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Whites’ Responses to Police Violence Depend on the Race of the Victim
Post developed by Nicole Yadon, Kiela Crabtree, and Katherine Pearson ICYMI (In Case You Missed It), the following work was presented at the 2019 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA). The presentation, titled “Breeding Contempt: Whites'...
‘13 Reasons Why’ and Young Adults’ Risk of Suicide
By Michael Rozansky. Original post for the Annenberg Public Policy Center. One of the most heavily watched and debated fictional portrayals of suicide in recent years was the Netflix series “13 Reasons Why,” which raised outcries about potential contagion stemming...
Portrait of a birther: White conservatives with political knowledge more likely to believe Obama conspiracy
Post developed by Morgan Sherburne for Michigan News. White conservatives who not only have racial animus but are also knowledgeable about politics were the most likely group to believe that former President Barack Obama was not born in the United States, according to...
What happened in the 2018 Midterm Elections?
Post written by Katherine Pearson Elections experts Ken Goldstein, Walter Mebane, and Vincent Hutchings analyzed the results and key lessons of the 2018 Midterm Elections at a round table discussion hosted by the Center for Political Studies on November 13, 2018. A...
Dog Whistles to Bullhorns: Racial Rhetoric in Presidential Campaigns, 1984-2016
By Nicholas Valentino, James Newburg and Fabian Neuner ICYMI (In Case You Missed It), the following work was presented at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA). The presentation, titled “Dog Whistles to Bullhorns: Racial...
When Does Online Censorship Move Toward Real-World Repression?
ICYMI (In Case You Missed It), the following work was presented at the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA). The presentation, titled “When Does Online Censorship Move Toward Real-World Repression?” was a part of the Chinese...
Redrawing the Map: How Jowei Chen is Measuring Partisan Gerrymandering
post written by Solmaz Spence “Gerrymandering”— when legislative maps are drawn to the advantage of one party over the other during redistricting—received its name in 1812, when Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry signed off on a misshapen district that was said to...
Using Twitter to Observe Election Incidents in the United States
Post developed by Catherine Allen-West Election forensics is the field devoted to using statistical methods to determine whether the results of an election accurately reflect the intentions of the electors. Problems in elections that are not due to fraud may stem from...
Donald Kinder Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
Post by Theresa Frasca Earlier this year, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) announced the election of the Institute for Social Research’s Donald Kinder, the only University of Michigan professor to be named in 2017 and the 28th professor to be named in U-M’s...
The Politics of Latinidad
Post developed by Mara Ostfeld and Catherine Allen-West The effectiveness of America’s system of democratic representation, in practice, turns on broad participation. Yet only about 60 percent of voting eligible Americans cast their vote in presidential elections....
