Just the social facts, ma'am

 In my last post, I asked " why Democratic elites haven't made more effort to appeal to moderate voters on the issue [of abortion]...

 It's often said that "social issues" are more divisive than economic ones, and that increased political polarization in the U...

 Many accounts of the rise and fall of Senator Joe McCarthy say that his popularity collapsed after a dramatic exchange in a Senate hearing ...

 In my book, Public Opinion , I wrote about the interpretation of historical survey data:   "Sometimes the absence of survey questions ...

 Traditionally, more educated people were more likely to vote for conservative parties, even if you adjusted for income, but this relationsh...

 The Washington Post recently had a story called “Black Americans More Upbeat but Fear Worsening Racism, poll finds.”  As the title shows, t...

Americans have become less committed to organized religion in the past few decades.  But does that mean that we are becoming more secular or...