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2016 Presidential Election

politics Nov. 29, 2018

Your Taste in Jeans May Have Influenced the ElectionHow Cambridge Analytica used fashion data from Facebook to help Trump.

By Emilia Petrarca
actual fake news Mar. 11, 2018

Donald Trump Messed Up His Statistic About the Number of Women Who Voted for HimHe must’ve been thinking about the percent of white women who voted for him.

By Amanda Arnold
Dec. 20, 2016

When Trump’s America Doesn’t Feel Like Home AnymoreFour disillusioned voters talk about no longer feeling connected to the places that shaped their lives.

By Cari Romm

donald trump Nov. 20, 2016

Why Some Protests Succeed While Others FailHistory and academic research have some vital lessons for those who are hitting the streets to protest Donald Trump.

By Jesse Singal
Nov. 7, 2016

There’s (More) Hope for Political Fact-checkingTwo new tests of the so-called backfire effect bring an important update — and a lesson of how social-science collaboration should work.

By Jesse Singal
social contagion Nov. 7, 2016

Please, Tell All Your Friends That You’re VotingBecause democracy really is contagious.

By Drake Baer