Robert Shapiro Archives

Everything you need to know about our polarized politics (in the palm of your hand)

John Sides - March 15, 2015

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Americans don't like protests. But protests may work anyway.

Robert Shapiro - August 25, 2014

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Americans don’t like protests. But protests may work anyway.

Robert Shapiro - August 25, 2014

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Why biology belongs in the study of politics

John Sides - November 27, 2013

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How the myth of messaging gets politicians into trouble

- October 22, 2013

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According to Page and Jacobs, Americans are conservative egalitarians who accept higher taxes and more government spending so as to give people equal opportunities

Andrew Gelman - April 14, 2012

As the saying goes, everybody wants to go to heaven

Military officers have different opinions than enlisted personnel

Andrew Gelman - February 10, 2012

Josh asks about political opinions of U.S. military personnel. Jason

Jacobs and Shapiro on how politicians try to mold public opinion

Andrew Gelman - December 24, 2011

In my NYT column on how to think about conflicting

Partisan Bias and Political Facts

John Sides - September 16, 2010

Brendan Nyhan has "an excellent post":http://www.brendan-nyhan.com/blog/2010/09/what-we-know-about-political-misperceptions.html on political misperceptions, documenting

Public Opinion on Health Care Reform

Andrew Gelman - April 29, 2010

My article with Daniel and Yair has recently appeared in