Abstract How do voters respond to a political scandal? Previous studies emphasize partisan motivated reasoning as a key factor in shaping responses to political scandals but offer mixed evidence. I argue that partisans are less likely to engage in motivated reasoning when two conditions are met: (1) clear evidence of severe misconduct and (2) clear...
New research by Professor Ben Newman, published in PNAS, examines the political attitudes of college-bound students who aspire to careers in law enforcement. Drawing on survey data from over 13 million adolescents collected over four decades, the study finds that those intending to become police officers hold more right-leaning social and political views than their...
By Reny, Tyler T., Marcel F. Roman, Benjamin J. Newman, and David O. Sears |
UCR graduate students Jieun Lee and Harry G. Muttram examine whether Americans’ immigration attitudes change depending on spatial scale—national, state, city, or neighborhood. Their findings, published in PS: Political Science & Politics, show modest evidence of NIMBYism but little variation across spatial levels or partisan lines.