Reports & Analysis

National survey data from the 2016, 2020, and 2024 elections shed light on how candidates' campaign strategies impact voter policy recall.

A new study shows how states are adapting classic propaganda tactics to social media, and why policymakers must consider how information spreads across platforms to protect voters from these covert campaigns.

In general, people don't tend to share a lot of links to fake news websites, but those that do are more likely to be older and more politically conservative.

We find that IRA-operated Twitter accounts shared less junk news than one might have expected — relying instead on local news sources.

Our research suggests it might be because Trump is delivering the traditional conservative policies that large shares of his voters wanted all along.

We examine whether IRA-operated Twitter accounts spread polarizing or misleading content on social media platforms in an attempt to influence the outcome of the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

Did John Kasich’s “grown up” strategy work? Could moderate Republicans be warming to Rand Paul? To answer these questions and more, we analyze 426,717 tweets from the fourth Republican debate.

Continuing previous work, we want to measure viewers' impressions of presidential candidates in real time, specifically around the fourth GOP debate.

We want to better understand how people of differing ideological backgrounds, specifically Republicans and Democrats, respond within and to political discussions.