Understanding America Study

The blog posts listed below have been written about and/or using data collected in the Understanding America Study. (For authors: if your publication is not listed here yet please just contact us at uas-l@mymaillists.usc.edu).

Brian Libgober, "The Price of Votes: Exploring the effect of ad spending in the last presidential campaign" The Evidence Base March 12 (2018)

Anya Savikhin Samek, "What are the effects of recipient contribution requirements on public support for social programs?" The Evidence Base September 28 (2017)
Jill Darling, "Could “Shy” Trump Voters' Discomfort With Disclosing Candidate Choice Have Skewed Telephone Polls? Evidence from the USC Election Poll" The Evidence Base February 2 (2017)
Jill Darling and Margaret Gatz, "Through the Lens of Populism: The 2016 Election" The Evidence Base December 22 (2017)
Kyla Thomas, "Are We All Snobs? How Personal Tastes Affect Our Judgment of Others" The Evidence Base April 25 (2017)
Tania Gutsche, Jill Darling, "The Woes of Collecting Public Opinion: Lessons from an Outlier Election Poll." The Evidence Base February 15 (2017)

Dan Schnur, "The Daybreak Presidential Poll: Voter Preference and Intensity in the 2016 Election" The Evidence Base September 6 (2016)
Gema Zamarro, "Surveys and Character Skills: The Information we Reveal Without Even Trying" The Evidence Base November 30 (2016)
Joanne Yoong, "How Much do Americans Know About Social Security?" The Evidence Base January 26 (2016)
Mirta Galesic, Wändi Bruine de Bruin, "Can Asking About People’s Social Circles Inform Election Predictions?" The Evidence Base November 7 (2016)

Brian Finch, "What do We Know, and How do We Feel about Police Homicides in the US?" The Evidence Base October 6 (2015)
Lila Rabinovich, "Our Outbreaks" The Evidence Base February 27 (2015)
Mike Branom, "Didn't you Hear? The Understanding America Study is Here." The Evidence Base November 24 (2015)

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