Brendan Nyhan

Month: September 2016

  • New NYT: Birtherism diminished but far from dead

    From my new Upshot column (co-authored with Kyle Dropp): America’s most prominent birther has finally disavowed the myth he helped to create. Will Donald J. Trump’s concession affect the public’s belief about whether President Obama was born in the United States? Results from a new Morning Consult poll of registered voters suggest that fewer Americans

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  • New NYT: The effects of gaffes and health concerns

    From my new Upshot column: Hillary Clinton undoubtedly had a tough weekend, but how much will it affect the election? On Friday night, Mrs. Clinton said half of Donald J. Trump’s supporters belonged in “the basket of deplorables” — “racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic.” Survey data suggests that a substantial fraction of Mr. Trump’s supporters

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  • New NYT: The paradox of echo chambers

    From my new Upshot column: Anyone who has followed this election carefully would be forgiven for thinking that voters have diverged into two separate realities. But it’s too soon to declare that we have entered a “post-fact” apocalypse, especially when we consider where people get information about politics. New research shows that the great majority

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