Take a poll about whether politicians should get a raise, and the result is likely to be a resounding, “No.” Now there’s empirical research to support that response. According to a study by Professor ...

The press rewards negative politicians with attention, and that engenders more negativity. Politics can seem almost synonymous with negativity, with politicians bashing opponents with almost reckless ...

Editor's Note: This article appears in Governing's Summer 2024 magazine. You can subscribe here. It feels like we’re awash in public corruption cases these days, but most of them, however different ...

Across 11 different democracies, politicians share a shockingly pessimistic view: They believe that their voters are uninformed, unreasonable, and short-sighted. In a paper recently published by the ...