Belief that the COVID-19 pandemic was a hoax—that its severity was exaggerated or that the virus was deliberately released for sinister reasons—functions as a "gateway" to believing in conspiracy theories generally, new ...
Social Sciences
Oct 26, 2022
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Midterm elections typically have lower voter turnout than presidential elections, but there is another crucial difference beyond just how many people vote: how old they are.
Social Sciences
Oct 26, 2022
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When former Vice President Mike Pence declared, in a speech to a conservative group, that "democracy depends on heavy doses of civility," several attendees stood up and walked out of the Georgetown University auditorium.
Social Sciences
Oct 26, 2022
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Who shows up to cast a ballot and who is allowed to mark a ballot and have it counted will determine which candidates take office and what issues they focus on.
Social Sciences
Oct 26, 2022
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In recent years, voters in the world's third-largest democracy, Indonesia, have preferred to support candidates with solid religious personas and a lifestyle and appearances adhering to Islamic values. This preference is ...
Social Sciences
Oct 24, 2022
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Political spending by corporations is big business.
Political science
Oct 21, 2022
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For anyone paying attention in the lead-up to the United States midterm elections, it should come as no surprise that people who consider themselves politically conservative see the world differently than those who consider ...
Social Sciences
Oct 20, 2022
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Nearly nine in 10 Americans say a candidate's plan for reducing health care costs will be an important consideration in determining their vote, and almost 40% of them, or an estimated 100 million Americans, say it could even ...
Political science
Oct 20, 2022
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The 2016 U.S. election was a wake-up call about the dangers of political misinformation on social media. With two more election cycles rife with misinformation under their belts, social media companies have experience identifying ...
Social Sciences
Oct 18, 2022
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The Association for Computing Machinery's global Technology Policy Council (TPC) has released "Election Security: Risk-Limiting Audits." It is the latest in a series of ACM TechBriefs—short technical bulletins that present ...
Political science
Oct 13, 2022
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