The bitter polarization between the Republican and Democratic parties in the U.S. has been on the rise since Newt Gingrich's partisan combat against President Bill Clinton in the 1990s. But according to a new Northwestern ...
Social Sciences
Oct 29, 2020
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Despite frequently shouted concerns by both Democrats and Republicans, voting by mail doesn't lend either political party an advantage on Election Day, though it might account for a slight uptick in overall voter participation, ...
Political science
Oct 20, 2020
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If you're reluctant to identify as a Democrat or Republican even though you are staunchly liberal or conservative, you're probably also less prone to bias in other ways.
Social Sciences
Aug 18, 2020
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While political polarization in the United States is the worst it has been in years, new research from Michigan State University and the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research suggests that having a partisan—and ...
Political science
Jan 30, 2020
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Ever-widening divisions between Democrats and Republicans are believed to reflect deeply rooted ideological differences, but a new study points to a radically different interpretation: it may be mostly a matter of luck.
Political science
Aug 28, 2019
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Fake news is everywhere, but why we believe it is still unclear. Drawing on neuroeconomics research in an Opinion published February 20th in the journal Trends in Cognitive Sciences, psychologists suggest that valuing our ...
Social Sciences
Feb 20, 2018
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If you want to predict which political party someone will support, take note of the person's height.
Social Sciences
Aug 16, 2016
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If you're an American voter and have provided personal information to a company, chances are data groups have shared it with political parties to help them target potential supporters.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 24, 2016
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Mathematical ideas and tools are often used to describe aspects of large macroscopic systems. Examples abound in areas as varied as finance to psychology. In a paper published last month in the SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, ...
Mathematics
Apr 15, 2015
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Political parties find that their fortunes improve when they put more women on the ballot, according to a study co-authored by an MIT economist.
Social Sciences
Apr 6, 2015
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