The Emotional Roots of Political Polarization
New research argues feelings of disillusionment prompt people to take more extreme positions.
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Dull Minds Are Gullible to Fake News
Cognitive ability drives our ability to recalibrate our views after reading a correction.
When Polarization Isn’t the Problem: Seeing Charlottesville for What It Really Is
When violent white supremacists attack and kill people, criticizing divisiveness and urging people to unite is, at best, a dodge.
Polarization and Productivity: A Divided Legislature Isn’t Always an Ineffective One
Legislative productivity is contingent on much more than simply having the numbers.
A Legislature Can Be Both Polarized and Productive
Look to the Colorado state legislature, which just closed its 2017 session, for lessons on how to put an end to gridlock in Washington, D.C.
Why We Live in Ideological Enclaves
The psychological roots of our troublesome tendency to live among the like-minded. By Tom Jacobs (Photo: lecrajane/Flickr) This…
Polarization Isn’t That Hard to Come By
Researchers show that, even when we agree on the logic of an argument, disagreements over a single statement…
Our Polarized Populace
More Americans are self-identifying as extremists. But polarization may be the result of focusing on a handful of…
This One Chart Explains Why the Senate Doesn’t Want to Confirm Obama’s Supreme Court Pick
More Americans are committing to one party in the voting booth, and elected officials are behaving in an accordingly partisan fashion.
The People Who Finance Political Campaigns
Those who donate to campaigns are very different from the average voter.