recent research

Keeping up with the latest in political behavior, via Kevin Lewis:

• How many proselytizers does it take to convert a nation? According to one model, 10%.
• We become more morally hypocritical when we view ethics abstractly.
• Rational decision making does not make more moral choices. We're better off going with our gut.
• It pays to be a crazy and "infamous" politician - but it can pay your opponent more.
• Want to increase marriage rates? Get rid of blood test requirements.
• Weak ties in Congress are good news for compromise and legislative success.
• Congressional bundling: adding spoonfuls of sugar to make legislative medicine go down.
• Voters hold politicians responsible for the positions they hold, not the outcomes they produce.
• How presidential political capital and congressional partisanship interact.