by kkromash | Jan 15, 2021
During the turbulence of the last few months, faculty members connected with the Chicago Center on Democracy contributed to the public conversation about democracy in the United States. Below are some of the recent news stories. Stories that...
by kkromash | Oct 29, 2020
Two articles published today—one in the Washington Post and the other in the New Yorker—cover Bright Line Watch’s recent surveys. Bright Line Watch is a multi-university initiative, housed at the Chicago Center on Democracy, that conducts regular surveys to...
by kkromash | Oct 26, 2020
Bright Line Watch, a multi-university initiative housed at CCD to monitor the state of U.S. democracy, has produced the results of its 12th survey wave, conducted from October 5-16, 2020. Political scientists and a subset of the American public assessed the quality of...
by kkromash | Sep 28, 2020
A new op-ed in the Seattle Times, written by CCD faculty director Susan Stokes, discusses how Donald Trump’s rhetoric should itself be considered an attempt to sabotage the 2020 presidential election. Read the op-ed: “Don’t be misled by Trump’s brazen...
by kkromash | Sep 16, 2020
Bright Line Watch, a multi-university initiative housed at CCD, has produced two new reports illuminating how Americans view the current state of U.S. democracy. First, Bright Line Watch has completed its latest survey of experts, its 11th since 2017, to gauge views...
by kkromash | Aug 27, 2020
Susan Stokes, faculty director of the Chicago Center on Democracy, was a featured guest on WBUR’s On Point program this past Tuesday, August 25, 2020. She discussed the politicization of U.S. institutions, in particularly the postal service. She explained that...
