Win or lose, progressive challengers have influenced the Democrats’ agenda Amelia Malpas - September 29, 2022 When ‘primaried’ by progressives, Democratic incumbents shift further left, research finds
Rep. Boebert labels Rep. Omar a jihadist. Why don’t GOP leaders condemn the slur? Maneesh Arora - December 6, 2021 Many Republican voters endorse anti-Muslim sentiments, my research finds
How to decode the party politics that led to Rep. Gosar’s censure Michele Swers - November 22, 2021 Mostly Democrats voted to censure him for tweeting an animated video of an attack on Ocasio-Cortez. Republicans promise payback.
Women of color won congressional seats in record numbers. How will they legislate? Kirsten Widner, Kerry Haynie, and Beth Reingold - November 24, 2020 Our research finds that Black and Latina female legislators focus especially on helping low-income communities of color.
State legislatures likely to have more women and people of color next year Paru Shah, Erika Vallejo, Eric Gonzalez Juenke, and Bernard Fraga - October 22, 2020 And that predicts what Congress will look like in the future
AOC just played ‘Among Us’ on Twitch. Over 400,000 people came to watch. Jack Farrell and Henry Farrell - October 21, 2020 Embracing video games can make for good politics
How do newspapers cover racial and religious minorities? Here’s the data. Joshua Tucker - October 2, 2020 Notably, coverage of Muslims was markedly negative in 2019.
AOC spoke out against a global problem — violence against women in politics Mona Lena Krook - July 27, 2020 What makes such violence ‘bad’ is not just the injury and suffering, but also the social meaning of being harmed
Right-wing websites are demonizing ‘antifa.’ Here’s how they portray the threat. Curd Knüpfer - June 24, 2020 My research found that 27 right-wing websites were strikingly in sync in creating the impression of a menacing, indistinct threat
These were our 10 most popular posts of 2019 E.J. Graff - December 31, 2019 You were very interested in evidence that could be used in the fierce partisan battles in the U.S.
The U.S. president asks you for ‘a favor.’ How could it hurt your country? Eugene Finkel - October 2, 2019 Let’s look at what happened in Israel when Netanyahu acceded to Trump’s request to ban two members of Congress.
Trump’s travel ban really was a Muslim ban, data suggests Vahid Niayesh - September 25, 2019 What the Trump administration’s data can and can’t tell us about the true effect of the travel ban
India’s prime minister will visit the U.S. next week. What will he say about human rights in Kashmir? Suparna Chaudhry - September 20, 2019 Narendra Modi’s government has kept the region under lockdown since early August
Most U.S. Muslims are patriots. Asking them to choose between faith and nation has a pernicious consequence. Nazita Lajevardi and Brian Calfano - August 21, 2019 New research shows that simply asking about their national identity can lower Muslims’ political engagement.
What does Israel’s response to two U.S. congresswomen mean for the future? Brent E. Sasley - August 16, 2019 The U.S.-Israel relationship has been rocky for years.
Is President Trump’s rhetoric racist? It depends on whom you ask. Ryan Enos, Meredith Dost, and Jennifer L. Hochschild - August 12, 2019 Americans don’t agree on what’s racist.
Nancy Pelosi said ‘the Squad’ was just ‘four people.’ But here’s why they might succeed. Jeffrey S. Lantis - July 24, 2019 Generational turnover and new technologies pose new challenges
Why didn’t more congressional Republicans condemn Trump’s racist tweets about the ‘Squad’? This graph explains. Jan Zilinsky - July 19, 2019 Look at the kind of district each represents, and their responses make more sense.
Republicans are courting Asian American voters. Telling the ‘Squad’ to go home is a terrible start. Neil Malhotra, Cecilia Mo, and Alexander Kuo - July 18, 2019 Our research suggests that racially exclusionary language makes Asian Americans more likely to identify with Democrats
Many whites view people of color as less American Michael Tesler / Managing Editor - July 15, 2019 Here’s the data.
Anti-Semitism is linked to public opinion about Israel. But so is Islamophobia. Michael Tesler - March 11, 2019 Is bias behind the backlash against Rep. Ilhan Omar? Let’s check public opinion.
What the controversy over Ilhan Omar’s tweets tells us about AIPAC today Brent E. Sasley - February 12, 2019 [caption id="attachment_83695" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, flanked
It’s Christian politics, not AIPAC money, that explains American support for Israel Sam Goldman - February 12, 2019 [caption id="attachment_83672" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Mayor Muriel E. Bowser speaks at
How the record number of female lawmakers will — and won’t — change Congress Dana Wolfe and Craig Volden - January 23, 2019 [caption id="attachment_82885" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Rep.
Eight white-majority districts elected Black members of Congress this year David Lublin - November 19, 2018 That's a breakthrough.