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    Americans don’t trust government because they feel economically insecure

Americans don’t trust government because they feel economically insecure

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In new research, Andrew Wroe finds that those who feel less economically secure are also likely to trust the government less. He writes that while Americans are relatively rich compared to the rest of the world, many are also insecure – a situation they blame on the government, leading them to trust it less.

Americans feel economically insecure. And they […]

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    Existing narratives of the effects of partisan polarization in Congress on foreign policy issues are too simplistic.

Existing narratives of the effects of partisan polarization in Congress on foreign policy issues are too simplistic.

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Contemporary politics in America have become riven by the high level of partisan polarization between the Republican and Democratic parties. But has this polarization had an impact on foreign policy? In new research that analysis votes in the U.S. House of Representatives over the past 40 years, Steven Hurst and Andrew Wroe find that while the House was polarized […]

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