Voters Are Influenced by “Information Gerrymandering.” Here’s How.
Many voters today seem to live in partisan bubbles, where they receive only partial information about how others feel regarding political issues. Now, an experiment…
Politics
Political Polarization Driven by Chance, Not Ideology
Ever-widening divisions between Democrats and Republicans are believed to reflect deeply rooted ideological differences, but a new study points to a radically different interpretation: The…
Study Finds Root of Intense Political Partisanship on Both Left and Right
People who identify more intensely with a political tribe or ideology share an underlying psychological trait: low levels of cognitive flexibility, according to a new…
Predicting Moral and Political Development With Science
How come today’s conservatives are more liberal than yesterday’s liberals? Why has the public opinion in large parts of the world shifted so rapidly in…
