Belief in Fate: A Way to Avoid Making Tough Decisions?
Surveys taken just ahead of the 2012 election suggest voters having trouble making up their minds are more likely to believe the outcome is predestined.
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If Campaign Effects Are Minimal, Why Even Try?
The wisdom of political science says that campaigns don't really matter. So why are campaigns starting to hire political scientists?
More Voted Abroad Than Voted in New Hampshire. Or Montana. Or DC. Together.
Tblisi From A Home in Tblisi, by Paul Rimple, part of a series of international dispatches on election…
The Game Done Changed, Governor Brown
Election Day is tomorrow, and Prop 30, a California ballot initiative notable for its tax hike on the…
Hurricane Sandy and the Presidential Election
What an incumbent has to gain—and lose—from a natural disaster
Atheists for Obama!
Americans are losing their religion, and that’s good news for Democrats. So says Pitzer College prof Phil Zuckerman…
Congress: If You Liked 2010-12, You’ll Love 2012-14
Debating Writing at Mischiefs of Faction, the University of Miami’s Greg Koger makes a good case for this…