Money or other material benefits are often not enough to override a voter’s preferences and partisanship.
Women are less ambitious for local office than men, mirroring an ambition gap that exists at the state and federal level,…
From tax policy to gas prices and tariffs, a mix of new factors is making inequality in the US more extreme.
Some governments use legitimate AI concerns as a pretext to control political discussion, particularly chatbot responses…
Vowels have become the latest players in partisan politics, a barometer of how beliefs and values fit within the old vs.…
In a recent national survey, Americans with the most negative views of women were the biggest proponents of transgender…
Vape products from only six manufacturers can now be sold in Pennsylvania.
Incumbents can still reap electoral rewards when federal money reaches their districts, even if they opposed the bill that…
Voters have a lot of weighty issues on their minds, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t worried about climate change.
The line between political favoritism and effective representation is remarkably thin. Why is access to public money so…
An Oregon school shooting comes weeks before midterms when young voters could break turnout records, but research shows…
Secretaries of state are at the center of growing conflict over how election authority should be divided between states…
GOP allegations that voter fraud is rampant in the US may drive more Democrats – and fewer Republicans – to the polls…
Research on the ‘massacre generation’ reveals that shared fear over mass shootings doesn’t lead to shared policy views.
A political communications expert explains how myths about election fraud can leave voters asking: What’s the point?
If Republicans attempt to confirm a nominee, they will trigger a historic fight and hand Democrats the justification needed…
The conflict over the wisdom of Nidal Hasan’s public execution is not a new one. Americans at the republic’s founding…
In communities across America, people recovering from floods, storms and wildfires have been left waiting much longer for…
Mayhem at the polls on Election Day 2026? Americans are worried. But a scholar of election law who has also run a nationwide…
Many Americans have decried today’s politics as ‘shameless.’ The antidote, a political philosopher argues, may be…