There is little doubt that increasing polarization over the last decade has transformed the
American political landscape. In The Other Divide, Yanna Krupnikov and John Barry Ryan …

Americans are increasingly turning to social media for political information. However, given
that the average social media user only clicks through on a small fraction of the political …

This article proposes a simple but powerful framework to measure political sophistication
based on open-ended survey responses. Discursive sophistication uses automated text …

Much of the US public acquires political information socially. However, the consequences of
acquiring information from others instead of the media are under-explored. I conduct a …

Physical appearance, both our own and that of others, is a common influence on social
interactions. In this article, we consider whether appearance also plays a role in how we …

Prior studies of American polarization suggest that the public gradually sorted themselves
into partisan camps in the late 20th century while remaining largely non-ideological …

Purpose In the face of increasing political polarization worldwide, this study explores
whether people create biased perceptions of political knowledge and how this affects their …

Spatial theories of voting are appealing because they link voters' electoral choices to
candidates' policy positions. Yet if voters lack political sophistication and awareness of …

This article reports on a small group experiment studying how the preferences of an
individual's social network affect her ability to vote for the candidate who will provide her with …

Gender differences in political knowledge are a well-known empirical finding in public
opinion research. Scholars working in this area have proposed various explanations for this …