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The ruins of the Roman Forum, once a site of a representational government. Credit: (c) Linda Nicholas, Field Museum All good things must come to…
Displays the number of potential COVID-19 vaccination facilities per 10,000 residents on a county-level. Credit: West Health Policy Center and the University of Pittsburgh School…
Tips on Dealing With the Stress of a Divisive Election The results of the presidential election will pack an emotional punch for those whose candidate…
A heat map as of Oct. 30, showing confirmed cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 people, with darker colors indicating higher case counts. Credit: Center for…
University of Chicago scholar discusses ways to make voting process more democratic. The outcome of every U.S. presidential election hinges on a few key swing…
What does Vladimir Putin have to gain from meddling? A University of Chicago scholar explains. As the 2020 election approaches, Russia is back in the…
Election forecasts have come a long way since the Chicago Daily Tribune’s mistaken “Dewey Defeats Truman” headline in 1948—but improved methodology doesn’t mean that unlikely…
Among the US public surveyed, a majority of those who support Trump–as well as a plurality of those who oppose him–believe voter fraud to be…
“When ideals and policies matter less than dominating foes, government becomes dysfunctional,” researchers say. The bitter polarization between the Republican and Democratic parties in the…
The virtual Starr Forum, “Democracies on the Rocks?” included experts discussing the fate of democracy in the United States and around the world. Clockwise from…
Simulations from Columbia University researchers show a slight bias toward Trump but less of a tilt than in the 2016 election. Trump’s 2016 victory in…
Credit: Christine Daniloff, MIT MIT professor’s study quantifies how many mail-in ballots became “lost votes” in the 2016 U.S. federal election. In elections, every vote…
When It Comes to Supporting Candidates, Ideology Trumps Race and Gender Prejudiced people will still vote for Black and female politicians, as long as ideologies…
Study finds funny stuff reduces credibility and support. Political candidates’ use of humor on social media could sometimes backfire on them with potential supporters, new…
Ant behavior theorists Chris Tokita, an ecology and evolutionary biology graduate student, and his adviser Corina Tarnita found that division of labor and political polarization…