The leader of Mexico’s governing party has said that it will stop hiring neuroscience consultants to register voters’ brain waves and read their facial expressions, responding to a political outcry over its use of the tools of neuromarketing to shape its campaign and governing messages. CONT. Elisabeth Malkin & Kevin […] Read more »
Overseas Elections Offer Warnings for U.S. Pollsters
Pre-election polls in numerous countries this year have widely missed their marks, often by underestimating support for candidates on the ideological fringes. … “The industry has a collective failure problem,” said John Curtice, the president of the British Polling Council and a professor of politics at the University of Strathclyde in […] Read more »
Global Concern about Climate Change, Broad Support for Limiting Emissions
In a few weeks, world leaders will gather in Paris to negotiate a climate change agreement that will frame the global agenda on this issue for the next decade and beyond. As a new Pew Research Center survey illustrates, there is a global consensus that climate change is a significant […] Read more »
Corruption, Pollution, Inequality Are Top Concerns in China
China’s economic growth rate may be slowing, but the Chinese public overwhelmingly recognizes the economic progress their country has made over time. Most say they are better off financially than they were five years ago, and with near unanimity they believe they enjoy a higher standard of living than their […] Read more »
Sanders, Corbyn and the coming debate inside the Democratic Party
The election of Jeremy Corbyn, the left-wing backbencher, as the new leader of the British Labour Party raises the inevitable question: Can it happen here? Can Bernie Sanders, the independent socialist senator from Vermont, capture the heart and soul of the Democratic Party? The immediate answer is, not likely. He […] Read more »
Tony Saich on What Chinese Want From Their Leaders
… In China, reliable public opinion polls are few and far between, but they do exist. The Ash Center at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard has been working for more than a decade with Horizon Research in Beijing to measure Chinese citizens’ attitudes toward their government. […] Read more »