On Nov. 3, 2020—and for many days after—millions of people kept a wary eye on the presidential election prediction models run by various news outlets. With such high stakes in play, every tick of a tally and twitch of ...
Mathematics
Mar 19, 2021
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Many low-education voters who embrace social welfare programs vote against their own beliefs, new UC Riverside research holds.
Education
Mar 17, 2021
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During the past decade the European People's Party in the European Parliament was criticized for its unwillingness to vote for measures that would sanction the Hungarian Fidesz government, which is accused of breaching key ...
Political science
Mar 15, 2021
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Most public opinion polls correctly predicted the winning candidate in the 2020 U.S. presidential election—but on average, they overestimated the margin by which Democrat Joe Biden would beat Republican incumbent Donald ...
Political science
Nov 18, 2020
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Simulations from Columbia University researchers show a slight bias toward Trump but less of a tilt than in the 2016 election.
Social Sciences
Oct 26, 2020
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Britain's most advanced polar research ship in decades was set to begin technical sea trials on Wednesday before making its maiden voyage to Antarctica next year.
Earth Sciences
Oct 21, 2020
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A new report by the UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy takes a historical view to understand why, in 2020, the electorate in California remains so demographically and socioeconomically skewed.
Political science
Oct 1, 2020
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If a candidate wins the presidency in the electoral college but loses the popular vote in 2020—a repeat of what happened in 2000 and in 2016—the damage to Americans' faith in the election process would be substantial, ...
Political science
Oct 1, 2020
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A recent study found strong associations between the financial holdings of legislators in the U.S. House of Representatives and how those lawmakers voted on key financial legislation. The study suggests that many lawmakers ...
Economics & Business
Sep 15, 2020
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The topic of mail-in voting has been top news lately, with Democrats touting its benefits early in the pandemic while some Republicans, President Trump in particular, insisted that the method is rife with fraud, a claim with ...
Political science
Aug 28, 2020
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