The upper figure shows the evolution of the ideological gap between conservatives and liberals, calculated based on the difference between the average ideology of the content consumed by each of these ...

Politics is not important. Life is important. Politics is just a supposedly necessary evil. It is not an end. It is just something that is in the way and that we stumble upon. But it pervades ...

A new study challenges the prevailing assumption that hatred predominantly underlies affective polarization between ideological groups. The research suggests that disappointment, with its complex mix ...

In recent years, studies and media reports have blamed growing partisan hostility in the U.S. for shattered marriages, broken families, ruined holiday dinners, and increased stress. New CU Boulder ...

When it comes to national politics, Americans are fiercely divided across a range of issues, including gun control, election security and vaccines. It’s not new for Republicans and Democrats to be at ...

Partisanship and polarization are necessary evils in politics. On the one hand, without partisanship there is no debate and no freedom of choice. On the other, extreme polarization has historically ...

The U.S. experiences the widest ideological divides when compared to the U.K., France and Germany, according to a study conducted by Pew Research Center in 2021. The study found the views of American ...

Merriam-Webster’s decision to name “polarization” as 2024’s ‘word of the year’ certainly feels spot on. Of course Americans are divided into “two sharply distinct opposites,” right? and of course our ...

A Northwestern University trustee and her husband have donated $20 million to support the school’s Center for Enlightened Disagreement, seeking to equip students with tools to navigate ideological ...

A new report reveals what most of us instinctively know to be true: Americans are tired of the divisiveness straining our country and are interested in connecting across differences. The study, ...