Caylan Hays

Vanderbilt Project on Unity and American Democracy releases second quarterly Vanderbilt Unity Index data measuring Americans’ faith and trust in democracy   Americans’ general faith and trust in democracy has stabilized in the first half of 2022, remaining relatively flat through the second quarter, according to the… Read More

Friends and fellow citizens,The popular, and often repeated, national narrative is that Americans are more politically divided than ever before. We witness harsh debates and dramatic polarization on social media and within our country’s governing bodies, but how do we know if these interactions are representative of public unity as… Read More

  By Sarah Igo, Andrew Jackson Professor of History at Vanderbilt University    Since the first Social Security numbers were issued in 1936, Americans’ relationship to their unique nine digits has charted shifting attitudes toward the federal government. The federal government has long relied on aggregate as well as individual data… Read More

  Episode 1: Jonathan Martin and John Geer Episode 2: Yuval Levin and Bill Haslam Episode 3: Will Hurd and Bill Haslam Episode 4: Allida Black and Samar Ali Episode 5: Jon Meacham and Keel Hunt The Vanderbilt Project on Unity and American Democracy… Read More

by Joshua D. Clinton,  Abby and Jon Winkelried Chair and Professor of Political Science All polls are not created equal. Pre-election polls designed to predict winners can be imprecise because they must figure out two things: First, who is going to vote, and second, who those… Read More