… Political science research has long established that the American public’s beliefs are a mixed bag. But those findings have failed to manifest in public discourse, which is increasingly held online. CONT. Alexander Agadjanian (MIT) & G. Elliott Morris (The Economist), New York Times I'm a 64 year old, college-educated, […] Read more »
The 2010s Were the End of Normal
… Apocalypse is not yet upon our world as the 2010s draw to an end, but there are portents of disorder. The hopes nourished during the opening years of the decade — hopes that America was on a progressive path toward growing equality and freedom, hopes that technology held answers […] Read more »
FiveThirtyEight Politics Podcast: Holiday Mailbag Edition
In this special holiday installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew spends a whole episode answering listener questions. The topics range from the best way to winnow a primary debate stage, to who would win if the podcast team went toe-to-toe in a battle royale. FiveThirtyEight Read more »
U.S. has changed in key ways in the past decade, from tech use to demographics
The past decade in the United States has seen technological advancements, demographic shifts and major changes in public opinion. Pew Research Center has tracked these developments through surveys, demographic analyses and other research. As the 2010s draw to a close, here are key ways the country looks different from 10 […] Read more »
How the Internet Came to Loathe Pete Buttigieg
… The Buttigieg backlash, just like this spring’s first flush of Buttigieg mania, has a dorm-room atmosphere about it; it is most intense within his own cohort of young, mostly white, college-educated liberals, who are torn between a mounting discomfort with their own privilege and an instinctive comfort with their […] Read more »
Fact-based impeachment can’t penetrate the pro-Trump Web
As the House Judiciary Committee convened Friday to approve articles of impeachment against President Trump, a watch party got underway in a private Facebook group that rallies its more than 75,000 members around the banner, “THE TRUMP DEPLORABLES.” The comments that streamed forth in the group illustrate how Trump’s most […] Read more »