Much of my work on negative partisanship and anger within the American electorate has received media coverage. A selection of some of these news articles, as well as select TV and radio/podcast appearances, are listed below. If you would like to speak with me about my research and how it relates to political developments, please do not hesitate to email me.

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American Rage: How Anger Shapes Our Politics

• The New York Times: The Year We Lost It
• CNN: The real reason Trump keeps telling the Big Lie
• Roll Call: Election vote divides Republicans as party wrestles with post-Trump identity
• CBC: How hate for Trump may have triumphed over love for Biden — and Trump
• The Conversation: Angry Americans: How political rage helps campaigns but hurts democracy
• The New York Times: Trump Is Staking Out His Own Universe of "Alternative Facts"
• The Wall Street Journal: Protests Spread Beyond Big Cities, From Raleigh to Santa Rosa
• The Economist: The violence in American cities reflects the fury of polarisation
• The Christian Science Monitor: How false fears drive anger in US voters
• Voice of America: Anger Can Be Good for Political Campaigns but Bad for Democracy
• The Irish Times: If there is a defining American value today, it is rage
• The Public Morality: Radio interview about American Rage and U.S. politics

“The Rise of Negative Partisanship and the Nationalization of U.S. Elections in the 21st Century”

• The Washington Post: Hatred of liberals is all that's left of conservatism
• CNN: Why 'negative partisanship' explains so many of America's political problems
• The New York Times: What Motivates Voters More Than Loyalty? Loathing
• The New York Times: 'We Are Either a Team or We're Not'
• The New York Times: Everything I Learned From Prof. Donald Trump
• The New York Times: Trump’s Blood Sport Politics
• The New York Times: What if All Politics is National?
• Vox: 2 political scientists have found the secret to partisanship, and it’s deeply depressing
• Vox: Negative partisanship may be the most toxic form of polarization
• Vox: How could Roy Moore win? Because parties are weak and partisanship is strong.
• Vox: We need political parties. But their rabid partisanship could destroy American democracy.
• Vox: American politics has reached peak polarization
• The Washington Post: The destruction of political norms started decades ago. Here’s how it happened.
• The Washington Post: Think all politics are local? Think again.
• The Washington Post: Independent leaners hate the other party more than they like the one they vote for
• The Washington Post: A strong independent presidential candidate would be a nightmare
• The Washington Post: It's not the economy, stupid!
• The Washington Post: Why Matt Bevin’s win in Kentucky could be the future of American politics
• The Washington Post: Why U.S. elections are all about voting against something
• The Walrus: America's Next Civil War
• The New Republic: Don’t Be So Sure Hillary Clinton Will Crush Donald Trump
• The Atlantic: Why We’re Voting for the Wrong Reasons
• The Atlantic: The Man Who Broke Politics
• The Nation: Why Negative Partisanship is a Good Thing
• POLITICO Magazine: Why Negative Partisanship Explains Everything
• The Los Angeles Times: Rising partisanship among voters is “nationalizing” local politics
• The Los Angeles Times: Are we headed for a second civil war?
• Bloomberg: Are you an angry voter? Take a deep breath
• R Street: What ails Congress? Six explanations
• The Week: The magic poison of negative partisanship
• PBS NewsHour: Why “negative partisanship” is flipping politics on its head
• New York Magazine: How “Negative Partisanship” Has Transformed American Politics
• MediaFile: Negative Partisanship Turns Partisans Against the Media
• Forbes: Make Partisanship Great Again
• Christian Science Monitor: Why swing voters are vanishing from US politics

“The Ideological Foundations of Affective Polarization in the U.S. Electorate”

• The New York Times: Is Politics a War of Ideas or of Us Against Them?
• LSE USA Centre: Why Republicans and Democrats can no longer ‘just get along’
• The New York Times: President Trump Is The Enemy of Their Enemies

“Negative Partisanship: Why Americans Dislike Parties but Behave Like Rabid Partisans”

• The New York Times: Is Politics a War of Ideas or of Us Against Them?
• The New York Times: What Motivates Voters More Than Loyalty? Loathing
• The Atlantic: The Man Who Broke Politics
• The Walrus: America's Next Civil War

“Anger and Declining Trust in Government in the American Electorate”

• Political Research Digest: Do Americans Implicitly Trust Government, Despite Our Public Anger?
• The Walrus: America's Next Civil War

“Does Residential Sorting Explain Geographic Polarization?”

• FiveThirtyEight: Where Democrats And Republicans Live In Your City
• The Atlantic: The Real Culprit Behind Geographic Polarization
• The New York Times: Rural and Urban Americans, Equally Convinced the Rest of the Country Dislikes Them

"Partisan Schadenfreude and the Demand for Candidate Cruelty"

• The New York Times: Trump's Cult of Animosity Shows No Sign of Letting Up
• The Washington Post: Many Americans think that climate-change deniers ‘get what they deserve’ when disasters strike

TV + VIDEO

TV interviews

• ABC 57 South Bend: Political expert weighs in on Wednesday’s impeachment hearings
• Fox 59 Indianapolis: Can President Trump pardon himself if he chooses to?
• WDRB Louisville: IU political scientist calls pro-Trump riot at US Capitol 'attempted coup'
• WSBTV South Bend: 'Dangerous precedent' - 3 Indiana Republican lawmakers refuse to accept election results
• WTHI-TV Terre Haute: Local reaction to the Capitol Building riots
• ABC 57 South Bend: Political expert discusses Inauguration Day for President Joe Biden
• WISH-TV Indianapolis: Indiana Republican lawmakers plan to vote against certifying Electoral College results
• WISH-TV Indianapolis: No visible sign of increased security at Indiana Statehouse
• Fox 59 Indianapolis: Local political expert weights in on electoral confirmation vote
• NBC (WTHR) Indianapolis: Anger and American politics go together
• Fox 59 Indianapolis: Analyzing the latest results in the race for the White House
• WISH-TV Indianapolis: What to do if you’ve not received absentee ballot yet and when you should mail it back
• WISH-TV Indianapolis: Anger fuels election participation, prof says, but IMPD seeing no credible threats
• Fox 59 Indianapolis: How to research who is on the bottom of your ballot
• Fox 59 Indianapolis: Hoosier first-time and young voters on track to break records
• WISH-TV Indianapolis: IU experts worry partisan divide strikes at health of American democracy
• Fox 59 Indianapolis: 'The story here is one of consistency': Political experts weigh in on Indiana voting trends

Additional Video Interviews

Indiana University, "Ask an Expert" -- 2020 Election

Indiana University, "Unpaid Interns" -- 2020 Election Interview

RADIO + PODCASTS

• NPR St. Louis on the Air: Wash U Scholar Digs Into Other Polar Vortex – The Political Kind – As Anger Spikes, Trust Declines
• NPR WFIU: Profiles -- Political Scientist Steven W. Webster
• The Curiosity Hour: Steven Webster, PhD
• New Books Network: American Rage: How Anger Shapes Our Politics
• The Public Morality: Steven Webster
• America Explained: RAGE!!!