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Politicians and citizens talking without shouting? It can happen.

April 8, 2015

Politicians and citizens talking without shouting? It can happen.

Disputes
The cynical view of political discourse is that, in these polarized times, members of Congress can’t really persuade their constituents. If talk does anything, leaders can only mobilize their supporters and tell them how they should think and vote. But in a new study, OSU Political Scientist and COMPAS organizer Michael Neblo and his collaborators (Kevin Esterling, David Lazer, William Minozzi and the Congressional Management Foundation) find something potentially much more encouraging about how political leaders and citizens can talk to each other.
 

Read Professor Neblo's column describing the results of his research on the Washington Post website here.