The Medicare Part D open enrollment period: What you and your audience need to know
With annual expenses running to about $100 billion last year, Medicare Part D is the dominant insurer in the U.S. pharmaceutical market.
Politics & Government
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of politics, elections, and local and national governments
Expert Commentary
What’s happening with the census, the Supreme Court and House reapportionment?
An accurate decennial census matters because the nation’s population count directs federal funding for hundreds of programs. Where people are and who people are directly informs decisions on the distribution
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Election Beat 2020: Blue wave? Red dawn? What’s the future of the Republican Party?
In the last of his Election Beat 2020 columns, Thomas E. Patterson argues that the Republican Party is in trouble.
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Election Beat 2020: Not all battleground states are equal
George Orwell famously wrote, “All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” So it is with America’s voters. The outcome of today’s election is in the hands of those voters lucky enough
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Political sectarianism in America and 3 things driving the ‘ascendance of political hatred’
New research in the journal Science delves into the rise of moral superiority and political sectarianism in America — and how to fix it.
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Adults with health problems, disabilities are less likely to vote but could swing elections
Adults with health problems are less likely to vote during elections — and racial minorities, seniors and voters with physical and intellectual disabilities are most likely to have health problems.
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Election Beat 2020: How news outlets become misinformation superspreaders
How could America’s news outlets, which claim to be guardians of the truth, be a prime source of untruth?
The answer lies in journalists’ routines and their need to attract an audience.
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Decisions, decisions: How national news outlets project and call presidential winners
The national media will call or project winners for president and thousands of other races after Election Day 2020. Here’s how they’ll do it.
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Election Beat 2020: Preventing an election night nightmare
Focusing on the electoral vote on election night will highlight yet-to-be-counted ballots and slow the urge to call the election too soon.
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Voter intimidation at the polls and workplace political coercion: 4 articles to know
With rising potential for intimidation at the polls during the 2020 general election, Journalist’s Resource is turning to what the research says. We’ve summarized four scholarly articles that can help journalists covering voter intimidation offer nuance in their reporting.
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