Good to Know: The Federal Reserve and U.S. monetary policy Alexandra Guisinger - January 15, 2024 The Fed is getting some good press. So what exactly is the Fed, and what does it do?
Americans support DEI – for now, at least Michael Tesler - January 8, 2024 In 2023, polling consistently showed strong support for diversity, equity, and inclusion. That could change in 2024.
Trump’s GOP rivals are letting him off easy – again John Sides - December 12, 2023 Just as in the 2016 primary, they’d rather attack each other than Trump.
The battle over in-state college tuition for undocumented immigrants Andrea Silva - December 6, 2023 A recent court decision benefited immigrants, but the battle will likely continue.
Who do voters actually blame for inflation? Nyron N. Crawford and Alexandra Guisinger - November 21, 2023 They see several causes at work – including some out of Biden’s control.
Will foreign policy actually matter in the 2024 U.S. election? Elizabeth N. Saunders - September 21, 2023 It may not matter much to voters, but foreign policy is definitely on the ballot.
The remarkable rise of isolationist Republicans Michael Tesler - September 20, 2023 Trump’s rise has turned back the clock to the 1930s.
Why the president can’t just fire bureaucrats Andrew Rudalevige - September 20, 2023 The "unitary executive theory" has its limits
The misleading narrative behind the attack on public schools Zein Murib - September 20, 2023 A bit of history reveals the long-term forces at work.
Republican attacks on LGBTQ lives may have helped elect Democrats Andrew R. Flores - December 16, 2022 On abortion and LGBTQ issues, the U.S. is increasingly dividing into two nations: one that restricts and one that protects autonomy on sexuality and gender
What Middle East scholars really think about boycotting Israel Shibley Telhami and Marc Lynch - November 22, 2022 The latest Middle East Scholars Barometer survey explored this contentious issue — and more
Is Christian nationalism growing or declining? Both. Samuel Perry and Andrew Whitehead - October 24, 2022 Fewer Americans subscribe to the ideology, but it’s growing in influence among Republicans, including rank-and-file and in public office
Florida is juggling an election — and Hurricane Ian clean-up Peter Miller and Kevin Morris - October 20, 2022 Officials may be tempted to consolidate polling places. Our research finds that that reduces voting.
Most Republican candidates endorse the ‘big lie’ — even when voters don’t Brendan Hartnett and Brian Schaffner - October 12, 2022 We examined whether candidates’ beliefs — for and against the "big lie” — matched up with those of their state’s voters. Nope.
Americans are growing more accepting of Christian nationalism Irfan Nooruddin, Eric L. McDaniel, and Allyson F. Shortle - August 31, 2022 When Marjorie Taylor Greene claims the label, it makes the anti-democratic ideology more publicly acceptable.
Will Biden and Trump face off again in 2024? Peter Enns and Jonathon Schuldt - July 13, 2022 Conventional wisdom says it’s too soon to tell. Our research suggests otherwise.
Why Republicans are attacking Disney for ‘grooming’ on LGBTQ rights Michael Feola - May 5, 2022 The ‘new right’ believes that to win in politics, it first has to break what it sees as the left’s stranglehold on the culture
Grinderman, ‘Mickey Mouse and the Goodbye Man’: The Week In One Song Christopher Federico - April 22, 2022 DeSantis retaliates against critics in Florida.
Anti-trans politics are also white identity politics Zein Murib - March 22, 2022 Myths of racial innocence are behind the bathroom bills and sports bans.
Gorsuch is scheduled to speak to the right-wing Federalist Society. Americans find such speeches inappropriate. Nathan T. Carrington and Logan Strother - February 4, 2022 Americans don’t approve of justices appearing with politicians, our research finds.
Many college Republicans didn’t vote for Trump in 2020. His racist rhetoric may be why. Zachary Hertz, Pia Deshpande, and Brian Schaffner - January 20, 2022 The ‘diploma divide’ appears to run through Republicans as well
Should U.S. states be free to close their borders to other U.S. citizens? Wallace Goodman - April 3, 2020 Without federal leadership, governors and mayors are handling the pandemic very differently.
Black candidates know they have to be careful in talking about race. Here’s what the research suggests. Christopher T. Stout - February 19, 2019 The 2020 Democratic presidential primaries will have the most diverse
Why we’re still waiting for election results from Florida and Georgia — and why newly counted ballots favor Democrats Charles Stewart III - November 14, 2018 [caption id="attachment_80200" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A worker loads a ballot into
If the Iran deal had been a Senate-confirmed treaty, would Trump have been forced to stay in? Nope. Andrew Rudalevige - May 9, 2018 [caption id="attachment_73094" align="aligncenter" width="960"] President Trump holds up a memorandum