More than half of New York Democrats say they prefer a presidential nominee who is more progressive than moderate, with the majority of New Yorkers not backing a hometown candidate for president in 2020, an exclusive new NBC 4 New York/Marist poll reveals. CONT. NBC 4 New York Read more »
What’s socialism anyway?
Suddenly we seem preoccupied with socialism. It’s understandable. For the first time in decades, serious people like Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) willingly subscribe to that label. … So what are polls measuring when they ask about socialism? Poll respondents seem uncertain themselves, since their answers […] Read more »
Have House Democrats lurched left? Not those from swing seats
Support for a government takeover of health care is Exhibit A in the charge by President Donald Trump and other Republicans that the Democratic majority in the House of Representatives has lurched to the left. But a close examination of sponsorship for the House legislation recently introduced by Rep. Pramila […] Read more »
The Making of the Fox News White House
… Fox has long been a bane of liberals, but in the past two years many people who watch the network closely, including some Fox alumni, say that it has evolved into something that hasn’t existed before in the United States. Nicole Hemmer, an assistant professor of Presidential studies at […] Read more »
The Geography of Partisan Prejudice
We know that Americans have become more biased against one another based on partisan affiliation over the past several decades. Most of us now discriminate against members of the other political side explicitly and implicitly—in hiring, dating, and marriage, as well as judgments of patriotism, compassion, and even physical attractiveness, […] Read more »
New study of 381,000 political speeches finds that liberals use more complex language than conservatives
… As earlier findings indicate, our research shows that politicians from socially liberal parties use more complex language than politicians from socially conservative parties. We analyzed 381,609 speeches delivered by politicians from Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. These speeches include not only those of 12 prime […] Read more »