A controversial no-call of pass interference in the NFC Championship had a lot of football fans talking about the use of instant replay. In general, 45 percent of football fans say instant replay should be used more often than it is now, but 41 percent think it’s being used the […] Read more »
Protests Seen as Harming Civil Rights Movement in the ’60s
In current times, reflection on Martin Luther King Jr.’s life often involves celebrating the nonviolent tactics he advocated as key to much of the civil rights movement’s success. At the time of his leadership in the 1960s, however, Americans held very different views of the effectiveness of mass demonstrations, boycotts […] Read more »
Climate Change Activism Among Latino and White Americans
Research indicates that Latinos have particularly strong pro-environmental attitudes and support for policies to reduce climate change. This study explores differences in climate change activism (i.e., contacting government officials) between Latino and non-Latino White citizens in the United States, and the individual and social factors that predict engagement. CONT. Anthony […] Read more »
Democratic activists haven’t decided on a 2020 candidate
A survey of Democratic activists in early primary states and Washington, DC, finds the vast majority of them still undecided about a 2020 presidential nominee. However, they’re considering candidates from a fairly narrow group, despite the very large number of potential candidates. CONT. Seth Masket (U. of Denver), Mischiefs of […] Read more »
A new poll shows the secret truth of 2018: Not much has changed in months
Here’s a remarkable thing about the 2018 election campaign: how little has changed. That is the lesson from the third George Washington University Politics Poll, which was just released today. I think most people know that we live in a world of strong partisanship, which is increasingly evident in congressional […] Read more »
Civics lessons: Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Neil Gorsuch on promoting education in citizenship
“There’s no such things as not voting. Not voting is voting,” said Eric Liu. “It’s voting to hand your power over to someone else who’s gonna say, ‘Thank you very much. Let me take that voice and that power and exercise it in your name, but in my interests.'” Makes […] Read more »