Gregory J. Love

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    Mind the partisan trust gap: why the 2016 elections are making some Americans worse off

Mind the partisan trust gap: why the 2016 elections are making some Americans worse off

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How do we determine whether or not we should trust someone we don’t know? Often we use shortcuts, and party affiliation is one of them. People are less likely to trust someone who is part of a political party they oppose than they are to trust someone who is part of a political party they support – something known as the […]

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    Divided government shields leaders from blame for the economy but affords no quarter in the fight against terrorism

Divided government shields leaders from blame for the economy but affords no quarter in the fight against terrorism

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When disaster strikes, governments tend to be held accountable whether it is an economic disaster, such as the recent financial crisis, or a terrorist attack. In new research, Ryan E. Carlin, Gregory J. Love and Cecilia Martínez-Gallardo use data from Latin America to examine the effects of unified and divided government on how citizens ascribe blame when terrorism and […]

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