Voting against a despised candidate rather than voting for a favored one has increased considerably in the U.S. over the past few decades. Political scientists captured this in their 2017 headline ...

When it comes to attitudes and behaviors among members of American political parties, the conventional wisdom is that hate is stronger than love. Americans' perception of negative partisanship—that ...

Speculation about a November “blue wave” wafting Democrats into power ignores the Law of Political Hydrology: There are no ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WASHINGTON — Today’s lesson is in the phenomenon known as “negative partisanship.” Don’t turn away from this column thinking you ...

Credit ratings agency Fitch Ratings on Wednesday said it has placed the United States’ "AAA" rating on negative watch, pointing to increased political partisanship over the debt limit as the deadline ...

Civility and compromise don't work against antidemocratic bullies. The left wins by rousing its own base, rather than grasping at the middle. With the 2022 midterm elections in the books, and Donald ...

In this era of extreme partisanship, the people who express the most negativity in their political choices are those we may least expect: independents. In a new paper, researchers conducted five ...

I would like to take a moment to acknowledge that we are on the traditional territory of the Áakʼw Ḵwáan and Taku Kwaan, the original inhabitants of Lingít Aaní. We pay respect to the Áakʼw Ḵwáan and ...