The first presidential general election debate of 2016 was historic in many ways, featuring two unique candidates and the largest audience in history with just over 84 million viewers. We explore the emotional impact of this widely-viewed debate on viewers in our new article, entitled “Gender Differences in Emotional Reactions […] Read more »
Securing American Elections: Stanford experts urge a concerted, national response to confront foreign interference
Scholars from Stanford University put forward a comprehensive strategy for what needs to be done to protect the integrity and independence of U.S. elections, with a keen focus on the upcoming presidential campaign in 2020. The report draws on findings that emerged from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian […] Read more »
Rumblings from Trump’s base could shape Democrats’ choice for 2020
President Donald Trump’s political base may not be as impregnable as commonly assumed. And that could have big implications not only for the Democrats’ strategy against Trump in 2020 but also for their choice of a presidential nominee. Detailed new research by the Democratic voter-targeting firm Catalist found that the […] Read more »
Is Robert Mueller an antique? The role of the facts in a post-truth era
Lee McIntyre, Boston University In just a little over eight minutes – on the morning of Wednesday, May 29th – the post-truth era came to an end. Or did it? That’s when Special Counsel Robert Mueller took the podium and addressed only the facts concerning his two-year-long investigation into Russian […] Read more »
Why Robert Mueller Should Testify on TV
… After Mr. Mueller submitted his report, he made the doomed assumption of many a longform journalist: That people would read his full work and draw conclusions then and only then. That allowed Attorney General William P. Barr to become the editor who writes the clickbait headline for all the […] Read more »
Why Nancy Pelosi’s impeachment strategy is politically smart
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s public statement on Wednesday seemingly left House Speaker Nancy Pelosi between a rock and a hard place. … After Mueller’s statement, Pelosi again decided to strike a center chord. She didn’t call for impeachment proceedings to begin, but indicated such action may be necessary in the […] Read more »