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Online survey respondents reveal different personality traits compared to face-to-face respondents
Post developed by Nicholas Valentino and Katherine Pearson Survey research is an ever-evolving field. Technology has increased the number of ways to reach respondents, while simultaneously reducing response rates by freeing people from the constraints of one land-line...
Update on the the ANES 2020 Time Series Study
Post developed by Ted Brader, Lauren Guggenheim, and Katherine Pearson In every U.S. presidential election since 1948, the American National Election Studies (ANES) has conducted pre- and post-election surveys of a large representative sample of American voters. ANES...
Religion’s Sudden Decline: Why It’s Happening and What Comes Next
By Ronald F Inglehart, Amy and Alan Lowenstein Professor Emeritus of Democracy, Democratization and Human Rights, and Research Professor Emeritus at theCenter for Political Studies. Professor Inglehart is the author of the forthcoming book Religion’s Sudden Decline:...
The Value of Social Science Research
The Center for Political Studies marked its 50th anniversary with a virtual celebration on October 29, 2020. The event featured a talk by Arthur Lupia titled “Now More Than Ever: The Increasing Public Value of Social Science Research.” The event began with a brief...
Perspectives on the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election
With less than two weeks to go before the 2020 U.S. presidential election, CPS faculty members Vincent Hutchings, Angela Ocampo, and Jenna Bednar discussed the issues that may shape the outcome of the election. You can view a recording of this event held on October...
News Coverage of the 2020 Presidential Election
With less than a month to go before the 2020 U.S. presidential election, CPS faculty members Michael Traugott, Josh Pasek, and Stuart Soroka presented their latest findings on the state of public opinion and media coverage of the campaign. The event took place on...
Contrasting Narratives of the 2020 Presidential Election Campaign
This post is the second in a three-part series. Click here to read about the state of public opinion leading up to the 2020 presidential election, presented by Michael Traugott. Click here to read about news coverage during the election, presented by Stuart Soroka....
The State of the 2020 Presidential Campaign with Less Than a Month to Go
This post is the first of a three-part series. Click here to read about contrasting narratives of the 2020 presidential election campaign, presented by Josh Pasek. Click here to read about news coverage during the election, presented by Stuart Soroka. With less than a...
Race, Inequality, Policing and the 2020 Election
In terms of the number of participants, protests against racial injustice and police violence that erupted in the summer of 2020 may be the largest protest movement in American history. On September 22, Vincent Hutchings, Shea Streeter and Christian Davenport...
Party System Institutionalization and Stability in Competitive Authoritarian Regimes
ICYMI (In Case You Missed It), the following work was presented at the 2020 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA). The presentation, titled “Electoral Volatility in Competitive Authoritarian Regimes” was a part of the session “Elections...
