Persuading voters is hard. That doesn’t mean campaigns should give up. Joshua Kalla and David Broockman - October 11, 2017 [caption id="attachment_64714" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A voter is reflected in the glass
How do you reduce prejudice toward transgender people? This new study explains. Andrew Gelman - April 7, 2016 Last year, there was a big scandal in political science
Fake study on changing attitudes: Sometimes a claim that is too good to be true, isn't Andrew Gelman - May 20, 2015 A few months ago we reported on a recently published
Fake study on changing attitudes: Sometimes a claim that is too good to be true, isn’t Andrew Gelman - May 20, 2015 A few months ago we reported on a recently published
Pushing at an open door: When can personal stories change minds on gay rights? Andrew Gelman - December 19, 2014 In a recently published research article, "When contact changes minds:
On the ethics of Facebook experiments Timothy Ryan - July 3, 2014 [caption id="attachment_12164" align="aligncenter" width="600"] This January 30, 2014 file photo
Ignore your base at your peril, Bill de Blasio Joshua Tucker - February 15, 2014 [caption id="attachment_6715" align="aligncenter" width="454" special=""] What kids in New York
How Much Did the 2012 Air War and Ground Game Matter? John Sides - May 9, 2013 In this third and final post in our mini-symposium on
Romney’s Candidacy has Piqued Curiosity about Mormons: Evidence from Google Searches John Sides - October 1, 2012 This is a guest post from political scientists Donald Green
Making Voting Compulsory (for Young People) John Sides - May 1, 2012 Guy Lodge and Sarah Birch: bq. Increasing electoral turnout is
Social Pressure in Obama’s Fundraising John Sides - September 27, 2011 Richard -- Here's something you don't have in common with
Rick Perry’s Eggheads John Sides - August 23, 2011 Social science has established a real beachhead in contemporary political
More Civics Education Does Not Increase Support for Civil Liberties Erik Voeten - May 23, 2011 In a new article in the Journal of Politics (gated,
Political experiments and political strategies Henry Farrell - January 5, 2009 Alan Gerber, Donald Green and Christopher Larimer had a "much
Will This Recession Create Hate Crime? John Sides - November 19, 2008 David Brooks suggested yesterday that economic downturns lead to a
Truths and Myths about the 2008 Election, Part I John Sides - November 5, 2008 1. THE FUNDAMENTALS MATTERED. I've been nattering on about this,