How popular is Putin, really? John Reuter, Noah Buckley, Kyle L. Marquardt, and Katerina Tertytchnaya - April 12, 2022 The image of Putin’s popularity bolsters his actual popularity, our research finds. But staged perceptions of popularity can be fragile.
Pete Buttigieg may not know this yet: Rail transportation funding is a racial equity issue. Sarah Reckhow, Kate Lowe, and Andrea Benjamin - January 31, 2021 Transit projects serving Black and low-income communities get canceled. Projects serving White communities go forward. The reason isn’t obvious.
Biden’s win shows that suburbs are the new swing constituency John Curiel and Charles Stewart III - November 23, 2020 The urban-rural divide is reshaping American politics
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
Are Black Lives Matter protesters peaceful or violent? Depends on whom you ask. Yuan Hsiao and Scott Radnitz - August 23, 2020 Committed nonviolent leader Martin Luther King Jr. was seen as dangerous and radical in his day
Think racial segregation is over? Here’s how the police still enforce it. Nikita Lalwani and Mitchell Johnston - June 29, 2020 We interviewed Monica Bell about her important new paper
We listened to people in highly policed U.S. communities Vesla Weaver and Gwen Prowse - June 16, 2020 Here’s what we learned.
What’s behind the fight over Wisconsin’s primary? The Supreme Court’s gerrymandering ruling. Luis E. Fuentes-Rohwer and Guy-Uriel E. Charles - April 20, 2020 In Rucho v. Common Cause, the court could have curbed extreme partisanship.
The Wisconsin primary had extraordinarily high voter turnout Richard H. Pildes and Charles Stewart III - April 15, 2020 We analyzed this two ways. The result was the same: Unexpectedly high rates of voting, despite the chaos.
Wisconsin is scheduled to vote today. How will the pandemic affect turnout? Michael W. Wagner, Lewis A. Friedland, Katherine J. Cramer, Jordan M. Foley, Dhavan V. Shah, and Ceri Hughes - April 6, 2020 The state’s push to expand early and mail-in voting probably won’t increase black, Hispanic or Democratic votes
If Sanders pulls ahead, could superdelegates deny him the Democratic nomination? Joshua T. Putnam - March 5, 2020 Well, maybe. This explains how.
The Democratic nominee is often settled by Super Tuesday. Don’t hold your breath this year. Caitlin Jewitt - February 4, 2020 Here’s the primary calendar, explained
Turkey’s ruling party is splintering. Here’s why. Yunus Orhan and John Reuter - July 18, 2019 Defections could be a bigger threat to Erdogan’s rule than the recent election losses
Holding their convention in Wisconsin could help Democrats in 2020. Here’s the evidence. Christopher J. Devine - March 17, 2019 Not visiting Wisconsin didn’t decide the 2016 election. But what about four years later?
Don’t be shocked by the North Carolina fraud allegations. Absentee ballots are much less secure than polling places. Mara Suttmann-Lea - December 13, 2018 More than a month after the Nov. 6 midterm elections,
In December, thousands of Americans protested against the tax plan, for DACA and about all the other usual suspects Jeremy Pressman and Erica Chenoweth - January 25, 2018 This is the 12th installment in a monthly series reporting
The Republican tax bill spurred more than 120 public protests in November Jeremy Pressman and Erica Chenoweth - December 29, 2017 This is the 11th installment in a monthly series reporting
Were 2016 vote counts in Michigan and Wisconsin hacked? We double-checked. Walter Mebane and Matthew Bernhard - June 6, 2017 [caption id="attachment_59401" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Nicole Kirby looks over results during
Forget Trump’s complaints about sanctuary cities. Most communities are actually helping enforce immigration laws. William Bianco and Edan Gomez - June 2, 2017 [caption id="attachment_59192" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Protesters at the Texas state capitol
New data shows a sharp increase in U.S. protest activity in April Jeremy Pressman, Evan Perkoski, Erica Chenoweth, and Ches Thurber - May 22, 2017 [caption id="attachment_58645" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Thousands gather on the Mall in
Betsy DeVos wants ‘school choice.’ Chile tried that already. Jennifer Erkulwater and Jennifer Pribble - January 17, 2017 A confirmation hearing for Betsy DeVos, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for
These were our most widely read posts of 2016 John Sides - December 30, 2016 [caption id="attachment_50632" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Nicole Kirby looks over results during
How rural resentment helps explain the surprising victory of Donald Trump Katherine Cramer - November 13, 2016 [caption id="attachment_49402" align="aligncenter" width="908"] (Charles Ommanney/The Washington Post)[/caption] Making sense
In record numbers, Latinos voted overwhelmingly against Trump. We did the research. Matt A. Barreto and Gabriel Sanchez - November 11, 2016 [caption id="attachment_49349" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Donald Trump rides an escalator to
Maybe U.S. police aren’t militarized enough. Here’s what police can learn from soldiers Sara Plana and Rachel Tecott - August 16, 2016 [caption id="attachment_45341" align="aligncenter" width="960"] People gather at the place where
Wisconsin’s state legislative districts are a big Republican gerrymander Shawn Donahue, Robin Best, Michael McDonald, Jonathan Krasno, and Daniel Magleby - May 24, 2016 [caption id="attachment_41061" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Map of Wisconsin Assembly Districts(WISCONSIN STATE
Would Democratic superdelegates steal the nomination from Bernie Sanders? Probably not. Scott Meinke and Edward Hasecke - March 1, 2016 [caption id="attachment_36068" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton shake
Here’s what Clinton and Sanders need to do to sway Latino and black voters Rudy Alamillo and Loren Collingwood - February 20, 2016 [caption id="attachment_36068" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and
People who believe in conspiracy theories are more likely to endorse violence Joseph Parent and Joseph Uscinski - February 5, 2016 [caption id="attachment_15102" align="aligncenter" width="600"] (X-Files/20th Century Fox)[/caption] On Jan. 26,
Republican voters actually aren’t divided into ‘establishment’ and ‘outsider’ camps Ray LaRaja, Mia Costa, and Brian Schaffner - November 19, 2015 [caption id="attachment_32103" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Republican presidential candidates John Kasich, Jeb
This is what Twitter can teach us about John Kasich’s (and everyone else’s!) debate performance Joshua Tucker, Jonathan Nagler, and Andy Guess - November 12, 2015 [caption id="attachment_32102" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Republican presidential candidates John Kasich, Jeb
This one chart shows which Republicans bashed Hillary Clinton in Tuesday night’s debate. We explain why. David A. Hopkins - November 11, 2015 [caption id="attachment_32085" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Republican presidential candidates John Kasich, Jeb
In Russia, the political impact of social media varies by platform John Reuter and David Szakonyi - December 31, 2014 [caption id="attachment_19698" align="aligncenter" width="606"] Flag-waving and chanting demonstrators in December
It’s Teddy Time - October 2, 2012 Congratulations to the Washington Nationals, who yesterday clinched their first
“What in the hell is going on in Madison?” John Sides - March 1, 2011 I asked "Katherine Cramer Walsh":http://users.polisci.wisc.edu/kwalsh/, a political scientist at the
The best cities for singles - September 25, 2008 Forbes magazine has a new edition of its "best cities