A nationwide poll of 2,148 registered voters by Harvard University’s Center for American Political Studies (CAPS) and the Harris Poll reveals a strong yearning for compromise and bi-partisanship after a tumultuous honeymoon period for the Trump administration. More than 2 in 3 registered voters (68%) believe President Trump should compromise on his agenda and work together…
CAPS Inaugural Poll Addresses Trump Agenda
Harvard CAPS Inaugural Poll Reveals What the American Public Wants the New President and the New Congress to Address Harvard University’s Center for American Politics (CAPS) launches a monthly poll series with its first post election survey. The inaugural CAPS poll, conducted November 18-21, 2016, examines public attitudes about on wide range of issues facing…
Oscar Palacio: American History, Re-Visited
American History, Re-Visited Please join us for a talk & reception on Thursday, Apr. 6, 2017, with Oscar Palacio and Robin Kelsey, Dean of Arts and Humanities Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Shirley Carter Burden Professor of Photography. The talk will begin at 4:30pm in room K262 of the CGIS Knafel Building (1737 Cambridge St.),…
Campaign Limericks
Campaign Limericks is a project by Catherine D’Ignazio, with the Institute for Infinitely Small Things, that quantitatively analyzes recent speeches by the top four presidential candidates. By remixing candidates’ top words and phrases on the campaign trail we produce limericks about politics, campaigning and the political process that were never spoken outright (but maybe should have been). These limericks are data visualizations of political speech. The color…
Video of Tocqueville Lecture with Bruce Western & Stephen Tourlentes
Presented at Harvard on Feb. 17th, 2016. More information here….
Exhibition of artist Stephen Tourlentes – Of Length and Measures: Prison and the American Landscape
Of Length and Measures: Prison and the the American Landscape, an exhibition of artist Stephen Tourlentesblack and white photographs of U.S. prisons, shot at night, usually from a distance, was on display at the Center for American Political Studies from January 20 – March 31, 2016. This exhibition highlighted the growing pervasiveness of prisons across the U.S….