Most Americans may be too politically biased to fairly rate the effectiveness of the Affordable Care Act, even when they are generally aware of prices in their local insurance market, according to a recent survey study that helps provide a more nuanced understanding of how polarization can erode democratic accountability.
Populist movements depend on inventing narratives that cast white working-class citizens as victims of immigration and free trade policies, creating an economic case for nationalist policies and shifting general political discourse away from substantive policy, according to a recent analysis published in British Politics.
American voters may have a hard time judging political candidates and their claims when those politicians try to "distance themselves" from campaign messages by deliberately not appearing in their own ads, researchers say in a new study, potentially obscuring accountability for political promises and attacks made during a campaign.
Female lawmakers are encountering workplace aggression, and it's holding them back in important ways
Female state senators in influential posts such as committee chairs are more likely to experience harassment and other forms of aggression from their colleagues than their male counterparts, a recent study shows, potentially hindering their ability to build coalitions with fellow lawmakers and be effective legislators.