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The Minnesota Star Tribune

As Twin Cities suburbs grow more diverse, some old political patterns persist

Newhouse Professor of Civic Studies Brian Schaffner is quoted at length about racial and socioeconomic disparities prevalent in many city council bodies across the U.S. His 2020 book, Hometown Inequality: Race, Class and Representation in American Local Politics, is referenced.

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The Tufts Daily

Two-thirds of college students likely to vote in midterms amid economic motivations, CIRCLE study finds

CIRCLE's Alberto Medina comments on a recent study on young voters in the leadup to the midterm elections in this Tufts Daily article. Newhouse Professor of Civic Studies Brian Schaffner is also quoted.

The New York Times

Trump Makes Republicans More Racist and Democrats Less So

This opinion piece references 2020 research from Newhouse Professor of Civic Studies Brian Schaffner that shows being exposed to Donald Trump's prejudiced rhetoric causes people to express more prejudice themselves.

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Could Prediction Markets Replace Election Polling?

The betting platforms call themselves good forecasters of who will win a race, but tracking their odds won’t supplant voter surveys, says a political scientist

The New York Times

We Hate to Break It to You, but Maybe We’re Not That Polarized

Brian F. Schaffner and Stephen Ansolabehere of the Cooperative Election Study pen this op-ed on partisan animosity related to a recent study they conducted showing the similarities between Democrats and Republicans.

Good Authority

Democrats and Republicans disagree on what political violence even is

The crux of the disagreement? Whether the government’s actions can constitute violence. An analysis by Newhouse Professor Brian Schaffner and Tufts University senior Miles Kendrick.

Good Authority

Democrats’ losses among Hispanic voters may be larger than they look

Caroline Soler, A25 and A&S political scientist Brian Schaffner discuss their research, using Cooperative Election Study data from the 2020 and 2024 presidential elections, into the impact of conservative Hispanics who are no longer identifying as Hispanic.

POLITICO

What’s driving Gen Z’s voting behavior?

Data from both CIRCLE and the Cooperative Election Study is cited in this article on the youth gender voting gap in the 2024 election.

Newsweek

Study Finds Surprising Link Between Political Views and Self-Reported Wellness

Newhouse Professor of Civic Studies Brian Schaffner comments a new collaborative study examining how individuals with different political views rate their personal well-being concluding, “It may very well be that conservatives have better mental health than liberals, but I do think that our study raises some serious questions about the extent to which that is actually true.”