How Title IX is undermining college sports
Since 1972, the definition of sex discrimination has expanded beyond what's covered by this breakthrough – but narrow – law.
How can the U.S. help prevent more political violence?
Our research found two strategies that may help restore general social disapproval of attacks such as the one against Nancy Pelosi’s husband
The pandemic actually helped bring Americans together – briefly
Having a common enemy can unite a nation — until something like the Black Lives Matter protests reminds citizens of their profound differences.
People are more anti-vaccine if they get their covid news from Facebook than from Fox News, data shows
Biden said social media companies are ‘killing people’ by spreading vaccine misinformation
These nine swing states will see the biggest ‘blue shift’ as ballots are counted after the election
Biden’s margin will almost certainly improve as mail-in ballots are counted — by up to 60 percentage points
‘Why We’re Polarized’ shows how media, emotion, politicians and more are dividing Americans
Ezra Klein explains the political science for you.
Surprised by all these abortion bans? Meet Americans United for Life — the most significant antiabortion group you’ve never heard of.
It designs legislation aimed at staying out of the headlines and minimizing backlash.
If my candidate is behind, the poll must be biased
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When your football team wins, so does Obama
[caption id="attachment_45860" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Ohio State running back Ezekiel Elliott
How Monday’s England-Slovakia soccer match just might influence Brexit
On June 23, U.K. voters will decide whether to leave
Does social science have a replication crisis?
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New research shows just how much presidents try to manipulate public opinion
[caption id="attachment_28333" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] (Haraz N. Ghanbari/AP)[/caption] The political scientists
Partisan bias about climate change is more prevalent than you think
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A scientific perspective on politics and science
Human activity is causing climate change. Vaccines save lives. Humans
Journal of Experimental Political Science (JEPS) launches!
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Time-Sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences
James Druckman and Jeremy Freese write: (more…)
Potpourri
* Mark McKinnon correctly downplays the effect of presidential candidates'
What Do Political Polls Really Accomplish?
This is a guest post from Lawrence Jacobs, who is
In Defense of Studying College Students
Matt Yglesias: bq. By the same logic, my study of
Myths about the Kennedy-Nixon Debate
Ted Sorensen had "an op-ed":http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/26/opinion/26sorensen.html in yesterday's NY Times about
Project to Code Congressional Campaign Websites
Jamie Druckman (Northwestern), Martin Kifer (High Point), and Michael Parkin
A Defense of the America Speaks Forums
Kevin Esterling, who is involved in evaluating the America Speaks
What’s In Candidate Websites?
It has become virtually certain that political candidates will have
More on the Political Impact of Video
Yesterday I posted about a study of the growth of