One of the most important developments in American politics over the last 40 years has been the rise of negative partisanship鈥攖he phenomenon whereby Americans largely align against one party instead of affiliating with the other. Though it has the power to reshape patterns of political behavior,...
When it rains it pours:Tara Tanakahas graced us with another video, this time with the mating display of a malegreat egret(Ardea alba), the formation of a pair bond, and the beginnings of a nest. It is so beautiful that it made me tear up. And the male bringing sticks for the nest...
guise: the way someone or something appears to be, which hides the truth or is only temporary in/under the guise of something --- They operated a drug-smuggling business under the guise of an employment agency. --- It's the same ideas in a different guise. 43. partisanship: partisan...
“I think that partisanship is actually destroying our nation,” he said. Carson weighed on the recent moves in some states to legalize marijuana (he is not a fan) as well as the recent debate over vaccinations. In his speech to the conservative gathering, the Maryland doctor called on...
to say nothing of the creation of an even more oppressive alternative under thepro-plutocracy,pro-white nationalist,pro-patriarchyTrump. Even those who do not share Trump’s prejudices are, at best, prioritizing partisanship over supporting democracy (whichAmerica’s first president, George Washington...
Like, go figure. And now, given sort of how tightly culture is sort of wrapped around partisanship, I mean, this is the polarisation idea Lauren was just talking about. That connection, that connection between the real world and the electoral world has kind of become severed where just like...
But Jankowicz, 33, is now finding that Republican lawmakers are scrutinizing her previous comments and social media posts for signs of partisanship. They have pointed to herprevious assertionthat Hunter Biden's laptop should be viewed as a "Trump campaign product," her endorsement of a podcast...
If compromise is so important to the functioning of our government, what can we say about how people – citizens – view compromise? Compromise looks different to Ds and Rs Our starting point is that not everyone views it the same way. ...
congressional voting records and even scandals to make a forecast. The formula is fairly complicated, so we tested a simple alternative in an era of high partisanship. Specifically, we looked at what would happen if you made a forecast based solely on thepartisan lean of a state or district...
As we estimate here, 68% of human beings--4.6 billion people--would say that religion is important in their daily lives. Past studies have found that the religious, on average, have higher subjective well-being (SWB). Yet, people are rapidly leaving organized religion in economically developed...