State of the Nation

Offensive Lobbying

  • Lee Drutman

Democrats’ Immigrant Burden

  • Marisa Abrajano
  • Zoltan Hajnal

The Rise of Outside Spending

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

  • Andrew Mayersohn

Who Cares About Climate Change?

Global warmning doesn’t register highly among Americans’ environmental concerns. 

  • Stephen Ansolabehere
  • David M. Konisky

Is Get-Out-the-Vote Bad for Democracy?

How efforts to increase voter turnout exacerbate inequality.

  • Anthony Fowler

CEO Jackpot

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

  • Sam Pizzigati

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Who’s Hot?

Looking ahead to the 2014 midterm elections.

  • John Sides
  • Michael Tesler

A Guide to the Affordable Care Act

Who are you in the eyes of the ACA?

  • Deborah Stone

Job Openings

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

  • Paul Osterman
  • Andrew Weaver

Ages and Wages

Older Americans Are Earning More than Ever

  • Gary Burtless

A Costly Defense

Sequestration won’t gut the military

  • Cindy Williams

Crossing the Line

Latinos are a growing portion of the population, with an increasing capacity to swing outcomes at the ballot box.

  • Tanya Golash-Boza

The Turnout Mystery

The decline in turnout from 2008 to 2012 is a puzzle.

  • Stephen Ansolabehere

Big Organic

  • Wenonah Hauter

State of the Nation: No Middle Ground

America’s Growing Income Segregation

  • Kendra Bischoff
  • Sean F. Reardon

State of the Nation: Getting Warmer

When it comes to global warming, the public has consistently manifested one strikingly widespread misperception.

  • Jon Krosnick
  • Ariel Malka
  • David Scott Yeager

State of the Nation: How to Vote

— and what for.

  • Stephen Ansolabehere

State of the Nation: Court of Public Opinion

Is the Constitution a "living document"?

  • Stephen Ansolabehere

State of the Nation: The Media and Other Matters

What percentage of Americans know someone who is gay? 

  • Stephen Ansolabehere

State of the Nation: Voters and Parties

The impact of the Iraq war on republican voting preferences. 

  • Stephen Ansolabehere

State of the Nation: Tax and Spend

What do you most want congress to do to balance the budget? 

  • Stephen Ansolabehere
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