Last Thursday, I made the case for the constitutionality of
Shakespeare on Gates and Crowley - August 7, 2009 This, from Boston.com, is nicely done. My favorite line? "Silence,