How states make it harder to get food assistance Andrea Silva - September 20, 2023 Hungry people face complex requirements.
Americans’ support for transgender rights has declined. Here’s why. Kelsy Burke and Emily Kazyak - November 7, 2022 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 Robb Willer and Jan Voelkel - September 12, 2022 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? Neilan S. Chaturvedi - January 26, 2022 ‘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 Kimberly Gross and Danny Hayes - July 25, 2021 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? Ryan L. Claassen and Barry Ryan - November 13, 2020 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 Zoltan L. Hajnal and John Kuk - October 12, 2020 That’s what our study found.
For Democratic governors, it pays to have a Democratic attorney general. Republicans, not so much. Nicholas Miras - August 2, 2020 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. Todd Curry, Michael F. Salamone, Michael Romano, and Michael P. Fix - May 10, 2020 At long last, you can listen remotely to the U.S. Supreme Court’s oral arguments.
Coronavirus policies spread quickly across the U.S. Are cities and states learning — or just copying? Craig Volden and Charles R. Shipan - April 16, 2020 Here’s why that matters.
Tens of thousands of people protested in April and May — on topics like gun violence, labor rights and science Kanisha Bond, Jeremy Pressman, and Erica Chenoweth - August 1, 2018 [caption id="attachment_76231" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Emmy Adams, of Golden, Colo., joins
The Equal Rights Amendment is one state from ratification. Now what? Robinson Woodward-Burns - June 20, 2018 [caption id="attachment_74733" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Activists from a variety of women’s
How today’s big Supreme Court case on public-sector unions could lead to a fiscal crisis Jeffrey Kucik and Daniel DiSalvo - February 26, 2018 [caption id="attachment_69679" align="alignnone" width="960"] The Supreme Court in Washington at
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
Without Tim Kaine, Hillary Clinton might have lost Virginia as well Boris Heersink and Brenton Peterson - November 17, 2016 [caption id="attachment_49686" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Sen. Tim Kaine, right, and former
The electoral college has serious problems. So do any alternatives. Andrew Rudalevige - November 15, 2016 [caption id="attachment_49524" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A voter casts his ballot in
Could a third-party candidate win the U.S. presidency? That’s very unlikely. Amanda Skuldt - August 2, 2016 [caption id="attachment_44790" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A supporter of former Democratic presidential
The Supreme Court, not just three female justices, spoke loudly on women’s reproductive rights Laura Moyer - June 29, 2016 [caption id="attachment_43125" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Lead plaintiff Amy Hagstrom-Miller, left, president
Women’s rights groups in Niger push forward on gender equality Kim Yi Dionne - June 24, 2016 [caption id="attachment_42685" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A woman prepares to cast her
GOP voters picked Trump. Party leaders aren’t falling in line. Here’s why that’s surprising. Jeffery Jenkins and Boris Heersink - May 10, 2016 Now that Donald Trump has all but wrapped up the
Which members of Congress become lobbyists? The ones with the most power. Here’s the data. Jeffrey Lazarus - January 15, 2016 [caption id="attachment_34385" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Since leaving Congress, former House majority
Pundits are regularly outpredicted by people you’ve never heard of. Here’s how to change that. Sam Winter-Levy and Jacob Trefethen - September 30, 2015 [caption id="attachment_30148" align="aligncenter" width="331"] (Courtesy, Crown Publishing)[/caption] In the weeks
Guess who used to be okay with the death penalty? Andrew Gelman - September 20, 2015 [caption id="attachment_29629" align="aligncenter" width="982"] FILE - Nebraska's lethal injection chamber
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
Why people vote Republican but support liberal policies Lilliana Mason - November 21, 2014 [caption id="attachment_18343" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dan Sullivan
When and why do U.S. states make English their official language? Amy Liu and Anand Sokhey - June 18, 2014 Rick Santorum. Made in America. Not “Hecho en América” (Mike
How U.S. state legislatures are polarized and getting more polarized (in 2 graphs) - January 14, 2014 Boris Shor is an assistant professor at the Harris School
Red States create red tape for Medicaid John Sides - October 2, 2013 This is a guest post by George Washington University political
Rolling a House majority, again - April 10, 2013 Kudos to the NYT's Derek Willis for catching the latest
Would Alternatives to the Electoral College Be Any Fairer? John Sides - November 28, 2012 bq. In the election for President of the United States,
Deb Fischer Was The Real Conservative John Sides - May 18, 2012 bq. Did Sarah Palin get the pick right? Is Fischer
Pennsylvania Turkeys Propose Thanksgiving? Joshua Tucker - September 26, 2011 We are pleased to welcome "Burt Monroe":http://polisci.la.psu.edu/facultybios/monroe.html of Penn State
Union density and tax rates: it’s a big leap from a statistically significant coefficient to a causal story. As a statistician, I prefer careful language that separates data from speculation. Andrew Gelman - March 10, 2011 John quotes Jason Sorens as writing: Even when you control
Do Unionized States Have Higher Taxes? John Sides - March 10, 2011 Now that Wisconsin has eliminated collective bargaining rights for public-sector
Political Implications of the Census Joshua Tucker - December 22, 2010 I wanted to follow up on "Andy's post":https://themonkeycage.org/2010/12/the_media_stick_to_old_labels_.html yesterday about
Is Opposition to Health Care Reform About the “Process”? John Sides - January 24, 2010 The Washington Post describes this finding from the poll I
Scott Brown is More Liberal Than Olympia Snowe, and Now He’s Pivotal, Too Andrew Gelman - January 20, 2010 Boris writes, regarding the recent U.S. Senate election (in which
Areas of Influence and the Meaning of “Neighborhood” - April 21, 2009 I thought this was an interesting "idea":http://www.commoncensus.org/, looking at areas
Cellphones: Here and There, But Not Everywhere - March 16, 2009 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has just released
Bed, Bath, and . . . huh?? Andrew Gelman - March 12, 2009 John and a whole bunch of commenters discuss this weird
The (Ever) Powerful Ladies from Maine - February 18, 2009 Over on Marginal Revolution today, I see that the economists
How About Those Election Predictions? John Sides - January 6, 2009 Now that Al Franken is provisionally the junior Senator from
Forecasting the Electoral College John Sides - March 28, 2008 Two recent analyses use current state-level polling data to forecast
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