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
Trump might push to confirm his Supreme Court nominee quickly. That would cost him. Richard Vining - February 3, 2017 [caption id="attachment_53536" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Supreme Court justice nominee Neil Gorsuch,
Why do white men love Donald Trump so much? Howard Rosenthal - September 8, 2016 [caption id="attachment_45968" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] (Scott Olson/Getty Images)[/caption] The rise of
Everything you need to know about our polarized politics (in the palm of your hand) John Sides - March 15, 2015 [caption id="attachment_22391" align="aligncenter" width="2448"] (Photo by John Sides)[/caption] In Jonathan
Are Republicans really driving congressional polarization? Maybe not. L.J. Zigerell - September 11, 2014 The notion of "asymmetric polarization" is commonplace in political discourse
How personality explains behavior in Congress Adam Ramey - April 15, 2014 [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="606" special=""] The U.S. Capitol, where the
Polarization in Congress has risen sharply. Where is it going next? - February 13, 2014 Christopher Hare is a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at
How politically moderate are Americans? Less than it seems. - January 22, 2014 Keith T. Poole is the Philip H. Alston Jr. Distinguished
The politics of bad apples Nolan McCarty - October 24, 2013 This post is co-written with Keith Poole and Howard Rosenthal
The New Political Bubble Nolan McCarty - June 26, 2013 At the end of this summer, the world will mark
For Congressional Candidates, Party Trumps Constituency Eric McGhee - November 5, 2012 This post is jointly authored with Boris Shor of the
Don’t Blame Gerrymandering for Polarization, Redux Joshua Tucker - October 29, 2012 How much of Congress’s polarization can be attributed to gerrymandering?
Zombie Politics: Redistricting and Party Polarization John Sides - October 21, 2012 Aaron Blake: The once-in-a-decade redistricting process has taken the nation’s
Is Paul Ryan Really the Most Conservative Vice-Presidential Nominee? John Sides - August 13, 2012 This is a guest post from University of California, Berkeley
Polarization is Real (and Asymmetric) Nolan McCarty - May 15, 2012 This post is co-authored with Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, and
Lessig, Klein, and the Economist on Polarization, Spending, and Gerrymandering Nolan McCarty - March 13, 2012 Larry Lessig, Ezra Klein, and an anonymous Economist writer have
Nolan McCarty Joins The Monkey Cage John Sides - January 6, 2012 We are very pleased to have Nolan McCarty as a
Polarization and Inequality Erik Voeten - October 18, 2011 John's post on polarization and broken politics is great. One
The Parties Really Are Unified John Sides - January 5, 2011 A while back, I "took Gail Collins to task":https://themonkeycage.org/2009/04/what_doesnt_gail_collins_under.html for
Why don’t low-income whites love the Democrats? - December 6, 2010 _Unequal Democracy_ is one of the best books on American
What Happens When Congress Fails to Do Its Job? John Sides - March 30, 2010 That it is a title of a Newsweek essay by
Studying the dimensionality of political preferences Andrew Gelman - October 6, 2009 Keith Ellis writes: I've been wondering about are the use
If Thomas Friedman was a Political Scientist Joshua Tucker - September 30, 2009 Thomas Friedman has an "interesting column":http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/30/opinion/30friedman.html in the NY Times
Low-turnout runoff elections; skepticism about the “balancing” argument Andrew Gelman - December 14, 2008 Nolan McCarty writes: Saxby Chambliss won reelection in the Georgia
The political economy of inequality Henry Farrell - October 20, 2008 Thanks to Lee for pointing me to this "very interesting
Is Obama the Most Liberal Senator? John Sides - July 19, 2008 The National Journal says yes. Is this true? In this
Campaign Rhetoric and Political Reality, Part 2 John Sides - February 29, 2008 A while back, I took on Frank Rich's notion that
“He is the senator with the most liberal voting record.” - February 1, 2008 "Who is Barack Obama?" Just days before Super-Duper Tuesday, the
Polarization in the 2005-2006 Congress Highest in 120 Years - January 3, 2008 While political scientists rarely agree on anything, there seems to