Political Ideology

The Best Policy Depends on the Context, Not the Political Party

Paul Heroux | Posted 04.09.2012

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By targeting risk factors and having specific solutions, we can expect to prevent most crime before we have to punish it. Be wary when you hear politicians promoting one-step solutions to crime. The real world is complicated and so are the solutions.

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Does College Make You Liberal -- or Do Liberals Make Colleges?

Chris Mooney | Posted 05.01.2012

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Rick Santorum is absolutely right that higher education is a liberal and secular force in our society at present. But he's also highly simplistic in his view that it creates liberals or atheists -- or that it intentionally discriminates against conservatives or the devout.

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The Fourth Way

Al Checchi | Posted 12.31.2011

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We need to develop a "Fourth Way," the American Way -- neither left, right, or bipartisan, but a non partisan common sense program for American civic renewal.

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Determining Your Place on the Political Spectrum

Chloe Spencer | Posted 09.07.2011

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The political spectrum is the range of political attitudes of the public, going gradually from extreme to moderate to extreme: radical, liberal, moder...

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Wanted: 1,000 Pastors For the Poor

Jim Wallis | Posted 08.16.2011

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There is a policy myth is that churches and charities alone could take care of the problems of poverty -- especially if we slashed taxes. But this really has more to do with libertarian political ideology than good theology.

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The Myth of a Conservative Public

Alan Abramowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Despite gains made by the Republican Party, support for activist government remains very strong. Evidence from Gallup shows that Americans tend to be ideological conservatives but operational liberals.

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Yes, We Still Post 'Outliers"

Huffington Post | Emily Swanson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Editor's note for those new to Pollster: 'Outliers' is a feature we ordinarily try to post on a near daily basis. Our aim is to point to analysis else...

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Conservatives Outnumber Liberals More Than Two To One (POLL)

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

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Conservatives maintained and built on their numerical advantage over liberals in the first half of 2010, a new Gallup poll finds. According to the po...

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America's Most Prominent Emerging Poets Respond to the Obama Administration

Anis Shivani | Posted 05.25.2011

Rachel Zucker and Arielle Greenberg asked one hundred of the best-known emerging American poets to respond with a poem for each of Obama's first 100 days. The resulting anthology is very revealing.

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Our Biggest "Toxic Asset": Ideology

Deepak Chopra | Posted 05.25.2011

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By extending a hand to the right wing, President Obama is doing more than promoting bipartisanship. He's running a reality check.

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