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Democrats and Republicans vastly underestimate the diversity of each other’s views

A new study from the Annenberg School for Communication finds that Democrats and Republicans consistently underestimate the diversity of views within each party on hot-button issues like immigration and abortion.

Trust in science hasn’t fully recovered from pandemic controversies

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that Republican lawmakers engaged in a sustained attack on a sector of science during and after the pandemic.

More than two million voters backed both Trump and abortion access

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that Donald Trump’s ambiguity on abortion served him well during his campaign.

Donald Trump, evangelicals and the 2024 MAGA coalition

Shawn Patterson Jr. of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that Donald Trump was largely an apolitical figure in 2016 with a wide array of celebrity relationships, donations to candidates of both parties, and a career in New York real estate.

The U.S. has a new strategy for combating foreign election interference, but is it working?

According to Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, democracies are based on common understandings, among them that rival political factions will accept election outcomes and work to win back power at the next opportunity.

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Omnia podcast: Democracy and Decision 2024

The new season of Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences podcast examines the state of U.S. democracy in the context of the upcoming presidential election.

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The wayfinder: Jessa Lingel creates community and belonging on campus

As the new director of the Program in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies and the Center for Research in Feminist, Queer, and Transgender Studies, Jessa Lingel creates community and belonging on campus.

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Explaining polarization between and within political parties

Annenberg associate professor Yphtach Lelkes, co-director of the Polarization Research Lab, discusses political polarization that occurs between parties and also within each party.

How a rave with Bill Nye and Quavo turned out droves of early voters at City Hall

Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center says that some celebrities aren’t helpful to political candidates because their followers are already engaged and have already made up their minds.

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Penn students get convention access in extraordinary political times

Undergrads who attended the Republican or Democratic convention this summer are breaking down their experiences during the Conventions, Debates, and Campaigns course, taught by David Eisenhower, Marjorie Margolies, and Craig Snyder.

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