No, there’s not a significant Taylor Swift effect on Travis Kelce’s stats Michael Tesler - October 31, 2023 Beware of small sample sizes in media narratives.
Republican candidates listen to extremist donors more than voters Jordan Kujala - July 11, 2022 Statistics suggest that Democrats aren’t that much better
George Floyd’s killing is changing how some white evangelicals talk about race Nancy D. Wadsworth - August 10, 2020 Here’s the history to this shift.
Turnout at last weekend’s impeachment marches was modest. Why? Tommy Leung, Nathan Perkins, Jeremy Pressman, and Erica Chenoweth - June 23, 2019 We found three likely reasons.
Why are teachers protesting in ‘blue’ cities? Sarah Reckhow, Rebecca Jacobsen, and Jeffrey R. Henig - March 7, 2019 Deep-pocketed national donors are changing local school politics. Teachers unions are scrambling to keep up.
The 2019 Women’s March was bigger than you think Jeremy Pressman and Erica Chenoweth - February 1, 2019 After two years of counting political crowds in the United
Millions of protesters turned out in June — more than in any month since Trump’s inauguration. Jeremy Pressman and Erica Chenoweth - August 31, 2018 This is the 17th installment in a monthly series reporting
The Republican tax bill spurred more than 120 public protests in November Jeremy Pressman and Erica Chenoweth - December 29, 2017 This is the 11th installment in a monthly series reporting
People who get Medicaid are made to feel powerless. That pushes them out of politics and toward fatalism. Jamila Michener - August 17, 2017 During the debate over the Republicans’ unsuccessful push to repeal
The beliefs of economist James Buchanan conflict with basic democratic norms. Here’s why. Michael Chwe - July 25, 2017 [caption id="attachment_61412" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Dawn Russell is arrested by police
Forget Trump’s complaints about sanctuary cities. Most communities are actually helping enforce immigration laws. William Bianco and Edan Gomez - June 2, 2017 [caption id="attachment_59192" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Protesters at the Texas state capitol
Are you a liberal or a conservative? That may depend on where you live. Matthew Feinberg and Alexa Tullett - March 16, 2017 [caption id="attachment_38412" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] The symbols of the Democratic (donkey)
Trump isn’t really campaigning earlier than other recent presidents. He’s just more upfront about it. Brendan Doherty - February 21, 2017 [caption id="attachment_54425" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President Trump invites a supporter onstage
This is what we learned by counting the women’s marches Jeremy Pressman and Erica Chenoweth - February 7, 2017 Editors' note: This is the fifth post in our series
Trump’s not the only one who wants a wall. Border walls are trending. Ron Hassner and Jason Wittenberg - March 8, 2016 [caption id="attachment_36859" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Ahmed Kadesh, 5, from Damascus, sleeps
Voting only by mail can decrease turnout. Or increase it. Wait, what? Elizabeth Bergman - December 21, 2015 [caption id="attachment_33763" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Voters in Denver, Colo., cast their
People who live close to mass shootings are less likely to vote Republican Eric Stern - June 27, 2015 [caption id="attachment_26592" align="alignnone" width="620" class="align center"] House Speaker John Boehner
How to stop ISIS from recruiting American teens Seamus Hughes and Lorenzo Vidino - June 17, 2015 [caption id="attachment_26182" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] Militants from the Islamic State parade
The decline of local news is threatening citizen engagement Danny Hayes - January 23, 2015 [caption id="attachment_20396" align="alignright" width="220"] Newspaper boxes line the sidewalk at
Why the 'war on women' failed in 2014 John Sides - November 26, 2014 [caption id="attachment_18518" align="alignleft" width="300"] Incumbent Sen. Mark Udall, (D-Colo.),speaks during
Why the ‘war on women’ failed in 2014 - November 26, 2014 [caption id="attachment_18518" align="alignleft" width="300"] Incumbent Sen. Mark Udall, (D-Colo.),speaks during
The party politics of pot Seth Masket - June 10, 2014 [caption id="attachment_11637" align="aligncenter" width="300" special=""] Source: NPR[/caption] The Republican National
How political scientists informed the president about election reform Joshua Tucker - January 23, 2014 This is a guest post from University of Wisconsin-Madison political
If You Give a State A Federal Reserve Bank (or two…) - June 19, 2013 What are the chances that both bank presidents-- one as
References on Chechnya, the Caucasus, and Related Violence, plus another word of caution Joshua Tucker - April 19, 2013 I have been debating whether to write this post for
Some Stuff I Learned at ISA Erica Chenoweth - April 8, 2013 '--This is a cross-post from Political Violence @ a Glance--
Legalizing Marijuana: Some Lessons from The Netherlands Erik Voeten - November 8, 2012 Washington State and Colorado legalized the recreational use of marijuana
More Voters (Continue to) Expect Obama to Win Joshua Tucker - November 4, 2012 As a follow-up to John's recent post regarding the Rothschild
On Moneyball and Romney’s “Momentum” John Sides - October 24, 2012 The lesson of this debate over Romney's momentum -- see
Is Positive News from Intrade a Good Use of Campaign Resources? Joshua Tucker - October 23, 2012 I wrote a post last week about the link between
Dueling Tax Truths Larry Bartels - October 15, 2012 With so much of this year’s campaign focusing on taxes
Democratizing the Ad Watch Larry Bartels - July 25, 2012 The Vanderbilt/YouGov Ad Rating Project, directed by Vanderbilt political scientist
Does Romney have a Military Problem? Joshua Tucker - February 8, 2012 Monkey Cage reader Michael Moschella writes in with the following
Areas of Influence and the Meaning of “Neighborhood” - April 21, 2009 I thought this was an interesting "idea":http://www.commoncensus.org/, looking at areas
Not-Quite-Review of A Long Time Coming John Sides - February 15, 2009 This is the book that Newsweek published after the campaign,
Punditry vs. Political Science John Sides - August 25, 2008 A couple weeks ago, Andy had this response to a