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Furrer, Rémy A.; Schloss, Karen; Lupyan, Gary; Niedenthal, Paula M.; Wood, Adrienne – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2023
In the United States the color red has come to represent the Republican party, and blue the Democratic party, in maps of voting patterns. Here we test the hypothesis that voting maps dichotomized into red and blue states leads people to overestimate political polarization compared to maps in which states are represented with continuous gradations…
Descriptors: Political Attitudes, Maps, Voting, Color
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Andes, Sarah; Kiesa, Abby – Social Education, 2020
Young people are very interested in politics right now. In 2018, the voter turnout rate for youth between the ages of 18 and 29 doubled from the previous midterm election: from 13% to 28%. This group has also made up a disproportionate share of those participating in recent demonstrations protesting racism and anti-Black violence nationwide.…
Descriptors: Youth, Political Attitudes, Voting, Citizen Participation