For decades, scholars have estimated the ideology of members of Congress by analyzing roll-call votes, recorded tallies of ...

We despise one another, and demagogues rise when hatred increases. It’s as predictable as night following day. In a ...

Divisions within the US population on social and political issues have increased by 64% since 1988, with almost all this coming after 2008, according to a study tracking polarization from the end of ...

Politicians and policy experts like to talk about the “root causes” of crime, homelessness, poverty, rising prices and other problems. If they want to understand the root cause of political ...

Note: This piece draws on insights from the panel discussion held during the R Street Institute’s virtual event “Fragile Republic: Lessons on Political Violence from the Founding to Today.” But what ...

Pollsters, news anchors and newspaper columnists say America is polarized. The day before the 2024 presidential election, The New Yorker released an article titled “The Americans Prepping for a Second ...

American political polarization follows predictable historical cycles, with today’s divisions resembling the Civil War era more than the post-WWII bipartisan period. Historical knowledge gaps in ...

Political polarization in the United States continues to deepen. After the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, which lasted 41 days, it remains fundamental to reflect on one’s well-being.

Researchers discovered that as people gained more close friends around 2008–2010, societies paradoxically became more divided. The study links this shift, likely fueled by social media, to a critical ...

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