People often hold extreme political attitudes about complex policies. We hypothesized that people typically know less about such policies…
Can independent groups change voters’ beliefs about an incumbent’s positions? And, does reframing how candidates’ are perceived by changing…
Public opinion researchers, campaigns, and political scientists often rely on self-predicted vote to measure political engagement, allocate…
Amid the shock, grief and anger, what can we learn? Nicholas Burns dissects this week's Boston Marathon bombings.
Deciding "who gets what, when, and how" are perhaps the most important decisions any government has to make. So it should not be surprising…
First: Thursday’s congressional swearing-in will reflect the stunning success of the Democrats’ ground game at turning out minorities — a…
Forgive me, but haven't we seen this movie before in the aftermath of national elections? Usually, it doesn't end well.
In the weeks since…
Book abstract: In recent years, remarkable progress has been made in behavioral research on a wide variety of topics, from behavioral…
Traditional models of why people vote conceptualize voting as a static, self-interested
decision. This conceptualization cannot explain why…