Not long ago, many pundits agreed that the Republican nomination was Mitt Romney's to lose. Now, with one recent poll showing Gingrich up a…
For two years, Europe’s political, business, and press elites have produced disastrous diagnoses and even more disastrous prescriptions for…
This past Sunday's "60 Minutes" and the latest issue of Newsweek bring back to the fore the complicated issue of money and politics. Both…
Amidst the welter of election results from voting yesterday, two conclusions seem pretty clear:
First, an ancient rule of American…
Pressure is mounting on Republicans to address spreading public protests against Wall Street. How they answer could shape the political…
Mitt Romney walked into Tuesday night's Republican debate as the front-runner and, in my view, walked out in an even stronger position. But…
The big story of the GOP presidential race these days is how Gov. Rick Perry has suddenly burst into the sky as a new star. Whether he will…
The field of public opinion is one of the most diverse in political science. Over the last 60 years, scholars have drawn upon the…
Three randomized experiments found that subtle linguistic cues have the power to increase voting and related behavior. The phrasing of…
Text Messages as Mobilization Tools: The Conditional Effect of Habitual Voting and Election Salience
Dale and Strauss’s (DS) noticeable reminder theory (NRT) of voter mobilization posits that mobilization efforts that are highly noticeable…