Just the social facts, ma'am

Friday, January 9, 2026

Who wanted war?

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 A couple of days ago, Christopher Caldwell wrote "Republicans trusted Mr. Trump to take over their stumbling party in large part bec...
Tuesday, January 6, 2026

Guilty men (and women)

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In 2016, Donald Trump lost the popular vote to a weak candidate, although the mysterious workings of the Electoral College gave him the pres...
Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Power to the people?

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 In 1946, a short-lived survey organization called the Psychological Corporation (which seems to have been connected to the Gallup Poll) ask...
Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Economics and/or politics?

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 In recent decades, there have been a number of cases of "democratic erosion" or "backsliding"--elected leaders changing...
Sunday, December 14, 2025

"When will I get credit....? When will people understand.....? When will Polls reflect the Greatness of America...?"

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 During the Biden administration, popular perception of economic conditions was very negative, even though actual conditions weren't bad...
Saturday, December 6, 2025

It's the same old song

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  I recently got an e-mail urging me to contribute a paper to the International Journal of Arts, Humanities & Social Science (IJAHSS) . ...
Tuesday, December 2, 2025

For they/them

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 For many people, attachment to a party isn't primarily a matter agreement on specific issues, but a general sense that it's concern...
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David Weakliem
I was a professor of sociology at the University of Connecticut from 1994 until my retirement in 2021. I am editor of the journal Comparative Sociology. My new book, Public Opinion, was published by Polity in 2020. Hypothesis Testing and Model Selection in the Social Sciences was published by The Guilford Press in April 2016.
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