Why Republicans haven’t abandoned Trumpism Pippa Norris - February 8, 2021 Parties can and do change. But these four barriers stand between the Republican Party and moderation.
Biden can’t instruct the new U.S. attorneys on how to prosecute the Capitol rioters. But they’ll listen to his signals. Michael J. Nelson, Ian Ostrander, Ethan D. Boldt, and Christina L. Boyd - January 31, 2021 That’s been true at least since the 1990s, our research finds
Biden reverses Trump’s ‘Muslim ban.’ Americans support the decision. Nazita Lajevardi, Loren Collingwood, and Kassra AR Oskooii - January 26, 2021 In 2017, rallies and protests persuaded a big proportion of citizens that the ban was ‘un-American'
Christian nationalists and QAnon followers tend to be anti-Semitic. That was seen in the Capitol attack. Paul Djupe and Jacob Dennen - January 25, 2021 Our research finds that identification with QAnon, Christian nationalism, Donald Trump and anti-Semitism are tightly linked
The assault on the U.S. Capitol opens a new chapter in domestic terrorism Daniel Byman - January 14, 2021 The counterterrorism manual doesn’t cover an insurrection egged on by one party’s leaders.
Three key factors that drive far-right political violence — and two that don’t Stephen C. Nemeth and Holley E. Hansen - January 8, 2021 Rhetoric like Donald Trump’s is often a main driver.
Some good news from 2020: So far, very few Americans have been killed in terrorist attacks. Daniel Byman - December 21, 2020 Despite alarming headlines, domestic terror attacks left fewer Americans dead than in 2019
Trump’s ‘Chinese virus’ slur makes some people blame Chinese Americans. But others blame Trump. Gregory Porumbescu and Donald Moynihan - September 16, 2020 Even conservatives responded to the phrase by more often criticizing the president
Most Americans expect cheating in the November elections Steven Smith - September 10, 2020 Majorities in both parties fear that election officials will cheat when the votes are counted.
How do Americans react when warned that other countries are meddling in U.S. elections? Sarah Bush and Lauren Prather - August 20, 2020 And who do they think it’s helping?