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Released: 19-Nov-2020 3:40 PM EST
NEW: Youth vote up significantly in 2020; young people of color pivotal
Tufts University

Presidential election turnout among young people ages 18-29 reached 52-55%, significantly higher than the 45-48% turnout of 2016, according to a new youth turnout estimate released today from CIRCLE at Tufts University’s Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life.

Released: 11-Nov-2020 2:25 PM EST
Explaining the religious vote for Trump
Louisiana State University

New research by LSU sociologists indicate it wasn't Christian nationalism that drove churchgoers' Trump vote in 2016. Rather, surprisingly, Christian nationalism was important among non-churchgoers.

Released: 11-Nov-2020 8:15 AM EST
Conservatives and Liberals Motivated by Different Psychological Factors, New Study Shows
New York University

Liberalism and conservatism are associated with qualitatively different psychological concerns, notably those linked to morality, shows a new study.

9-Nov-2020 8:35 AM EST
Analysis of Trump’s tweets reveals systematic diversion of the media
University of Bristol

New research published today in Nature Communications claims to provide the first evidence-based analysis demonstrating the US President’s Twitter account has been routinely deployed to divert attention away from a topic potentially harmful to his reputation, in turn suppressing negative related media coverage.

Released: 5-Nov-2020 2:30 PM EST
Record Number of Women to Serve in the 117th U.S. Congress
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

At least 131 (100D, 31R) women will serve in the U.S. Congress in 2021, surpassing the previous record of 127, first set in 2019, according to data compiled by the Center for American Women and Politics, a unit of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University.



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