Americans don’t trust the Supreme Court. That’s dangerous. Soren Jordan, Kathryn Haglin, Joseph Daniel Ura, and Alison Merrill - October 9, 2022 Unless the court wins back support, it could have a legitimacy crisis that endangers democracy
Thanks to Trump’s rhetoric, Asian Americans are moving toward the Democratic Party Vivien Leung, Nathan Kar Ming Chan, and Jae Yeon Kim - March 30, 2021 As Asian Americans grow as a slice of the electorate, they could affect politics at every level of government
The Supreme Court said LGBT discrimination in the workplace should be illegal. Roughly 70% of Republicans agree. Stephen Jessee, Neil Malhotra, and Maya Sen - June 16, 2020 Republican-appointed justices are more conservative on LGBT discrimination than ordinary Republicans.
The House moved quickly on a covid-19 response bill. These 4 takeaways explain what’s likely to happen next. Sarah Binder - March 14, 2020 Here’s why the legislative road ahead will be rockier.
Why isn’t the U.S. ready for a pandemic? For politicians, investing in prevention doesn’t pay off. Neil Malhotra - March 12, 2020 Disaster spending helps get you reelected. Preventing disaster doesn’t.
Republicans are courting Asian American voters. Telling the ‘Squad’ to go home is a terrible start. Neil Malhotra, Cecilia Mo, and Alexander Kuo - July 18, 2019 Our research suggests that racially exclusionary language makes Asian Americans more likely to identify with Democrats
What’s behind the desire for ‘skilled’ immigrants? Racial prejudice. Neil Malhotra and Benjamin Newman - May 21, 2019 New research shows that the preference for “skills” conceals bias against Latinos.
America’s tech entrepreneurs are Democrats not libertarians, but they may be changing the Democratic Party Neil Malhotra and David Broockman - September 22, 2017 [caption id="attachment_63844" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A logo sign at the headquarters
Do U.S. voters prefer optimistic politicians? Here’s what we found. Yotam Margalit and Neil Malhotra - August 1, 2016 [caption id="attachment_44751" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton reacts as
How Monday’s England-Slovakia soccer match just might influence Brexit Jamie Gruffydd-Jones - June 17, 2016 On June 23, U.K. voters will decide whether to leave
Does social science have a replication crisis? Joshua Tucker - March 9, 2016 [caption id="attachment_34081" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] What population sample will bring us
Why Asian Americans don’t vote Republican Cecilia Mo - November 2, 2015 [caption id="attachment_17892" align="aligncenter" width="460"] (Credit: AP/Matt Rourke)[/caption] During the recent
Maybe college football doesn’t affect presidential elections after all. Andrew Gelman - October 29, 2015 [caption id="attachment_31435" align="aligncenter" width="908"] U.Va.'s Micah Kiser, left, and Quin
How empirical studies of political violence (can) help policymakers Joseph Felter, Ethan Kapstein, and Eli Berman - March 16, 2015 [caption id="attachment_22760" align="aligncenter" width="876"] U.S. and British soldiers talk at
How to make scientific research more trustworthy Dan Hopkins - March 13, 2015 After Brendan Nyhan’s September 2014 New York Times piece advocating
New issue of Journal of Experimental Political Science published! Joshua Tucker - January 30, 2015 [caption id="attachment_20689" align="aligncenter" width="600"] (Courtesy of Cambridge University Press)[/caption] It
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
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
Opinion polls can be self-fulfilling prophecies Neil Malhotra and David Rothschild - October 30, 2014 [caption id="attachment_17473" align="aligncenter" width="574"] In the United States, support
More on smiley-face democracy Larry Bartels - September 8, 2014 Andrew Gelman wants to see the evidence for the
Could Brazil’s World Cup loss really affect the coming presidential election? Joshua Tucker - July 9, 2014 [caption id="attachment_12783" align="aligncenter" width="620"] A passer-by reads a newspaper on
Could Brazil's World Cup loss really affect the coming presidential election? Joshua Tucker - July 9, 2014 [caption id="attachment_12783" align="aligncenter" width="620"] A passer-by reads a newspaper on
Can the Republican Party thrive on white identity? Larry Bartels - April 16, 2014 [caption id="attachment_9479" align="aligncenter" width="485" special=""] (Don Emmert/AFP/Getty Images)[/caption] Liberals like
Why do Asian Americans mostly vote for Democrats? Andrew Gelman - March 19, 2014 Political scientists Alexander Kuo, Neil Malhotra and Cecilia Hyunjung Mo
The media make us think we're more polarized than we really are - February 5, 2014 [caption id="attachment_6208" align="aligncenter" width="606" special=""] (Mark Gail for the Washington
The media make us think we’re more polarized than we really are - February 5, 2014 [caption id="attachment_6208" align="aligncenter" width="606" special=""] (Mark Gail for the Washington
Flood Exposure and Civic Engagement Erik Voeten - July 31, 2013 From a new paper by Jacob N. Shapiro, Patrick M. Kuhn, C. Christine
Is Nate Silver’s popularity good or bad for quantitative political science? Joshua Tucker - November 7, 2012 The following is a guest post from political scientists Adam
The Economy, Windstorms, and Gameday John Sides - October 3, 2012 bq. I think the right way to think about how
Football and the Greek Election Erik Voeten - June 18, 2012 There has been broad speculation on if and how Greece's
Ethical Challenges of Embedded Experimentation Joshua Tucker - October 26, 2011 Continuing our series of articles from the American Political Science
Can the Humanities and Social Sciences enhance National Security? Erik Voeten - June 16, 2011 We are very pleased to have a guest post from
Who Supports Islamic Militants in Pakistan? (UPDATED) Erik Voeten - May 10, 2011 Who supports Islamic militants in Pakistan? Two new Georgetown Mortara
Partisans Say They Hate Partisanship (But Really They Don’t) John Sides - April 15, 2011 bq. Does partisan conflict damage citizens' perceptions of Congress? If
Clean Elections vs. Political Speech Joshua Tucker - March 23, 2011 One of the "goals of The Monkey Cage":https://themonkeycage.org/2007/11/why_this_blog.html is to
Hurricane Katrina and Political Science - September 1, 2010 In the five years since the Hurricane, what has political
Anti-Semitism and the Financial Crisis John Sides - May 14, 2009 bq. In order to assess explicit prejudice toward Jews, we