How Not to Close the Gender Gap in Politics
As long as the Republican Party resists the welfare state, it's going to have trouble attracting more female voters.
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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.
Different Parties, Different Cultures
Fearing bias, and because the differences are difficult to measure with reliability, most—but not all—political scientists shy away from describing the cultural differences between Democrats and Republicans.
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.
Can the United States Government Ever Be Trusted?
For the first time ever, the American National Election Study has allowed respondents in its annual survey of trust in government to answer "never." Here's how that simple addition changed results.
We All Know That Inequality Is Growing, but What Should We Do About It?
How you answer that question probably has a lot more to do with your ideology than your income.
Grand Obese Party?
Researchers have found a statistically significant correlation between support for Mitt Romney and a pudgy populace.
How Psychology Can Help Explain the GOP Fever
There's more than just cognitive dissonance at work here.
Does the Government Shutdown Reveal the Parties’ Strengths or Weaknesses?
Well, how do you define strengths and weaknesses?
The Big Problem With Online Dating: It’s Making the Country More Politically Polarized
People who use dating sites are choosing matches based on criteria that are highly correlated with political preferences, and social scientists fear that will go a long way toward making us less tolerant citizens.