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How A Single Demagogue Can Change A Democracy Forever from 2022-02-21T17:49:06.436930
Americans often think of demagogues as a feature of foreign countries with weak or non-existent democracies. But is it possible to still get a demagogue in a functioning and strong democracy? That’...
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The Surprising New Data On Vote-By-Mail from 2022-02-21T17:49:06.435429
One of the concerns of the coronavirus is how we’ll handle voting in the 2020 election. Democrats have called for a blanket vote-by-mail system, while the Republicans have said that system would fa...
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Do Politicians Vote With Their Donors When Voters Are Distracted? from 2022-02-21T17:49:06.432608
One cause for concern during a pandemic that hasn’t gotten much attention is what else politicians might be doing while we’re focused on the virus. What laws are they passing, what regulations are ...
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Would A Woman Executive Govern Differently Than Men? from 2022-02-21T17:49:06.431170
One of the most anticipated developments of the 2020 election is who Democratic Presidential nominee, Joe Biden, will pick to be his running mate. One thing is certain, whoever he picks will be a w...
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October Surprises and the 2020 Election from 2022-02-21T17:49:06.427296
On this episode, we take a research focused look at the famed “October Surprise.” It’s a notion that says, if you want to hurt a candidate with a bombshell you’ve discovered, you should wait until ...
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The Debate: Just Another Politics Podcast from 2022-02-21T17:49:06.425573
On this "Just Another Politics Podcast Special", we join our fellow political podcasts in sitting back in our armchairs and sharing our thoughts on the Presidential debate.
The day after t...
What Just Happened? from 2022-02-21T17:49:06.423454
Last week, the American people elected Joe Biden to be the forty-sixth president of the United States. This was an incredibly contentious and complex election. We decided to get together to try and...
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Presenting The "Big Brains" Podcast from 2022-02-21T17:49:06.421681
This week, we took some time off for Thanksgiving so we're going to feature another University of Chicago Podcast Network show. It’s called Big Brains. On this episode, they spoke with Professor Ja...
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Why Democrats Should Move To The Suburbs If They Want To Win More Legislative Seats from 2022-02-21T17:49:06.380165
This year the U.S. will go through its decennial redistricting process, which is resurfacing our national conversation around gerrymandering. But Stanford Professor of Political Science, Jonathan R...
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To Block Or Not To Block: Obstruction In The Senate from 2022-02-21T17:49:06.378350
When minority parties delay and obstruct legislation does the majority party end up passing bills that are more moderate? It’s a question that informs much of our political debate around dilatory t...
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Should The Supreme Court Have Term Limits? from 2022-02-21T17:49:06.370620
President Biden’s commission tasked with reforming the Supreme Court started meeting for the first time in May of this year. One of the proposals on the table is setting term limits on Justices. Th...
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Introducing: Entitled from 2022-02-21T17:49:06.364773
The University of Chicago Podcast Network is excited to announce the launch of a new show, it’s called "Entitled" and it’s about human rights. Co-hosted by lawyers and UChicago Law School Professor...
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Are Americans “Politically Sophisticated”? from 2022-02-21T17:49:06.363292
In 1964, political scientist Philip Converse published one of the most citied papers in the discipline: “The nature of belief systems in mass publics”. It attempted to define just how consistent an...
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Are Irrational Voters A Threat To Democracy? from 2022-02-21T17:49:06.361514
There’s a long tradition in political science of using voter rationality to test the health of our democracy. But could this myopia be misguided? Are there any situations where irrational and uninf...
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Best Of: How The Rich Rule Despite Unpopular Inequality from 2022-02-21T17:49:06.359789
We took some time off to enjoy the holiday and our families. We’re going to reshare this crucial episode about how the wealthy retain power in a time of inequality this week, and we’ll be back with...
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Can More Information On A Bill Change Votes? from 2022-02-21T17:49:06.357985
We like to think that our legislators know exactly what’s in the proposals they vote on. But how can we know for sure and, if they don’t know, can simply providing them more information change the ...
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How Redistribution And Beliefs About Meritocracy Go Hand In Hand from 2022-02-21T17:49:06.356483
There’s no question that people in the United States have very different beliefs about meritocracy and redistribution than do people in Europe. But how did these two groups end up in these divergen...
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No, Football Games Don’t Affect Elections from 2022-02-16T13:18:19
You've probably heard this one before: college football games and shark attacks influence elections in favor of incumbents. Surprising findings like these are exciting, and seem to tell us a lot ab...
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How A Single Lie In A Crisis Can Destroy Trust In Government from 2022-01-19T15:04
We’re living through a crucial moment for public trust in government. Conflicting and contradictory political and scientific messaging during the coronavirus pandemic seems to have eroded public tr...
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Are Most Voters Moderates? from 2021-11-17T14:38
If you watch cable news or open your twitter feed it may seem like Americans are more polarized than ever. It certainly feels like everyone is on the far ends of two diametrically opposed ideologie...
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Where Are All The Moderate Politicians? from 2021-10-20T13:48:33
When it comes to polarization, most people in American politics blame the voters. But much of the political science data suggests most voters are actually moderates. So, where are all the moderate ...
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Do Lockdowns Work? from 2021-09-23T07:00
As the delta variant of the coronavirus continues to surge across the U.S. the question of should we lockdown again is on a lot of people’s minds. But, shouldn’t we stop and look at the data to see...
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Does Ranked Choice Reduce Strategic Voting? from 2021-08-25T15:15:06
There’s a long standing debate in political science about the problem of strategic voting: when voters cast their ballots not in line with their true preferences, but for the candidate they hate th...
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How Much Should We Believe Surveys? from 2021-08-11T12:23:38
You’ve probably seen a lot of surveys recently about how many Republicans believe the 2020 election was stolen, or that they support the January 6th insurrection on Capitol Hill, or that they don’t...
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Voters and Vaccines: The Politics of Ground Campaigns from 2021-07-28T12:25:31
Whether it’s trying to convince you to vote for a particular candidate or get vaccinated, the identity of the person who knocks on your door may matter. So who are the people who volunteer to do th...
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The Long Term Effects Of Infrastructure Investment from 2021-07-14T12:58:16
Infrastructure. It’s one of the hottest topics in politics today. But what does the research say about the effects and politics of infrastructure investment?
Political scientist, Jon Rogow...
Do Americans Want Moderates Or Extremists? from 2021-06-30T14:17:38
It seems like extremists politicians like Marjorie Taylor Greene receive a disproportionate amount of attention and money. This has led many political actors to believe that extremism is good polit...
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Fixing the Filibuster from 2021-06-16T18:15:31
The debate about abolishing the filibuster isn’t going anywhere. Proponents say it forces compromise and consensus, while detractors claim it leads to gridlock and minority rule. But is there a thi...
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Always Be Updating: New Research On Old Topics from 2021-05-19T11:00
We’ve been doing this podcast for over a year and we’ve covered a lot of research, but each paper is far from the final word on any topic.
On this episode, it’s time to do some updating. W...
What the Data Say About Voter ID Laws from 2021-04-21T16:00
There’s a lot of debate in our politics about whether we should have stricter voter ID laws. But both sides are having an argument based almost entirely on assumptions because data on the real effe...
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The Institutional Racism Of Land-Use Regulation from 2021-03-24T16:00
Is there anything more boring than land-use regulation? Not quite. As our guest today argues, these seemingly banal policies could be causing modern-day segregation.
In a new paper, Jessic...
Are Media Echo Chambers As Big As We Think? from 2021-03-10T17:00
We’re constantly told that we’re trapped in media “echo chambers”, that our media diets mirror our political leanings. But what do the data say? Is it possible that a majority of us have a much mor...
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A New Theory of Political Scandals from 2021-02-10T17:00
Political scandal is a historically defining aspect of American politics. But, there’s been very little scholarship on the political incentives that surround the production and consequences of scan...
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The State of Our Democracy, with James Robinson: Just Another Politics Podcast from 2021-01-27T17:00
One of the defining discussions of the Trump presidency centers on the fate of our democracy. In the aftermath of his populist presidency, and as we transition to the Biden era, we’re wondering whe...
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Do Americans Support Democracy As Much As They Say? from 2021-01-13T17:00
The storming of the Capitol and the votes by some Republican elected officials questioning the results of the 2020 election have many asking what force could act as a check on these increasing anti...
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Best Of: Are We Really Living In Separate Worlds? from 2020-12-30T16:00:30
It’s been an incredibly divisive year, and we’re constantly told we’re more politically divided than ever. But, as our team takes some time with their families for the holidays, we want to re-share...
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Do Government Programs Get People More Involved In Politics? from 2020-12-16T17:00
It’s long been thought that giving people resources through government programs will get them more involved in politics. But this has always been a difficult question to answer in a controlled envi...
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The Politics Of Distraction from 2020-11-18T17:00
Most of America, and a lot of the world, has been singularly focused on the U.S. presidential election. With so much media attention on this one event, could foreign actors be taking advantage of t...
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Reining In The Supreme Court from 2020-10-21T11:30
Amy Coney Barrett's nomination would make the Supreme Court more conservative than it has been in decades, even more conservative than the majority of the public. But one piece of research suggests...
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The Vice Presidential Debate: Just Another Politics Podcast from 2020-10-12T12:27:36
On this second edition of the "Just Another Politics Podcast Special", we join our fellow political podcasts in sitting back in our armchairs and sharing our thoughts on the Presidential debate.
How To Really “Get Out The Vote” from 2020-09-23T11:00
Every Presidential election, we talk about “getting out the vote”. But what really works in terms of getting people to go to the polls? And how will the coronavirus pandemic alter those efforts? We...
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Discrimination: Why Women Outperform Men in Congress from 2020-08-26T09:00
Kamala Harris could be the first woman to ever serve as president or vice president. Why are women so underrepresented in our government?
We discuss a paper from Profs. Christopher Berry ...
How The Rich Rule Despite Unpopular Inequality from 2020-08-12T11:00
How is it that in a Democracy with massive inequality, where the poor have just as much voting power as the rich, do the wealthy continue to get what they want politically? It’s a question that’s t...
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Should We Make It Illegal Not To Vote? from 2020-07-29T12:49:28
After almost every election, you’ll hear experts and pundits lamenting the lack of voter turnout. But does the research have anything to say about what policies would increase representation?
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Why The Presidency Is Key To Combatting Populism from 2020-07-15T11:00
The dramatic rise of populism in America, embodied in President Trump, presents a real threat to democracy. Our very own professor William Howell argues that the root of the problem lies with ineff...
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Do Protests Affect Elections? from 2020-06-17T09:00
The killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Rayshard Brooks, and many other black people at the hands of police have driven nationwide protests. To be true to our mission, we want to look at this...
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Does The Media Really Affect Elections? from 2020-05-20T09:00
The 2020 election will soon be upon us. As usual, news outlets will play a crucial role informing the public about the candidates. But could their decisions actual swing elections?
That’s ...
Are Democrats And Republicans Really Living In Separate Worlds? from 2020-04-22T10:00
One of the stories of the coronavirus outbreak has been that Democrats and Republicans can’t agree on a shared set of facts about the virus. But groundbreaking research from political scientist Gre...
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Coronavirus And The Politics of Pandemics from 2020-03-25T09:00
Why don’t we prepare better for crises we know are coming? What effect will the coronavirus pandemic have on Trump’s 2020 chances? Should we even be having an election in the midst of a viral outbr...
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Is Polarization Pushing Us To Hate Each Other? from 2020-03-11T09:00
We’re constantly told that America is too divided. That we no long just oppose members of the opposite party, but actually hate them. That something is broken in American life.
We take the...
Do Extremist Voters Dominate Primary Elections? from 2020-02-26T10:00
Do primaries attract more extremist voters who skew elections toward candidates like Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump? The common idea has always been that their extremism makes them more likely to ...
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The Troubling Economic Logic of Racially Charged Policies from 2020-02-12T10:00
Could racially charged policies cause you to act racist, even if you aren’t actually a racist? That’s the story two scholars, Stephane Wolton and Torun Dewan from the London School of Economics and...
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Do Divisive Primaries Actually Affect General Elections? from 2020-01-24T19:31:32
Do divisive primaries actually affect how candidates will perform in general elections? It's a question political scientist have been trying and failing to untangle, but we found someone who may...
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Do Divisive Primaries Actually Affect General Elections? from 2020-01-24T19:31:32
Do divisive primaries actually affect how candidates will perform in general elections? It's a question political scientist have been trying and failing to untangle, but we found someone who may...
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Do Divisive Primaries Actually Affect General Elections? from 2020-01-24T19:31:32
Do divisive primaries actually affect how candidates perform in general elections? It's a question political scientist have been trying and failing to untangle, but we found someone who may have an...
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