538’s Nate Silver on whether or not mail ballots are a concern for President Donald Trump. This Week, ABC News Read more »
Covid-19 misinformation is everywhere, but it could have been much worse
Covid-19 has taken over our lives, but it hasn’t been around for very long. Scientists have been studying it in real-time as the world collectively goes through a traumatic, world-changing event. It’s killed more than half a million people—and we don’t even know exactly where it came from. Which, on […] Read more »
Research on voting by mail says it’s safe – from fraud and disease
A Pennsylvania election worker processes mailed-in ballots for the state’s primary election in May 2020. AP Photo/Matt Rourke Edie Goldenberg, University of Michigan As millions of Americans prepare to vote in November – and in many cases, primaries and state and local elections through the summer as well – lots […] Read more »
The Electoral College is surprisingly vulnerable to popular vote changes
Staff of the House of Representatives review Illinois’ Electoral College vote report in January 2017. Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Steven Heilman, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences In the 2000 U.S. presidential election, changing just 269 votes in Florida from George W. Bush to […] Read more »
Americans Support Free Speech Online but Want More Action to Curb Harmful Content
As the COVID-19 crisis continues and the debate rages on between Twitter and President Trump over online content moderation, a new report from Gallup and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation found that Americans understand the threat of misinformation to public health and democracy, and want misleading information […] Read more »
Mail-in ballots, the coronavirus, and a partisan brawl
When it comes to voting, Democrats and Republicans cultivate their own myths. Democrats are sure that there are millions of voters out there who, if it were easy to vote, would vote for them. Republicans are equally sure that if voting is too easy it would lead to a large […] Read more »