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Despite the power that political independents are anticipated to have over the election results, there’s a lot that remains unknown about this group.
Reactions like disgust are part of the behavioral immune system that helps you avoid disease. Usually conservatives are more fearful of contamination – but something unusual happened during COVID-19.
Both the Biden and Trump campaigns will work to mobilize their bases and maximize turnout among their supporters. But those votes alone will probably not be enough to ensure victory.
Increasingly, the media, pollsters and pundits are focusing on independent voters and their effects on election outcomes.
As Democrat and Republican leaders negotiate a potential spending deal to fund the government, the partial shutdown of 2013 offers some clues about the economic impact should they fail.
Congress is again on the brink of a government shutdown less than four months after the last close call.
Polarization invades parts of Americans’ lives that really aren’t political, dividing society more deeply. That includes decisions about whether or not they like meatloaf or chili.
With growing polarization, political attitudes have begun to coincide with moral convictions. Partisans increasingly view each other as immoral. New research reveals the depth of that conviction.
A new survey shows 67% of Democrats report wearing face masks, compared to 55% of Republicans.
Self-proclaimed gluten sensitivity is on the rise, and so is the stereotype that it goes along with being a politically correct progressive. But is gluten actually a good proxy for social values?
In the United States, liberals and conservatives do not only differ politically. They also live separate lives in the physical world.
US history is filled with instances where one partisan side charges that the other side’s positions will lead to national ruin. Now, both sides accuse the other of betraying their country.
Are Democrats or Republicans more caring about others? One study of the role compassion plays in politics provides some surprising answers. And then there were the outliers: Trump voters.
Beneath the surface, this traditionally conservative state is closely divided.
The way people use social media – and the algorithms inside those systems – increases passions, and drives people to polarizing extremes.
To watch the Trump presidency unfold is to behold the crumbling of a political culture.
Thoreau spent his life pursuing the ‘hard bottom’ of truth. But he confronted a sensationalist newspaper industry that, in many ways, mimicked today’s media environment.
Political and community leaders must act now to preserve the American middle class and adapt the US economy for the 21st century.
The research community tends to assume advocacy doesn’t mix with objectivity. One study suggests there’s room for scientists to make real-world recommendations without compromising their trusted status.
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