Ideological segregation online and offline
2011 study from the University of Chicago on news consumers and content selection, highlighting the different levels of polarization in various contexts.
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of politics, elections, and local and national governments
2011 study from the University of Chicago on news consumers and content selection, highlighting the different levels of polarization in various contexts.
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2009 paper in Presidential Election Studies on the allocation of campaign resources and correlations with available state delegates.
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2011 study from Columbia University on how a psychological theory can help better interpret presidential campaign decisions.
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2011 study in the New England Journal of Medicine on the type of neighborhood in which an individual lives and health outcomes.
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2011 study from Political Research Quarterly on the pressures faced by trailing contenders for presidential nominations to leave the race.
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2009 study in PNAS on diversity in developing economies and corresponding potential for growth, based on products produced and their global context.
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2009 study by Harvard University and Finland’s VTT Technical Research Centre on the overall global potential for wind-generated power.
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2011 study by University of Gothenburg in Journal of African Economies on Zambia’s structural economic changes.
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2011 study from Fordham Law School on the influences fueling prison population growth in the United States since 1980.
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2011 Pew Research Center report explores the demographics of America’s unauthorized immigrant population based on 2010 U.S. Census data.
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