Understanding how beliefs are formed and why they can be resistant to counter evidence is important in today's polarized world, as views sharply diverge on issues ranging from vaccines to climate change.
Social Sciences
Apr 24, 2023
0
196
Puerto Ricans living in Florida, the largest swing state in the country, are mostly supportive of undocumented immigrants, a political attitude that might have broader social and political implications than political candidates ...
Social Sciences
Apr 7, 2022
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51
Throughout most of 2016, a significant percentage of the American public believed that the winner of the November 2016 presidential election would be a woman—Hillary Clinton.
Social Sciences
Jan 8, 2020
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Using social media data and artificial intelligence, a new University of Michigan-led study reveals that nearly 15% of Americans deny that climate change is real.
Social Sciences
Feb 14, 2024
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New technologies allowing voters to cast ballots via the Internet or other electronic means are catching on in the United States and elsewhere, even as fears mount about security of the systems.
Other
Oct 24, 2010
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0
How confident should you be in election polls? Not nearly as confident as the pollsters claim, according to a new Berkeley Haas study.
Political science
Oct 27, 2020
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"Scottish independence: polls show it's too close to call."
Computer Sciences
Sep 30, 2014
1
0
The level of alarm is already high in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, as the Pacific island nation struggles with rising sea levels and the after-effects of decades of U.S. nuclear testing on its atolls.
Environment
Dec 6, 2019
1
178
One of the most urgent threats facing our democracy and other democracies abroad is the ability to detect and thwart foreign election interference. But, research on election interference is scarce, according to a new article ...
Social Sciences
Aug 30, 2019
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240
As network anchors and pundits appeared stunned at Donald Trump's Electoral College victory Tuesday night, it was obvious much political polling data had missed the mark.
Economics & Business
Nov 11, 2016
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