Politicians and pundits from all quarters often lament democracy’s polarized condition. Citizens frustrated with polarized politics also demand greater flexibility from the other side. Decrying ...

FREDONIA — An exploration of polarization in a highly charged atmosphere will be presented in a virtual talk hosted by the State University at Fredonia, “Group Polarization in American: How COVID 19 ...

By securing one completely safe Democrat seat in a heavily Republican state, Utah mapmakers pushed the remaining districts ...

Politicians and pundits from all quarters often lament democracy’s polarized condition. Similarly, citizens frustrated with polarized politics also demand greater flexibility from the other side.

The authors study the phenomenon of strategic group polarization, in which members take more extreme actions than their preferences. The analysis is relevant for a broad range of formal and informal ...

A childhood friend reached out recently in a way that caught me off guard. I’m a traditional conservative. She’s progressive. Still, we’ve always loved discussing politics and culture despite our ...

The most important factor that drove me and my childhood friend Becca apart, politically, is that we went our separate ways, socially. I went to a liberal university in a city; she went to a ...

Although disagreement is a natural component of human interaction, polarization significantly increases the risk for interpersonal conflict, hostility, and in some cases, violence (Esteban & Schneider ...