"American Democracy in Crisis: The Challenges of Voter Knowledge, Participation, and Polarization"— the first of a series of surveys from PRRI/The Atlantic examining challenges to democratic institutions and practices— finds an alarming number of Americans do not know what factors qualify people for or disqualify people from voting. The survey also finds large divides by political party, race, and ethnicity regarding the biggest problems facing the U.S. electoral system. At the same time, there is strong, bipartisan support for a range of policies that increase access to the ballot
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Republicans and Democrats are more divided along ideological lines -- and partisan antipathy is deep...
Today’s political climate in the United States is decisively polarized. This polarization is dividin...
Over the years, polarization in America has not only increased but also become more ideologically fo...
This report examines new data from Democracy Fund + UCLA Nationscape and the Democracy Fund VOTER Su...
To what extent are Americans divided in terms of their liberal and conservative preferences? Have th...
I construct an index of political polarization using seven previously proposed measures. I estimate ...
Political polarization of the public has been the topic of academic debate for decades. Some claim ...
There are well-researched institutional and societal factors that affect voter turnout. However, are...
American democracy is in trouble. Since the 2016 election, a sizable literature has developed that f...
In 2016, political polarization in the United States reached levels unprecedented in the last three ...
This research seminar is intended to serve two functions for political science majors. First, it is ...
As the government shutdown in October showed, the U.S. is currently in a period of deep political di...
In recent decades, the gap between Democrats and Republicans seems to be widening. Voters seem to be...
This Public Agenda/USA TODAY Hidden Common Ground survey, which is also part of Public Agenda's ongo...
During a time of intense partisan polarization our democracy and its respective institutions have ex...
Republicans and Democrats are more divided along ideological lines -- and partisan antipathy is deep...
Today’s political climate in the United States is decisively polarized. This polarization is dividin...
Over the years, polarization in America has not only increased but also become more ideologically fo...
This report examines new data from Democracy Fund + UCLA Nationscape and the Democracy Fund VOTER Su...
To what extent are Americans divided in terms of their liberal and conservative preferences? Have th...
I construct an index of political polarization using seven previously proposed measures. I estimate ...
Political polarization of the public has been the topic of academic debate for decades. Some claim ...
There are well-researched institutional and societal factors that affect voter turnout. However, are...
American democracy is in trouble. Since the 2016 election, a sizable literature has developed that f...
In 2016, political polarization in the United States reached levels unprecedented in the last three ...