The Science of Politics

185 Episodes

1. How the Tea Party Paved the Way for Donald Trump

   Published: 9/12/2018
2. How Citizens Match their Issue Positions to Candidates and Causes

   Published: 8/29/2018
3. How Campaign Money Has Changed Elections After Citizens United

   Published: 8/15/2018
4. How the Federalist Society Changed the Supreme Court Vetting Process

   Published: 8/1/2018
5. Does Nationalized Media Mean the Death of Local Politics?

   Published: 7/18/2018
6. Did Facebook Really Polarize and Misinform the 2016 Electorate?

   Published: 7/5/2018
7. Who’s More Afraid of Democracy: the Center or the Right?

   Published: 6/20/2018
8. When Liberals and Conservatives Use Genetics to Explain Human Difference

   Published: 6/6/2018
9. How Labor Unions Impact Inequality - And Whether That Justifies the Legacy Costs They Leave

   Published: 5/23/2018
10. Anti-Immigration Politics: Is California's Past the Republicans' Future?

    Published: 5/9/2018
11. How Debt Finance Leads to War and Defense Spending

    Published: 4/25/2018
12. How Racial Stereotypes Impacted Voting for Obama and Trump

    Published: 4/11/2018
13. Are Red and Blue States Making Red and Blue Policies?

    Published: 3/28/2018
14. Are Americans Becoming Tribal, with Identity Politics Trumping All?

    Published: 3/14/2018
15. Do Americans Implicitly Trust Government, Despite our Public Anger?

    Published: 2/28/2018
16. The Resistance: Who is Protesting Trump and Are They Changing Public Views?

    Published: 2/13/2018
17. Congressional Primaries: How the Parties Fight Insurgents

    Published: 1/31/2018
18. Does the Tax Law Signal Change in How Parties use Tax Credits and Deductions?

    Published: 1/17/2018
19. Rules Around the Senate Filibuster

    Published: 1/3/2018
20. Multi-Racial Electoral Coalitions for Minority Candidates

    Published: 12/20/2017