The Science of Politics
By Niskanen Center
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Jun 29, 2019
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The Niskanen Center’s The Science of Politics podcast features up-and-coming researchers delivering fresh insights on the big trends driving American politics today. Get beyond punditry to data-driven understanding of today’s Washington with host and political scientist Matt Grossmann. Each 30-45-minute episode covers two new cutting-edge studies and interviews two researchers.
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The fall of an independent Fed
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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Making AI policy: Are we falling behind or rushing in?
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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Is democracy failing education?
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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Reconciliation and rescission
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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How the president gained war powers
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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If we don’t like polarizing politicians, why do we get them?
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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Building a science of political progress
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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The backstory for presidential power grabs
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May 28, 2025 |
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Can liberals stop Trump in the courts?
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May 14, 2025 |
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How the 1st term trade war hurt Trump
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May 01, 2025 |
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Is Trump redirecting or deconstructing the administrative state?
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Are the parties too focused on policy programs?
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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How policymakers and experts failed the COVID test
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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Can judicial review stop a lawless executive?
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Why some Latinos support the Trump immigration agenda
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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Counterproductive interest group polarization
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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How racial realignment ignited the culture war
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Threats to democracy in the 2nd Trump administration
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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Why Asian Americans did not swing to Harris
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Dec 21, 2024 |
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What the Trump nominations and transition foretell
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Dec 08, 2024 |
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Will Trump have unilateral power or just pretend he does?
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Class, race, gender, and the 2024 election
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Can we believe the polls?
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Are Black voters moving to Trump?
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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How 'Woke' Are We?
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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How the campaigns battle for electoral college victory
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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How the diploma divide transformed American politics
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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Are American parties reviving or hollow?
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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What research on Black women candidates means for Kamala Harris
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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Can American identity reduce partisan animosity?
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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How think tanks drive polarization and policy
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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White racial sympathy
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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The impact of policy misinformation
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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When third parties matter
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May 29, 2024 |
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Why foreign policy is still bipartisan
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May 15, 2024 |
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Does the Biden economy have bad election timing or an unfair fed?
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May 01, 2024 |
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The Politics of Our Jobs
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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How will TikTok change politics?
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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How race makes us less punitive on opioid policy
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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Do Voters Dislike Old Candidates
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Lessons from the COVID-era Welfare Expansion
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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How Bureaucrats Deal with Political Chaos Above
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Elites Misperceive the Public
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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The Deterioration of Congress
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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The Two Sides of Immigration Backlash
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Previewing 2024: How Voters Judge Presidents
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Do presidents have the power to act alone?
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Why presidents still spend their time raising money.
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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The decline of union Democrats
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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What explains the diploma divide?
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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Can state politicians be held accountable to the public?
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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Partisan election administrators don't tip the scales
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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Do the media drive presidential primaries?
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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Are claims that social media polarizes us overblown?
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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Don't expect extreme weather to spur climate policy change
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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Has American business turned left?
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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Will Supreme Court Opinions Provoke Public Backlash?
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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Are We Overproducing Elites and Instability?
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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How Parties Recruit and Limit Candidates
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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The causes and effects of budgeting under threat
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May 31, 2023 |
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How administrative burdens undermine public programs
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May 17, 2023 |
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How to reduce partisan animosity
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May 03, 2023 |
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Why Scandals Don’t Add Up to Damage Candidates
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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How Black voters choose candidates
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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How debates over diversity and equity came to dominate education politics
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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Racial minorities can win elections. Here's what's holding them back.
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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Changing how we elect presidents
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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How Congress communicates
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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Do moderate voters matter?
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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Judging Biden and Congress
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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The influence of Twitter on journalism and politics
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Dec 28, 2022 |
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How party leaders change Congress
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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How Early Voting is Changing American Elections
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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Does the 2022 election show how Democratic campaigns win?
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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How we connect our political beliefs
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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When partisanship forms our identity
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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How Misperceptions and Online Norms Drive “Cancel Culture”
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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When Information About Candidates Persuades Voters
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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When Public Opinion Goes to the Ballot Box
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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How primary elections enable polarized amateurs
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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Is democracy declining in the American states?
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Aug 10, 2022 |
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The past and future of polling
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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Why the baby boomers rule American politics
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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Did the Birchers win after all?
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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How much are polls misrepresenting Americans?
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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Abortion politics take center stage
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May 18, 2022 |
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Women in (and out of) Politics
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May 04, 2022 |
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Did economists move the Democrats to the right?
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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Descriptive Representation in Supreme Court Nominations
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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Putin’s War and Personalist Authoritarianism
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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Policymakers Follow Informed Expertise
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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How Does the Public Move Right When Policy Moves Left?
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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Does the Public Respond to Threats to Democracy?
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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U.S. Politics: The Hyper-Involved vs. The Disengaged
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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U.S. Democratic Decline in Comparative Perspective
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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Inflation Hurts Presidents, Especially Gas Prices—And It’s Not the Media’s Fault
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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How Politics Changes Our Racial Views and Identities
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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Childcare and Pre-K Expansion: Consensus or Polarization?
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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What Makes a Skilled and Conscious Mayor?
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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Can Democrats Design Social Programs that Survive?
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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The Future of the Biden Agenda in Congress
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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How the Left and Right Undermined Trust in Government
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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How the Media Economy Drives Political News
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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Why Lawyers Rule American Politics
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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The Growing Influence of the Non-Religious
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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The Role of Political Science in American Public Life
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Jul 28, 2021 |
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Why Rising Inequality Doesn't Stimulate Political Action
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Jul 14, 2021 |
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Reducing Polarization with Shared Values
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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Do Congressional Committees Still Make Policy?
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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Can TV News Keep Politics Local?
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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Is Demographic and Geographic Polarization Overstated?
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May 19, 2021 |
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How Voters Judge Congress
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May 05, 2021 |
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Conspiracy Beliefs are Not Increasing or Exclusive to the Right
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Apr 21, 2021 |
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The Resilience of the Filibuster and its Myths
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Apr 07, 2021 |
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Values and Racism in American Immigration Views
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Mar 24, 2021 |
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How Media Coverage of Congress Limits Policymaking
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Mar 10, 2021 |
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How Political Values and Social Influence Drive Polarization
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Feb 24, 2021 |
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When Partisans Endorse Violence
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Feb 10, 2021 |
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Right-Wing Extremism and the Capitol Insurrection
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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The Politics of School from Home
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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How Much Did Trump Undermine U.S. Democracy?
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Dec 30, 2020 |
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How Presidential Appointments Reveal Policy Goals and Elite Interests
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Dec 16, 2020 |
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Why Latinos Moved Toward Trump (and Why Most Are Still Democrats)
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Dec 02, 2020 |
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Compromise Still Works in Congress and with Voters
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Nov 18, 2020 |
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Interpreting the Early Results of the 2020 Election with G. Elliott Morris
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Nov 04, 2020 |
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How Court Nominations Polarize Interest Groups and Voters
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Oct 21, 2020 |
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Why Do Americans Accept Democratic Backsliding?
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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Racial Protest, Violence, and Backlash
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Sep 23, 2020 |
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How Rich White Residents and Interest Groups Rule Local Politics
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Sep 09, 2020 |
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How the Plutocrats Win from the Populist Right
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Aug 26, 2020 |
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The Roots of the Parties' Racial Switch
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Aug 12, 2020 |
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How Donor Opinion Distorts American Parties
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Jul 29, 2020 |
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How the Supreme Court Shapes (and is Shaped by) its Public Support
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Jul 15, 2020 |
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How Overpoliced Communities Become Politically Engaged
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Jul 01, 2020 |
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How Republicans Lost 2018 by Being Too Close to Trump
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Jun 17, 2020 |
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How Protests Change Parties and Elections
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Jun 03, 2020 |
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How Much Do Vice Presidential Running Mates Matter?
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May 20, 2020 |
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What Became of Never Trump Republicans?
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May 06, 2020 |
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Republicans Successfully Politicized Ebola. Can They Do it Again in 2020?
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Apr 22, 2020 |
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Why are Black Conservatives Still Democrats?
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Apr 08, 2020 |
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How Anxiety and Crises Change Our Political Behavior
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Mar 25, 2020 |
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How News and Social Media Shape American Voters
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Mar 11, 2020 |
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How Record Television Advertising Is Shaping American Elections
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Feb 26, 2020 |
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How to Build Institutions, Not Political Hobbies
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Feb 12, 2020 |
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Can America Become a Multiparty System?
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Jan 29, 2020 |
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Did Americans' Racial Attitudes Elect Trump?
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Jan 15, 2020 |
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Women's Voting Over 100 Years
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Jan 02, 2020 |
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Will Trump Anger Motivate Black Turnout?
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Dec 18, 2019 |
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Do Republicans and Democrats Get Different Results?
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Dec 04, 2019 |
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Do Early Primary States Still Pick Presidents?
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Nov 20, 2019 |
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The Electoral Effects of Impeachment
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Nov 06, 2019 |
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How Trump Politicized Refugees
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Oct 23, 2019 |
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How Bureaucrats Make Good Policy
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Oct 09, 2019 |
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Have Conservatives Transformed the States?
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Sep 25, 2019 |
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The American Public's Growing Ideological Sophistication
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Sep 10, 2019 |
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Why Americans Dislike Government, Even When It Works
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Aug 28, 2019 |
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How Presidential Debates Influence Voters
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Aug 14, 2019 |
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Ep 48: Will a Good Economy Save Trump?
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Jul 31, 2019 |
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Explaining the Urban-Rural Political Divide
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Jul 17, 2019 |
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Can Diversity and Liberalism Rise Together?
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Jul 03, 2019 |
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Do the Parties Favor White Male Candidates?
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Jun 19, 2019 |
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If Moderates are Electable, Why are Ideologues Winning?
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Jun 05, 2019 |
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How Medicaid and Obamacare Drive Voting
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May 22, 2019 |
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How Not-In-My-Backyard Politics Keep Housing Costs High
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May 08, 2019 |
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When and Where Can Climate Policy Succeed?
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Apr 24, 2019 |
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Higher Education: An Engine of Social Mobility...or a Driver of Inequality?
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Apr 10, 2019 |
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Episode 39: Is White Identity Causing an Immigration Backlash?
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Mar 27, 2019 |
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How Philanthropy Diverts Social Movements
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Mar 13, 2019 |
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Why Governments Give Away Economic Incentives That Increase Inequality
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Feb 27, 2019 |
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How Online Media Polarizes and Encourages Voters
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Feb 13, 2019 |
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Does Diversity in Congress Translate into Representation?
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Jan 30, 2019 |
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Did Chinese Trade Competition Increase Nativism and Elect Trump?
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Jan 16, 2019 |
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Are Divided Governments the Cause of Delays and Shutdowns?
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Jan 02, 2019 |
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How Public Policy Intentionally Segregated American Homeowners
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Dec 19, 2018 |
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Does Anyone Speak for the Poor in Congress?
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Dec 05, 2018 |
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Interpreting the 2018 Election
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Nov 20, 2018 |
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How Americans' Politics Drives Their Religious Views
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Nov 08, 2018 |
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How TV and Service Projects Impact What Americans Believe About Inequality
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Oct 24, 2018 |
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How the Democrat and Republican Parties Are Changing
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Oct 10, 2018 |
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How Marriage and Inequality Reinforce Political Polarization
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Sep 26, 2018 |
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How the Tea Party Paved the Way for Donald Trump
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Sep 12, 2018 |
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How Citizens Match their Issue Positions to Candidates and Causes
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Aug 29, 2018 |
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How Campaign Money Has Changed Elections After Citizens United
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Aug 15, 2018 |
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How the Federalist Society Changed the Supreme Court Vetting Process
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Aug 01, 2018 |
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Does Nationalized Media Mean the Death of Local Politics?
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Jul 18, 2018 |
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Did Facebook Really Polarize and Misinform the 2016 Electorate?
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Jul 05, 2018 |
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Who’s More Afraid of Democracy: the Center or the Right?
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Jun 20, 2018 |
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When Liberals and Conservatives Use Genetics to Explain Human Difference
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Jun 06, 2018 |
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How Labor Unions Impact Inequality - And Whether That Justifies the Legacy Costs They Leave
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May 23, 2018 |
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Anti-Immigration Politics: Is California's Past the Republicans' Future?
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May 09, 2018 |
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How Debt Finance Leads to War and Defense Spending
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Apr 25, 2018 |
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How Racial Stereotypes Impacted Voting for Obama and Trump
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Apr 11, 2018 |
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Are Red and Blue States Making Red and Blue Policies?
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Mar 28, 2018 |
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Are Americans Becoming Tribal, with Identity Politics Trumping All?
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Mar 14, 2018 |
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Do Americans Implicitly Trust Government, Despite our Public Anger?
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Feb 28, 2018 |
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The Resistance: Who is Protesting Trump and Are They Changing Public Views?
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Feb 13, 2018 |
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Congressional Primaries: How the Parties Fight Insurgents
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Jan 31, 2018 |
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Does the Tax Law Signal Change in How Parties use Tax Credits and Deductions?
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Jan 17, 2018 |
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Rules Around the Senate Filibuster
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Jan 03, 2018 |
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Multi-Racial Electoral Coalitions for Minority Candidates
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Dec 20, 2017 |
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How Gun Politics and Gun Policy Polarize America
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Dec 06, 2017 |
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How the House Freedom Caucus Gains Power in Congress
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Nov 22, 2017 |
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Polarized Opinion on Climate Change and Messages that Move Conservatives
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Nov 08, 2017 |
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Why Republican Women Don't Run for Office and Why It Matters for the Gender Gap in Voting
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Oct 24, 2017 |
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How Fox News Channel Spreads its Message and Persuades Viewers
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Oct 05, 2017 |