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Tag: State of the Nation

Zoltan Hajnal, Marisa Abrajano
Andrew Mayersohn

The "independent" expenditures in the midterm elections are record-breaking 

David M. Konisky, Stephen Ansolabehere
Global warmning doesn’t register highly among Americans’ environmental concerns. 
Anthony Fowler

How efforts to increase voter turnout exacerbate inequality.

Sam Pizzigati

We assume executives are paid to perform. But what are they really compensated for?

Michael Tesler, John Sides

Looking ahead to the 2014 midterm elections.

Deborah Stone
Who are you in the eyes of the ACA?
Andrew Weaver, Paul Osterman

Today’s high unemployment isn’t a result of a lack of skilled labor but rather a slow recovery.

Gary Burtless

In the last decade, the earnings of older workers have increased significantly, which may reduce some of the pain of cuts to the social safety net.

Cindy Williams

Sequestration won’t gut the military

Tanya Golash-Boza
Latinos are a growing portion of the population, with an increasing capacity to swing outcomes at the ballot box.
Stephen Ansolabehere
The decline in turnout from 2008 to 2012 is a puzzle.
Wenonah Hauter
Sean F. Reardon, Kendra Bischoff
David Scott Yeager, Ariel Malka, Jon Krosnick
When it comes to global warming, the public has consistently manifested one strikingly widespread misperception.
Stephen Ansolabehere
— and what for.
Stephen Ansolabehere
Is the Constitution a "living document"?
Stephen Ansolabehere
What percentage of Americans know someone who is gay? 
Stephen Ansolabehere
The impact of the Iraq war on republican voting preferences. 
Stephen Ansolabehere
What do you most want congress to do to balance the budget? 

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