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Archive for the ‘New Research’ Category

March 15th, 2008

The Effects of Uncivil Debate on Voters

According to the conventional wisdom, incivility in political campaigns hurts democracy - it increases skepticism, reduces turnout, and creates a hostile public atmosphere. But according to new research by Deborah Jordan Brooks (Dartmouth College) and John G. Greer (Vanderbilt University), this conventional wisdom is incorrect.
In their recent article, “Beyond Negativity: The Effects of Incivility on […]

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February 9th, 2008

In Honor of the Chinese New Year - Chinese Business and Politics

Everyone who thinks about either politics or business has an opinion about China. In the September 2007 edition of the top journal Perspectives on Politics, University of Virginia Professor Jeffrey W. Legro explains why he thinks most of these opinions are wrong.
In his article, “What China Will Want: The Future Intentions of a Rising Power,” […]

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January 3rd, 2008

4 Electronic Voting Methods - Which One is the Best?

Voting is a complicated thing. After you manage to make it to the voting booth, you may be faced with any of several types of voting machines, each with a range of possible ballot designs. It can create an awful lot of confusion. The new electronic voting machines have been praised by many, criticized by […]

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December 13th, 2007

A Pollster’s Life is Never Easy

I enjoyed our discussion of the differences between serious, non-partisan public opinion polls and their imitators. But let’s take a moment for scientific humility and dwell momentarily on two of the most famous polling disasters in American political history. They occurred 62 years apart, and involve two of the most interesting names in American politics […]

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December 6th, 2007

Women as Political Leaders?

According to an interesting new report by the Pew Research Center, 75% of Americans believe that men and women make equally good political leaders – 16% prefer men, and 6% favor women as leaders. The report, titled “How the World Rates Women as Leaders,” explores attitudes towards men and women as political leaders in nearly […]

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