President Donald Trump, during a meeting in the cabinet room at the White House, Washington, Nov. 22, 2019. AP/Susan Walsh Lee McIntyre, Boston University While watching the House impeachment hearings, I realized my two decades of research into why people ignore, reject or deny science had a political parallel. From […] Read more »
State of the Facts Poll
Despite fundamental disagreements about which sources of information to trust, Americans overwhelmingly agree on what facts should be: accurate, transparent and based in data, according to a new national poll by USAFacts and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The 2019 State of the Facts Poll examines Americans’ […] Read more »
White Trump voters are richer than they appear
… Our work suggests that when making voting decisions, people assess their economic position relative to members of their own communities rather than to folks in the whole country. … We find local income position has a significant association with vote choice. As the data in the table show, support […] Read more »
This Week in Impeachment: Trump Torches His Inside Reputation
The pioneering political scientist Richard Neustadt is best remembered for his insight that the unilateral powers of the presidency are much more limited than the expectations hung on the office by the American public and the ambitions of the people who occupy it, requiring presidents to engage in productive collaboration […] Read more »
The challenging politics of climate change
… As the climate crisis becomes more serious and more obvious, Americans remain resistant to decisive and comprehensive action on climate change. … As scientific evidence about the causes of climate change has mounted and as a consensus has evolved in the scientific community, the public has remained divided and […] Read more »
Most American teens are frightened by climate change, poll finds, and about 1 in 4 are taking action
… A solid majority of American teenagers are convinced that humans are changing the Earth’s climate and believe that it will cause harm to them personally and to other members of their generation, according to a new Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation poll. Roughly 1 in 4 have participated in a […] Read more »