How Native women in state legislatures are changing politics Nadia E. Brown and Elise Blasingame - November 30, 2023 From tribal sovereignty to missing and murdered Indigenous women, they’re responding to Native concerns.
Does Putin have a vote in U.S. elections? Elizabeth N. Saunders, Marina E. Henke, Nadiya Kostyuk, Rachel Myrick, and Kenneth Schultz - September 28, 2023 International relations scholars have a ‘good chat’ about U.S. elections and foreign policy.
Kansas voted for abortion rights. What does that mean for the midterms? Susan Stokes, Radha Sarkar, and Eli Rau / Managing Editor - August 24, 2022 The Kansas abortion rights vote shows, yet again, that red-state voters are unhappy with extremist legislative politics.
What does the Kansas vote tell us about the future of abortion? Emily B. Jackson and Angie Torres-Beltran - August 16, 2022 Abortion rights supporters are especially motivated to get involved in politics, our research suggests
The Kansas abortion vote, in one graph Nathaniel Birkhead - August 5, 2022 Turnout and timing proved critical to Tuesday’s voting
Kansans voted to protect abortion rights. Why? Zoe Nemerever - August 4, 2022 Voters don’t like changing constitutions — and often aren’t as conservative as state legislators tend to assume
How do North and South Americans view the U.S.? Dinorah Azpuru - June 2, 2022 Leaders are gathering for the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles
Here are six big takeaways from the 2020 elections Emily Thorson and Chris Warshaw - November 7, 2020 Yes, polls are important
Openly LGBTQ candidates are running in record numbers — again Gabriele Magni and Andrew Reynolds - October 27, 2020 Numbers and diversity are increasing every election cycle. Here’s why.
Barack Obama and Kamala Harris both identify as Black. The news media doesn’t describe both that way. Maryann H. Kwakwa and Andrea Pena-Vasquez - September 16, 2020 Harris is much more likely to be described as multiracial.
The long, dangerous history of right-wing calls for violence and civil war Sam Jackson - September 9, 2020 In the 1960s and again today, Americans who describe themselves as patriots accuse other Americans of treason.
Economics, not politics, helps explain why coronavirus and other diseases started in China Zeke Emanuel and Scott Moore - May 1, 2020 Here’s what global pandemic hotspots may have in common.
States lead the fight against covid-19. That means we all depend on Medicaid now. Josh Pacewicz - April 7, 2020 And state Medicaid systems differ dramatically — giving the nation 50 different public health systems.
Americans who are biased against Asians are more likely to fear the coronavirus Tyler Reny and Matt Barreto - April 1, 2020 Hearing leaders’ anti-Asian and xenophobic rhetoric may boost that anxiety.
The U.S. has an ugly history of blaming ‘foreigners’ for disease Katrina Quisumbing King and Alexandre I.R. White - March 24, 2020 That attitude can spread more quickly than a virus
Latin American democracy may be in trouble. The protests are a symptom of increasing mistrust. Dinorah Azpuru - December 8, 2019 Citizens are unhappy both with their own representatives and with democracy in general.
Mia Love is right. The loss of black Republicans in Congress really could hurt the party with black voters. Christopher T. Stout and Jennifer Garcia - December 11, 2018 When the new Congress meets in January, it will include
What’s the strategy of Russia’s Internet trolls? We analyzed their tweets to find out. Richard Bonneau, Leon Yin, Joshua Tucker, Jonathan Nagler, and Franziska Roescher - November 19, 2018 [caption id="attachment_80380" align="aligncenter" width="960"] The Twitter app on a smartphone.
Why it can be rational to vote Andrew Gelman - November 4, 2018 [caption id="attachment_64714" align="aligncenter" width="960"] (David Goldman/AP)[/caption] I like to run
Will there be a ‘rainbow wave’? 4 things to know about LGBTQ candidates running for office this year. Charles Gossett and Andrew Reynolds - October 22, 2018 [caption id="attachment_79173" align="aligncenter" width="960"] The first openly gay U.S. senator,
For Trump, it was a summer of tariffs and more tariffs. Here’s where things stand. Chad Bown - September 13, 2018 The Trump administration is reportedly now open to trade talks
Here’s what happens when diplomats get involved in religious rhetoric Stacey Philbrick Yadav and Ian Hartshorn - April 11, 2018 [caption id="attachment_72062" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Representative Mike Pompeo, a Republican from
This is why Indian immigrants won’t benefit from Trump’s immigration plan Ramya Vijaya and Bidisha Biswas - March 1, 2018 [caption id="attachment_69933" align="alignnone" width="960"] Members of the Republican Hindu Coalition
Why Trump administration officials try so hard to flatter him Xavier Marquez - January 10, 2018 [caption id="attachment_67930" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President Trump is accompanied by Vice
Trump’s controversial election integrity commission is gone. Here’s what comes next. Charles Stewart III - January 4, 2018 [caption id="attachment_67813" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President Trump, accompanied by Vice President
Yes, U.S. election integrity could be improved. Here’s why the Pence commission probably won’t do it. German Feierherd and Francisco Cantú - September 18, 2017 In May, President Trump created the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election
Pence’s voter fraud commission will almost certainly ‘find’ thousands of duplicate registrations that aren’t duplicates. Here’s why. Stephen Pettigrew and Mayya Komisarchik - July 27, 2017 Did Vice President Pence commit voter fraud? You might think
An Indian immigrant is murdered in Kansas. It’s part of a spike in hate crimes against South Asians Sangay Mishra - March 7, 2017 [caption id="attachment_54999" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Alok Madasani, center, who was wounded
Who believes in voter fraud? Americans who are hostile to immigrants David Kimball - February 1, 2017 [caption id="attachment_53410" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Mexican and U.S. flags are seen
The Republican Party is coming apart. Here’s what it can learn from the 1956 Democrats. Boris Heersink - October 25, 2016 [caption id="attachment_48351" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower during his
How racism came to be called a mental illness — and why that’s a problem Carson Byrd and James Thomas - June 7, 2016 [caption id="attachment_41713" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Demonstrators in downtown Chicago call for
One-third of all U.S. presidents appointed a Supreme Court justice in an election year Barbara Perry - February 29, 2016 Eminent Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes famously described his fellow
Here’s this year’s (flawed) Corruption Perception Index. Those flaws are useful. Dan Hough - January 27, 2016 On Wednesday, Transparency International (TI), the world’s leading anti-corruption organization, is
A majority in every state favors a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants John Sides - February 25, 2015 The good folks at the Public Religion Research Institute have
Polarization without parties Seth Masket - January 15, 2015 [caption id="attachment_20152" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Source: Nebraskalegislature.gov[/caption] For many decades, Nebraska's
Independents didn't decide the midterm election John Sides - November 6, 2014 [caption id="attachment_17805" align="aligncenter" width="600"] (Alan Cradick/AP Photo/The Star-News)[/caption] Who won
Independents didn’t decide the midterm election - November 6, 2014 [caption id="attachment_17805" align="aligncenter" width="600"] (Alan Cradick/AP Photo/The Star-News)[/caption] Who won
Final forecast: Republicans have a 98% chance of taking the Senate John Sides - November 4, 2014 Barring any changes due to polls released in the next
How influential will Latinos be in Georgia and Kansas? David Damore - October 29, 2014 [caption id="attachment_17379" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] (Harry Cabluck/AP Photo)[/caption] Despite the favorable
Governors to watch for 2016 and beyond: What the polls tell us Patrick Egan - October 21, 2014 Of the 28 incumbent governors running for reelection in 2014,
There was a major shake-up in the Kansas Senate race. Or was there? John Sides - September 4, 2014 [caption id="attachment_15223" align="aligncenter" width="620"] In this Aug. 13, 2014, file
Kansas Board of Regents restricts free speech for academics Erik Voeten - December 19, 2013 [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="606" special=""] FILE: A sign displays the
The Future of Farm Bills John Sides - June 28, 2013 This is a guest post by Johns Hopkins political scientist
There’s a very short fuse on the exploding can* - December 21, 2012 Is the House Republican Conference the ACME Corporation of our
Could Conservatives Overthrow Boehner? What History Can Tell Us John Sides - December 6, 2012 This is a guest post by Jeffery A. Jenkins of
Big Sky Politics John Sides - March 2, 2012 Big Sky Political Analysis is a blog maintained by political
Polisci in the Kansas Media John Sides - February 3, 2012 Bob Beatty emails: I wanted to let you know about
Jacobs and Shapiro on how politicians try to mold public opinion Andrew Gelman - December 24, 2011 In my NYT column on how to think about conflicting
Trivia Question: Senate Streaks Joshua Tucker - July 16, 2009 I heard a good trivia question on yesterday's "Talk of
The Corruption Smackdown - December 16, 2008 Over at Slate, Jacob Weisberg has posted a smackdown between
For Whom the (Roll Call) Bell Tolls - October 2, 2008 Ian Ayres raises an interesting set of points over on
To the citizens of the United States of America from Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II - September 26, 2008 In light of your failure in recent years to nominate
What’s the Point of “Journalism” Like This? - December 7, 2007 The Washington Post runs a daily presidential campaign feature titled
How (Ideologically) Different is a Rur’l Republican Texan from an Urban Democratic New Yawker? (Update) - November 29, 2007 Following up on a previous post I've add the mean