Scholars increasingly point to polarization as a central threat to democracy—and identify
technology platforms as key contributors to polarization. In contrast, we argue that …

Nearly five billion people around the world now use social media, and this number
continues to grow. One of the primary goals of social media platforms is to capture and …

Democratic stability depends on citizens on the losing side accepting election outcomes.
Can rhetoric by political leaders undermine this norm? Using a panel survey experiment, we …

A compelling exploration of concrete strategies to reduce partisan animosity by building on
what Democrats and Republicans have in common. One of the defining features of twenty …

Much of what we know about public support for democracy is based on survey questions
about “democracy,” a term that varies in meaning across countries and likely prompts …

Can nativist attitudes condition support for LGBT+ rights? The sustained advance in pro-
LGBT+ attitudes in the West often contrasts with the greening of anti-immigrant sentiment …

Winners and losers of elections have different stakes in protecting democratic institutions.
We provide new evidence for the effects of partisanship and economic performance on …

Around the world, citizens are voting away the democracies they claim to cherish. Here we
present evidence that this behaviour is driven in part by the belief that their opponents will …

Around the world, democracy is being undermined by elected leaders using polarizing
political strategies that divide societies into mutually distrustful camps. The logic of …

Democratic regimes flourish only when there is broad acceptance of an extensive set of
norms and values. In the United States, fundamental democratic norms have recently come …