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The Science of Politics — 219 episodes

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Can corporate scandals reinvigorate democracy?

2

The intellectual support for Trumpism

3

What Predicts Midterm Election Results?

4

Legislators are raising money instead of making policy

5

Can AI ‘vibe research’ replace social science?

6

How authoritarian parenting attitudes explain our political divides

7

Which groups win policy under each party?

8

How media incentives stoked the culture war

9

Who now directs spending: Congress or the president?

10

The backlash presidency

11

How the money chase governs our elections

12

The Supreme Court is enabling Trump’s executive power

13

The future of the democratic party

14

Will partisan redistricting tip Congress?

15

The fall of an independent Fed

16

Making AI policy: Are we falling behind or rushing in?

17

Is democracy failing education?

18

Reconciliation and rescission

19

How the president gained war powers

20

If we don’t like polarizing politicians, why do we get them?

21

Building a science of political progress

22

The backstory for presidential power grabs

23

Can liberals stop Trump in the courts?

24

How the 1st term trade war hurt Trump

25

Is Trump redirecting or deconstructing the administrative state?

26

Are the parties too focused on policy programs?

27

How policymakers and experts failed the COVID test

28

Can judicial review stop a lawless executive?

29

Why some Latinos support the Trump immigration agenda

30

Counterproductive interest group polarization

31

How racial realignment ignited the culture war

32

Threats to democracy in the 2nd Trump administration

33

Why Asian Americans did not swing to Harris

34

What the Trump nominations and transition foretell

35

Will Trump have unilateral power or just pretend he does?

36

Class, race, gender, and the 2024 election

37

Can we believe the polls?

38

Are Black voters moving to Trump?

39

How 'Woke' Are We?

40

How the campaigns battle for electoral college victory

41

How the diploma divide transformed American politics

42

Are American parties reviving or hollow?

43

What research on Black women candidates means for Kamala Harris

44

Can American identity reduce partisan animosity?

45

How think tanks drive polarization and policy

46

White racial sympathy

47

The impact of policy misinformation

48

When third parties matter

49

Why foreign policy is still bipartisan

50

Does the Biden economy have bad election timing or an unfair fed?

51

The Politics of Our Jobs

52

How will TikTok change politics?

53

How race makes us less punitive on opioid policy

54

Do Voters Dislike Old Candidates

55

Lessons from the COVID-era Welfare Expansion

56

How Bureaucrats Deal with Political Chaos Above

57

Elites Misperceive the Public

58

The Deterioration of Congress

59

The Two Sides of Immigration Backlash

60

Previewing 2024: How Voters Judge Presidents

61

Do presidents have the power to act alone?

62

Why presidents still spend their time raising money.

63

The decline of union Democrats

64

What explains the diploma divide?

65

Can state politicians be held accountable to the public?

66

Partisan election administrators don't tip the scales

67

Do the media drive presidential primaries?

68

Are claims that social media polarizes us overblown?

69

Don't expect extreme weather to spur climate policy change

70

Has American business turned left?

71

Will Supreme Court Opinions Provoke Public Backlash?

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Are We Overproducing Elites and Instability?

73

How Parties Recruit and Limit Candidates

74

The causes and effects of budgeting under threat

75

How administrative burdens undermine public programs

76

How to reduce partisan animosity

77

Why Scandals Don’t Add Up to Damage Candidates

78

How Black voters choose candidates

79

How debates over diversity and equity came to dominate education politics

80

Racial minorities can win elections. Here's what's holding them back.

81

Changing how we elect presidents

82

How Congress communicates

83

Do moderate voters matter?

84

Judging Biden and Congress

85

The influence of Twitter on journalism and politics

86

How party leaders change Congress

87

How Early Voting is Changing American Elections

88

Does the 2022 election show how Democratic campaigns win?

89

How we connect our political beliefs

90

When partisanship forms our identity

91

How Misperceptions and Online Norms Drive “Cancel Culture”

92

When Information About Candidates Persuades Voters

93

When Public Opinion Goes to the Ballot Box

94

How primary elections enable polarized amateurs

95

Is democracy declining in the American states?

96

The past and future of polling

97

Why the baby boomers rule American politics

98

Did the Birchers win after all?

99

How much are polls misrepresenting Americans?

100

Abortion politics take center stage

101

Women in (and out of) Politics

102

Did economists move the Democrats to the right?

103

Descriptive Representation in Supreme Court Nominations

104

Putin’s War and Personalist Authoritarianism

105

Policymakers Follow Informed Expertise

106

How Does the Public Move Right When Policy Moves Left?

107

Does the Public Respond to Threats to Democracy?

108

U.S. Politics: The Hyper-Involved vs. The Disengaged

109

U.S. Democratic Decline in Comparative Perspective

110

Inflation Hurts Presidents, Especially Gas Prices—And It’s Not the Media’s Fault

111

How Politics Changes Our Racial Views and Identities

112

Childcare and Pre-K Expansion: Consensus or Polarization?

113

What Makes a Skilled and Conscious Mayor?

114

Can Democrats Design Social Programs that Survive?

115

The Future of the Biden Agenda in Congress

116

How the Left and Right Undermined Trust in Government

117

How the Media Economy Drives Political News

118

Why Lawyers Rule American Politics

119

The Growing Influence of the Non-Religious

120

The Role of Political Science in American Public Life

121

Why Rising Inequality Doesn't Stimulate Political Action

122

Reducing Polarization with Shared Values

123

Do Congressional Committees Still Make Policy?

124

Can TV News Keep Politics Local?

125

Is Demographic and Geographic Polarization Overstated?

126

How Voters Judge Congress

127

Conspiracy Beliefs are Not Increasing or Exclusive to the Right

128

The Resilience of the Filibuster and its Myths

129

Values and Racism in American Immigration Views

130

How Media Coverage of Congress Limits Policymaking

131

How Political Values and Social Influence Drive Polarization

132

When Partisans Endorse Violence

133

Right-Wing Extremism and the Capitol Insurrection

134

The Politics of School from Home

135

How Much Did Trump Undermine U.S. Democracy?

136

How Presidential Appointments Reveal Policy Goals and Elite Interests

137

Why Latinos Moved Toward Trump (and Why Most Are Still Democrats)

138

Compromise Still Works in Congress and with Voters

139

Interpreting the Early Results of the 2020 Election with G. Elliott Morris

140

How Court Nominations Polarize Interest Groups and Voters

141

Why Do Americans Accept Democratic Backsliding?

142

Racial Protest, Violence, and Backlash

143

How Rich White Residents and Interest Groups Rule Local Politics

144

How the Plutocrats Win from the Populist Right

145

The Roots of the Parties' Racial Switch

146

How Donor Opinion Distorts American Parties

147

How the Supreme Court Shapes (and is Shaped by) its Public Support

148

How Overpoliced Communities Become Politically Engaged

149

How Republicans Lost 2018 by Being Too Close to Trump

150

How Protests Change Parties and Elections

151

How Much Do Vice Presidential Running Mates Matter?

152

What Became of Never Trump Republicans?

153

Republicans Successfully Politicized Ebola. Can They Do it Again in 2020?

154

Why are Black Conservatives Still Democrats?

155

How Anxiety and Crises Change Our Political Behavior

156

How News and Social Media Shape American Voters

157

How Record Television Advertising Is Shaping American Elections

158

How to Build Institutions, Not Political Hobbies

159

Can America Become a Multiparty System?

160

Did Americans' Racial Attitudes Elect Trump?

161

Women's Voting Over 100 Years

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Will Trump Anger Motivate Black Turnout?

163

Do Republicans and Democrats Get Different Results?

164

Do Early Primary States Still Pick Presidents?

165

The Electoral Effects of Impeachment

166

How Trump Politicized Refugees

167

How Bureaucrats Make Good Policy

168

Have Conservatives Transformed the States?

169

The American Public's Growing Ideological Sophistication

170

Why Americans Dislike Government, Even When It Works

171

How Presidential Debates Influence Voters

172

Ep 48: Will a Good Economy Save Trump?

173

Explaining the Urban-Rural Political Divide

174

Can Diversity and Liberalism Rise Together?

175

Do the Parties Favor White Male Candidates?

176

If Moderates are Electable, Why are Ideologues Winning?

177

How Medicaid and Obamacare Drive Voting

178

How Not-In-My-Backyard Politics Keep Housing Costs High

179

When and Where Can Climate Policy Succeed?

180

Higher Education: An Engine of Social Mobility...or a Driver of Inequality?

181

Episode 39: Is White Identity Causing an Immigration Backlash?

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How Philanthropy Diverts Social Movements

183

Why Governments Give Away Economic Incentives That Increase Inequality

184

How Online Media Polarizes and Encourages Voters

185

Does Diversity in Congress Translate into Representation?

186

Did Chinese Trade Competition Increase Nativism and Elect Trump?

187

Are Divided Governments the Cause of Delays and Shutdowns?

188

How Public Policy Intentionally Segregated American Homeowners

189

Does Anyone Speak for the Poor in Congress?

190

Interpreting the 2018 Election

191

How Americans' Politics Drives Their Religious Views

192

How TV and Service Projects Impact What Americans Believe About Inequality

193

How the Democrat and Republican Parties Are Changing

194

How Marriage and Inequality Reinforce Political Polarization

195

How the Tea Party Paved the Way for Donald Trump

196

How Citizens Match their Issue Positions to Candidates and Causes

197

How Campaign Money Has Changed Elections After Citizens United

198

How the Federalist Society Changed the Supreme Court Vetting Process

199

Does Nationalized Media Mean the Death of Local Politics?

200

Did Facebook Really Polarize and Misinform the 2016 Electorate?

201

Who’s More Afraid of Democracy: the Center or the Right?

202

When Liberals and Conservatives Use Genetics to Explain Human Difference

203

How Labor Unions Impact Inequality - And Whether That Justifies the Legacy Costs They Leave

204

Anti-Immigration Politics: Is California's Past the Republicans' Future?

205

How Debt Finance Leads to War and Defense Spending

206

How Racial Stereotypes Impacted Voting for Obama and Trump

207

Are Red and Blue States Making Red and Blue Policies?

208

Are Americans Becoming Tribal, with Identity Politics Trumping All?

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Do Americans Implicitly Trust Government, Despite our Public Anger?

210

The Resistance: Who is Protesting Trump and Are They Changing Public Views?

211

Congressional Primaries: How the Parties Fight Insurgents

212

Does the Tax Law Signal Change in How Parties use Tax Credits and Deductions?

213

Rules Around the Senate Filibuster

214

Multi-Racial Electoral Coalitions for Minority Candidates

215

How Gun Politics and Gun Policy Polarize America

216

How the House Freedom Caucus Gains Power in Congress

217

Polarized Opinion on Climate Change and Messages that Move Conservatives

218

Why Republican Women Don't Run for Office and Why It Matters for the Gender Gap in Voting

219

How Fox News Channel Spreads its Message and Persuades Viewers