(Mis)perceiving Political Polarization
The average American thinks Republican and Democratic voters are farther apart than they really are—and that's doesn't bode well.
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Polarization
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When Campaign Volunteers Do More Harm Than Good
Volunteers often don't look or sound like the people they're trying to win over, and that can be costly.
What Political Parties Talk About When They Talk About Groups
Republicans talk about ideology and Democrats talk about groups—but they may be talking about the same thing.
Why Would Rudy Giuliani Say Something Like That?
Conservatives and liberals like to hear different things from their leaders.
One Way to Weaken Political Polarization
University of California-San Diego researchers find articulating your opponent's perspective, and being held accountable for doing so accurately, moves us closer to the center.
How Can We Fix the Broken Primary Election System?
A look at the Bipartisan Policy Center's comprehensive consideration of the issue.
The Extreme Political Polarization of the Average American Voter
Today’s America is highly polarized, but the voting booth is even more so.
Why Polarize?
Why are state legislatures and voters both growing more polarized when it's clear that almost no one gets into politics with the goal of driving the parties further apart? Presenters at a recent conference proposed some answers.
How Republican Women Are Losing Out in the Polarization of Politics
As both of our political parties move to the ideological extremes, Republican women, who, unlike their Democratic counterparts, tend to be more moderate than the men in their party, are being left behind.
What the Decline of Partisanship Would Look Like
Our current Republican-Democrat divide is so durable because it lines up with the conservative-liberal divide. To undermine that would require a major shift in today's ideological coalitions.