New research finds that partisans agree with bumper sticker slogans — unless they are told that those slogans were made by a leader of the opposing party. NPR News Read more »
Trump Settles on His Reelection Message
In his marathon speech to a gathering of conservative activists last weekend, Donald Trump unloaded more than 16,000 words, according to the official White House transcript. But amid all the meandering and asides, the belittling taunts (“Little Shifty Schiff” for Democratic Representative Adam Schiff) and geysers of grievance, Trump may […] 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 »
Why Good Politics And Good Climate Science Don’t Mix
… Scientists who study the psychology of storytelling and rhetoric say there are several factors that give climate change denialists an advantage in the political marketplace. Simplicity and smoothness of the message is a big part of it, said Eryn Newman, professor of psychology at the Australian National University. In […] Read more »
Poll Hub: An interview with Mark Murray
In this week’s episode of Poll Hub, we welcome Mark Murray, Senior Political Editor for NBC News and The Marist Poll’s battleground state polling partner. Murray adds his keen political analysis to the team’s discussion of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union Address. CONT. Marist Poll Read more »
State of the Union 2019 Dial Meter Test Results
On behalf of the Voter Participation Center and Women’s Voices. Women Vote Action Fund, Democracy Corps conducted live dial-meter testing of the 2019 State of the Union address among the Rising American Electorate (African Americans, Latinos, white unmarried women and white millennials), white working-class women, and white college women. Here […] Read more »