What affects who participates in politics? In most studies of political behaviour it is found that
individuals with higher education participate to a larger extent in political activities than …

The study of political parties and voter partisanship has come full circle in 4 decades. During
the 1960s and 1970s numerous scholars advanced the thesis of party decline, contending …

Democrats and Republicans clearly dislike one another. Yet, scholars debate whether policy
disagreement or partisan identity, per se, drives interparty animus. Past studies suggest the …

Are legislators responsive to the priorities of the public? Research demonstrates a strong
correspondence between the issues about which the public cares and the issues addressed …

Are people conservative (liberal) because they are Republicans (Democrats)? Or is it the
reverse: people are Republicans (Democrats) because they are conservatives (liberals) …

The 2016 election of Donald J. Trump invoked a time for reflection about the state of
American politics and its deep ideological, cultural, racial, regional, and economic divisions …

Congress is crippled by ideological conflict. The political parties are more polarized today
than at any time since the Civil War. Americans disagree, fiercely, about just about …

Significant theories of democratic accountability hinge on how political campaigns affect
Americans' candidate choices. We argue that the best estimate of the effects of campaign …

With the recent upsurge of populism in developed and transition democracies, researchers
have started measuring it as an attitude. Several scales have been proposed for this …

Democratic and Republican partisans dislike the opposing party and its leaders far more
than in the past. However, recent studies have argued that the rise of affective polarization in …