Trump’s abrasive personality might help him win reelection — if voters feel it’s a dangerous world
Angry voters aren’t looking for someone they can have a beer with.
Does incivility hurt democracy? Here’s what political science can tell us.
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This is why white evangelicals still support Donald Trump. (It’s not economic anxiety.)
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White people get more conservative when they move up — not down — economically. Here’s the evidence.
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Why Trump’s steel tariffs may end up helping him politically
After saying he would impose new tariffs on steel and aluminum
Free trade is becoming more popular — especially among Republicans
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Could Scott Walker’s dog allergy come back to bite him in 2016?
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Could Scott Walker's dog allergy come back to bite him in 2016?
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New evidence for our nasty politics
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Wag the Dog? How Presidents Use Their Pets to Manipulate American Voters
Remember when David Axelrod tweeted this picture of Obama and
More on the Big Sort: Bill Bishop Responds to Abrams and Fiorina
This is a response by Bill Bishop, author of The
This Week in Political Science
RETIREMENT. This week the New York Times reported that Joseph
What Difference Does (In)Civility Make? (Part 1)
The call for civility is "all around":http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/wehner/383069, and members of
Economic Interests, Values, and Public Opinion about Free Trade
bq. Although it is widely acknowledged that an understanding of
Why Should We Have Polls?
Conor Clarke has kindly replied to my earlier rebuttal to
Do Our Friends Help Us Vote Correctly?
Lots of research shows that most people's friends are pretty
A hypothetical claim in search of evidence
Something that occurred to me at a dinner discussion about
Partisanship, journalism and political science
As Lee says, I've a new "piece up":http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=can_partisanship_save_citizenship at _The
Deliberation vs. participation in blogs
Bloggingheads have posted a dialogue I did some days ago
My only love sprung from my only hate!
I do not always read the "Modern Love" column in
Lights, Camera, and ????–––Cameras at the Supreme Court
Senators Arlen Specter (R-PA), John Cornyn (R-TX), Dick Durbin (D-IL),
The Corrosive Effects of “In-Your-Face” Televised Political Discourse
When most Americans discuss politics, their conversations are with those