How states make it harder to get food assistance
Hungry people face complex requirements.
Americans’ support for transgender rights has declined. Here’s why.
The culture war over transgender rights is part of a fight over competing notions of gender and sexuality, including issues like abortion and sex education
Here’s what persuades Americans to support democracy over party
Our new study tested 25 different approaches with both Republicans and Democrats. Here are three that made a difference.
What do Manchin and Sinema want?
‘Moderate’ senators have to satisfy both red and blue voters. But Democrats can still reach them.
Republicans don’t trust their election officials, research finds — especially in states Biden won
State and local election officials are being threatened. Should we worry about the future of U.S. democracy?
Why did the polls undercount Trump voters?
It’s not because of ‘shy’ Trump voters, our research suggests
Women earn more and are more likely to have jobs when Democrats run the state legislature
That’s what our study found.
For Democratic governors, it pays to have a Democratic attorney general. Republicans, not so much.
Many states split up executive branch power among several elected officials. Here’s what happens when they are not from the same party.
Unlike the Supreme Court, state courts have responded quickly to the pandemic. Here’s why.
At long last, you can listen remotely to the U.S. Supreme Court’s oral arguments.