Americans vastly overestimate the number of immigrants. But what if it doesn’t matter?
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Trump wants an immigration system overhaul. Do Americans agree?
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Brexit proved again that identity can trump economics
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Americans don’t trust government. But they still want government to do a lot.
[caption id="attachment_3720" align="aligncenter" width="606"] (Susan Walsh/AP)[/caption] The Pew Research Center
Even more on the potential impact of mandatory voting
Earlier this week, I took on the subject of mandatory
Obama suggests making it mandatory to vote. That would change very little.
President Obama's semi-endorsement of compulsory voting this week provoked some attempts
California's top-two primary hasn't lived up to reformers' hopes
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California’s top-two primary hasn’t lived up to reformers’ hopes
[caption id="attachment_21129" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] California Assemblyman Tim Donnelly has taken
Reforming primary elections won't make government better
Amy Walter on our political dysfunction and polarization: The way
What if Marriage Equality Is Loving Instead of Roe?
We welcome this guest post from NYU political scientist Patrick
Californians Support a Path to Citizenship (with Conditions)
First, advocates of a path to legalization of illegal immigrants
Can California’s New Primary Reduce Polarization? Maybe Not.
This is a guest post from Doug Ahler, Jack Citrin,
More on Innumeracy
Felix Salmon has a gracious reply to my earlier post:
Americans and Innumeracy
In the Wall Street Journal, Carl Bialik mentions some of
The Partisan Trust Gap
The following is a guest post by "Mike Sances":http://web.mit.edu/polisci/people/gradstudents/mike-sances.shtml: *****
What Do Americans Think About Birthright Citizenship?
Everyone knows this controversy by now. Here is the bill.
How Facts Backfire
That's the title of a very nice article by Joe
The Jungle Primary
So California's Proposition 14 passed with 54% of the vote.
Immigration and Crime
This New York Times article discusses the current politics of
The Imagined Community in Europe and the United States
What are American and European attitudes toward immigration? Do they
Are Voters Different From Non-Voters?
Andrew Gelman discusses a paper by Jan Leighley and Jonathan