Lynch mobs, chain gangs, and popular views of black southern criminals that defined the Jim Crow South are well known. We know less about…
This chapter examines the literature concerning media choice and partisan polarization. The past few decades have seen enormous growth in…
For at least two centuries, democratic representation has been at the center of debate. Should elected representatives express the views of…
This report provides an assessment of the performance of all 50 states + DC in the 2018 U.S. midterm elections, compared with the 2016…
How do we know whether judges of different backgrounds are biased? We review the substantial political science literature on judicial…
This study presents the results of a quasi-experiment (N?=?254) conducted over the course of ten weeks in Spring 2016 to assess the…
Technology has reached a critical juncture in American society. The unfettered optimism of recent decades is now tempered by rising…
Whether it is defining Native Americans as non-citizens in 1800 or introducing a “mulatto” category in 1850, the classification of race and…
Do Justices telegraph their preferences during oral arguments? We demonstrate that Justices implicitly reveal their leanings during oral…
Through use of a unique, multi-year public opinion survey, this paper seeks to measure changes in self-reported governmental satisfaction…