A segment of the American population has long embraced conspiratorial thinking. False beliefs about moon landings or space aliens may seem…
How do judges’ previous professional experiences affect case outcomes? In this short article, we investigate the question by documenting…
Since the Founding, Supreme Court Justices have enjoyed life tenure. This helps insulate the Justices from political pressures, but it also…
Direct Democracy or Representative Government? 1 The title of this classic work promises a comparison between two seemingly independent…
Studies that examine the impacts of state policies on voter participation tend to focus on one of five stages: eligibility, registration,…
In this paper, we argue that WhatsApp can play an important role in correcting misinformation. We show how specific WhatsApp affordances (…
Legislative leaders tend to be ideologically more extreme than their median members. Why? This paper shows that party members select…
“Digital government” is becoming simply “government.” As a result, an ever-increasing number of systems and processes critical to the…
How do ordinary Russians really feel about Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine? Although some suggest that the early polls—showing about 60…
Does personal and family history influence legislative behavior in democracies? Linking members of Congress to the census, we observe…