Fear appeals are a polarizing issue, with proponents confident in their efficacy and
opponents confident that they backfire. We present the results of a comprehensive meta …

Ideology has re-emerged as an important topic of inquiry among social, personality, and
political psychologists. In this review, we examine recent theory and research concerning …

In a democracy, we generally assume that voters know the policies they prefer and elect like-
minded officials who are responsible for carrying them out. We also assume that voters …

Does political violence leave a lasting legacy on identities, attitudes, and behaviors? We
argue that violence shapes the identities of victims and that families transmit these effects …

We show that contemporary differences in political attitudes across counties in the American
South in part trace their origins to slavery's prevalence more than 150 years ago. Whites …

Despite dramatic social transformations in the United States during the last 150 years, the
South has remained staunchly conservative. Southerners are more likely to support …

As Washington elites drifted toward ideological poles over the past few decades, did
ordinary Americans follow their lead? In The Partisan Sort, Matthew Levendusky reveals that …

This monumental study is a comprehensive critical survey of the policy preferences of the
American public, and will be the definitive work on American public opinion for some time to …

Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Joseph Cappella-two of the nation's foremost experts on
politics and media-offers a searching analysis of the conservative media establishment, from …