A new study suggests that the average person may be far more aware of their own lack of political knowledge than previously ...

A recent study found that 70 percent of people were overconfident about their knowledge of politics and when told about the falsehoods they held, refused to change their mind. As statewide primaries ...

Ian Anson does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

When it comes to social and political issues, many Americans feel hostile toward those they disagree with. Unfortunately, those feelings of contempt can affect our ability to cooperate, keeping us ...

The answer, as Tyler Cowen and Matthew Yglesias, argue, is probably not. But political ignorance is still a serious problem. Many believe that political ignorance and misinformation have gotten worse ...

Elections select officeholders and policies, but they also signal to political actors where to invest their time and money. This paper presents a framework for understanding these effects, in which ...

In order to understand it thoroughly, defining political theatre is essential but also challenging since it does not only include one kind of intellectual product – it is a topic that contains ...

Mark Shields, columnist, legendary political campaign strategist and longtime contributor to the PBS NewsHour, has died at 85. For 30 years, PBS viewers tuned into the NewsHour on Friday nights to ...

As statewide primaries continue through the summer, many Americans are beginning to think about which candidates they will support in the 2022 general election. This decision-making process is fraught ...