America’s Crisis of Confidence: Rising Mistrust, Conspiracies, and Vaccine Hesitancy After COVID-19
September 28, 2023
America is experiencing a crosscutting crisis of expertise and scientific distrust accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic that poses significant challenges to democratic debate and public decision-making Continue Reading →
Trump is Not as Strong as He Looks
September 10, 2023
Despite an early polling lead, Donald Trump’s position in the 2024 GOP primary is more tenuous than it appears. Continue Reading →
Boys Aren’t Growing More Conservative. They’re Just Not That Into Politics.
August 17, 2023
In fact, many young people remain politically noncommittal as they figure out where they fit in. Continue Reading →
Nonreligious Americans are the New Abortion Voters
June 29, 2023
After Dobbs, abortion might prove a bigger motivating factor for nonreligious voters than religious, pro-life Americans Continue Reading →
The 2024 Presidential Election: Evolving Political Coalitions and Familiar Partisan Divisions
June 29, 2023
Ahead of the 2024 presidential election, the AEI Survey Center on American Life conducted a national survey of Americans that explored a wide range of political attitudes, current voting preferences, and perceptions of the political parties. Continue Reading →
Some Evangelical Voters Aren’t Sold On Trump. Will That Help DeSantis?
May 18, 2023
White Evangelical Protestants comprise Trump’s base, but cracks are forming along educational and generational lines. What does this mean for 2024? Continue Reading →
Does Politics Make People More Likely to Identify as LGBTQ?
April 26, 2023
A novel survey experiment tests the relationship between LGBTQ identity and political ideology. Continue Reading →
American Politics Needs a New National Purpose
April 11, 2023
The United States seems to have lost its way as a country. Americans have generally low regard for our political leaders, little faith in our institutions, and even less in each other. Our politics are defined by acrimony and division. We’ve witnessed a decades-long deterioration in civic life and social solidarity. The erosion of traditional Continue Reading →
The Politics of Immigrants
January 30, 2023
While immigration has played a central role in American political life in recent years, less attention has been paid to the politics of immigrants themselves. How do different groups of immigrants vary in their political beliefs and attitudes? What role will immigrant communities play in this year’s midterm elections? Continue Reading →
Abortion, Race, and Ethnicity
December 12, 2022
As the dust settles after the 2022 midterm election, researchers are now able to look at how the Dobbs decision impacted voters across the country. While significant attention has been given to the abortion views of men and women of various age groups, less notice has been paid to the similarities and differences of racial and ethnic groups. Continue Reading →