A team of researchers from Harvard University and Boston University has found evidence showing that white boys who grew up with Black neighbors are more likely to be registered as Democrats as adults. In their paper published ...
States regularly use administrative records, such as motor-vehicle data, in determining whether people have moved to prune their voter rolls. A Yale-led study of this process in Wisconsin shows that a significant percentage ...
Political science
Feb 26, 2021
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In 2016, Oregon became the first state to adopt and implement an automatic voter registration (AVR) system. Now, twenty-two states, plus Washington D.C., have such systems in place. Early research on the impacts of this innovation ...
Political science
May 3, 2023
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Government efforts to keep registered voters on the rolls when they move from one address to another substantially boost those voters' likelihood of casting a ballot, my research has found.
Political science
Nov 7, 2022
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Matto Mildenberger, University of California Santa Barbara explains how perceived experiences with climate change in the United States can be linked to political shifts in Congress, culture and society. He will demonstrate ...
Environment
Feb 17, 2019
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Wide variations among the 50 states when it comes to the ease of casting a ballot are impacting the quality of democracy in the United States, a new study shows.
Social Sciences
Oct 23, 2018
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As state voter identification (ID) laws across the country are being contested amid questions about the integrity of the voting process, researchers have developed a new statistical method that not only matches multiple records ...
Mathematics
Dec 11, 2017
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A new study casts doubt on a promising application of the timeworn theory—posited by thinkers such as Rousseau, Alexander de Tocqueville, and John Stuart Mill—that political engagement, such as voting, fosters good citizens ...
Social Sciences
Oct 31, 2017
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Are voters in new democracies so disenchanted with the political process that more and more are staying away from the polls?
Social Sciences
Sep 22, 2017
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The US homeland security chief said Friday authorities have confidence in the integrity of electoral systems despite growing cybersecurity threats.
Security
Sep 16, 2016
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