Dealing with election anxiety? A psychiatrist explains how to channel your fears and break out of tribal thinking

The human tendency to form group affiliations and vilify outsiders can help ramp up your anxiety during a contentious election cycle. But you can push back on those fears.

Arash Javanbakht, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University • conversation
Aug. 9, 2024 ~8 min

Biden and Trump may forget names or personal details, but here is what really matters in assessing whether they’re cognitively up for the job

Decision-making abilities are critical to a president’s performance.

Leo Gugerty, Professor Emeritus in Psychology, Clemson University • conversation
June 10, 2024 ~11 min


Events that never happened could influence the 2024 presidential election – a cybersecurity researcher explains situation deepfakes

AI can manipulate a real event or invent one from thin air to create a ‘situation deepfake.’ These deepfakes threaten to influence upcoming elections, but you can still protect your vote.

Christopher Schwartz, Postdoctoral Research Associate of Computing Security, Rochester Institute of Technology • conversation
July 17, 2023 ~8 min

How AI could take over elections – and undermine democracy

Artificial intelligence looks like a political campaign manager’s dream because it could tune its persuasion efforts to millions of people individually – but it could be a nightmare for democracy.

Lawrence Lessig, Professor of Law and Leadership, Harvard University • conversation
June 2, 2023 ~12 min

Early and mail-in voting: Research shows they don't always bring in new voters

Compared with past midterms, voter turnout among young people jumped in 2022 – but it was still below 30%.

Jan Leighley, Professor of Government, American University School of Public Affairs • conversation
Dec. 6, 2022 ~5 min

Politics may have influenced use of ineffective COVID drugs

Across the U.S., prescriptions of hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin increased in the latter part of 2020, most significantly in counties with the highest share of people voting Republican.

Karen Feldscher • harvard
Feb. 18, 2022 ~3 min

COVID-19 had a surprising effect on 2020 US election

A new study of the US 2020 election shows that Donald Trump actually lost more ground to Joe Biden in counties that experienced fewer COVID-19 cases,

Karl Greenberg-NYU • futurity
Nov. 5, 2021 ~5 min

Prep yourself for vote shift after Election Day

President Donald Trump may appear to have the lead on election day and still lose solidly by the end of the week, experts say.

Megan Schumann-Rutgers • futurity
Oct. 13, 2020 ~4 min


Does a VP pick alter the race? Probably not

The top of a presidential ticket matters more than the vice presidential nominee, an expert says. She digs into the evolving history of the VP pick.

Kyle Mittan-U. Arizona • futurity
Aug. 14, 2020 ~6 min

Experts: Biden’s climate plan is ‘bold’ but lacks some specifics

Joe Biden's $2 trillion climate plan is bold but lacks some specifics, experts say. Here, three weigh in on what they like—and what they think needs work.

Kat McAlpine-Boston • futurity
July 28, 2020 ~7 min

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