State legislators make big decisions. So why do they get tiny paychecks? Christopher Cooper - September 8, 2021 New research uncovered one surprising reason.
The Supreme Court handed conservatives a narrow religious freedom victory in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia Andrew Lewis - June 17, 2021 New research explains a surprising channel of support for religious freedom claims
How do you persuade skeptics to get vaccinated? Trust matters more than information. Pauline Jones and Laura Rozek - June 10, 2021 That’s what we found by surveying more than 15 countries in five world regions
Time to take off the mask? Some people assumed Black men in masks were threatening, our research found. Steven Greene, Marc J. Hetherington, Leah Christiani, Emily Wager, and Christopher J. Clark - May 26, 2021 Our research finds that, as with so many things, masks may seem race neutral — but they have a racially disparate impact
How racially targeted mass shootings can alter community politics Kiela Crabtree - May 23, 2021 When Black Americans are the targets, other Black Americans respond with anger and search for more information. That’s not the same for other racial groups.
What would persuade conservative White men to get vaccinated? A thumbs-up from Ben Carson. Scott Liebertz and Alexander McDuffie - May 13, 2021 Here’s what our research found
Republican voters are deeply divided over Trump. So why do most Republican lawmakers still support him? Rory Truex and Kevin Arceneaux - February 16, 2021 We looked at which GOP primary voters are most likely to vote based on support for his false election claims
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
Why so many Republican officials went along with Trump’s fraud claims Ryan L. Claassen, Michael J. Ensley, and Barry Ryan - November 24, 2020 My party is trying to win. Your party is trying to cheat.
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