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Stanford Graduate School of Business —

Applying game theory to a defense of the filibuster

The West Virginia senator confounds other Democrats, but a new paper finds a logical explanation for his stance.

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Stanford Graduate School of Business —

Rethinking social media’s role in polarization

An unusual research collaboration between more than 25 academics and the platform Meta tracked tens of thousands of Facebook and Instagram users during the 2020 election cycle. Their surprising finding? Altering users’ feeds didn’t significantly affect their political attitudes.

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Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law —

Deliberative poll shows bipartisan support for issues affecting American democracy

What would Americans think about issues like voting protections and Supreme Court reform if they could thoughtfully discuss and weigh the options?

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Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies —

What’s happening to Israel’s democracy?

Michael McFaul and FSI visiting fellow Amichai Magen discuss the judicial reforms recently passed by Israel’s legislature.

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Stanford Graduate School of Business —

Voters punished candidates who pushed election fraud claims in 2022

A small group of voters penalized election-denying candidates in 2022 — and could sway 2024 as well, according to a new study.

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Stanford Law School —

Who gets to draw state districting maps?

Stanford’s Michael McConnell frames the issues in the SCOTUS gerrymandering case and shares insights on questions of Federalism.

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