Public opinion and polls

Elections are the means by which democratic nations determine their leaders, and communication in the context of elections has the potential to shape people's beliefs, attitudes, and actions.

Elections are the means by which democratic nations determine their leaders, and communication in the context of elections has the potential to shape people's beliefs, attitudes, and actions.

Across the Muslim world, religion plays an increasingly prominent role in both the private and public lives of over a billion people.

Across the Muslim world, religion plays an increasingly prominent role in both the private and public lives of over a billion people.

Recent decades have seen growing concern regarding problems of electoral integrity.

Faithonomics uses economic theory to provide a new and unorthodox view of religion in today's world.

Faithonomics uses economic theory to provide a new and unorthodox view of religion in today's world.

Why is social protest a normal, almost routine form of political participation in certain Latin American democracies, but not others?

Why is social protest a normal, almost routine form of political participation in certain Latin American democracies, but not others?

Human rights organizations have grown exponentially across the globe, particularly in the global South, and the term human rights is now common parlance among politicians and civil society activists.

Recent decades have seen growing concern regarding problems of electoral integrity.

A diverse body of research exists to explain why eligible voters don't go to the polls on election day.

A diverse body of research exists to explain why eligible voters don't go to the polls on election day.

Across the world, governments design and implement policies with the explicit goal of promoting social justice.

Across the world, governments design and implement policies with the explicit goal of promoting social justice.

The resurgence of strong radical right-wing parties and movements constitutes one of the most significant political changes in democratic states during the past several decades, particularly in Europe.

Money is essential to the functioning of electoral politics, yet regulating its appropriate use raises complex and controversial challenges in countries around the world.

Money is essential to the functioning of electoral politics, yet regulating its appropriate use raises complex and controversial challenges in countries around the world.

The resurgence of strong radical right-wing parties and movements constitutes one of the most significant political changes in democratic states during the past several decades, particularly in Europe.

Research polls, media interviews, and everyday conversations reveal an unsettling truth: citizens, while well-meaning and even passionate about current affairs, appear to know very little about politics.

Research polls, media interviews, and everyday conversations reveal an unsettling truth: citizens, while well-meaning and even passionate about current affairs, appear to know very little about politics.

Over the past few decades, we have witnessed the growth of movements using digital means to connect with broader interest groups and express their points of view.

When voter turnout is high, Democrats have an advantage--or so the truism goes.

When voter turnout is high, Democrats have an advantage--or so the truism goes.

Women have made significant inroads into political life in recent years, but in many parts of the world, their increased engagement has spurred attacks, intimidation, and harassment.

Women have made significant inroads into political life in recent years, but in many parts of the world, their increased engagement has spurred attacks, intimidation, and harassment.

Concerned citizens across the globe fear that democratic institutions are failing them.

Concerned citizens across the globe fear that democratic institutions are failing them.

Political Action Committees (PACs) are a prominent and contentious feature of modern American election campaigns.

Political Action Committees (PACs) are a prominent and contentious feature of modern American election campaigns.

Since the mid-1990s, there has been a seismic shift in attitudes toward gay and lesbian people, with a majority of Americans now supporting same-sex marriage and relations between same-sex, consenting adults.

Since the mid-1990s, there has been a seismic shift in attitudes toward gay and lesbian people, with a majority of Americans now supporting same-sex marriage and relations between same-sex, consenting adults.

Angry debates about polarizing speakers have roiled college campuses.

Angry debates about polarizing speakers have roiled college campuses.

At the same time that the Civil Rights Movement brought increasing opportunities for blacks, the United States liberalized its immigration policy.

At the same time that the Civil Rights Movement brought increasing opportunities for blacks, the United States liberalized its immigration policy.

Social exclusion of minority groups is an intractable problem in many diverse nations.

Social exclusion of minority groups is an intractable problem in many diverse nations.

Heroes, villains, victims, and minions are more important than ever before in our politics and culture.

Heroes, villains, victims, and minions are more important than ever before in our politics and culture.

Although the young Edward VI's death in 1553 led to resounding defeat for his Protestant allies, his reign has a significance out of all proportion to its brief six-year span.

From Theodore Roosevelt to Barack Obama, discover the most significant speeches of the modern era!

The book examines the nexus between political and religious thought within the Prussian old conservative milieu.

This book focuses on a little-studied yet virulent and devoted fascist faction that was active within Zionist circles during the 1920s and 1930s.

This book explains the original meaning of the two religion clauses of the First Amendment: "e;Congress shall make no law [1] respecting an establishment of religion or [2] prohibiting the free exercise thereof.

In twentieth-century Canada, mainline Protestants, fundamentalists, liberal nationalists, monarchists, conservative Anglophiles, and left-wing intellectuals had one thing in common: they all subscribed to a centuries-old world view that Catholicism was an authoritarian, regressive, untrustworthy, and foreign force that did not fit into a democratic, British nation like Canada.

Examines how emotions caused by economic crises inflame racial, ethnic, and regional tensions, consequently promoting populism, extremism, and conspiracy theories.

"e;Moral values"e; dominated the post-election headlines in 2004.

Nearly five million Muslims call France home, the vast majority from former French colonies in North Africa.

According to current polls, about 85 percent of Americans identify with some religious faith and more than 40 percent say they attend religious services at least once a week.