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Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeaturedUncategorized
·March 27, 2023·8 min read

Regional differences in perceptions of the threats to U.S. democracy

A Cornell-IOPGA poll examined Americans’ attitudes toward various alleged threats to the republic with special emphasis on two swing districts; here’s how the results broke down via the American Nations model
Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeaturedUncategorized
·April 21, 2023·27 min read

The Geography of U.S. Gun Violence

America’s regions are poles apart when it comes to gun deaths and the cultural and ideological forces that drive them. We crunched the numbers to reveal the geography of firearm homicides and suicides.
Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·May 24, 2024·23 min read

Abortion’s Regional Divide

Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·December 17, 2025·3 min read

Blue Shift: California’s redistricting ballot measure converts its Far West section

In November, Californians passed Proposition 50, redistricting the state's Congressional districts in response to Texas's extreme, mid-cycle gerrymander. Many Trump-supporting areas backed the move.
Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·June 10, 2025·6 min read

Canada’s 2025 Election and the American Nations

Every Canadian regional culture voted for the Liberals, except Far West, in an election mirroring trends in the United States
Colin Woodard·
FeaturedIn the News
·September 18, 2023·1 min read

For POLITICO: on the geography of U.S. life expectancy

Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·July 29, 2024·14 min read

Geography of Environmentalism, Climate Action and Climate Denial

There's a regional gap on climate change which mirrors a "green gap" that goes back nearly two centuries. Nationhood Lab explores the reasons why.
Colin Woodard·
FeaturedIn the News
·July 2, 2023·2 min read

How a “freedom-and-fairness” agenda help can save the U.S. republic and federation

In Washington Monthly, Nationhood Lab's director outlines a policy agenda to shore up U.S. democracy and beat back the authoritarian threat to the country
Colin Woodard·
FeaturedIn the News
·January 30, 2023·1 min read

How America’s Frontier myth got its start and quickly lost the faith of its own author

Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·March 26, 2024·3 min read

How Gun violence is helping drive diabetes and other chronic diseases in the southern American Nations regions

In a new study in the American Journal of Medicine, Nationhood Lab’s director and his collaborators find evidence linking firearm fatalities and physical inactivity in the American Nations regions, most especially in the Dixie bloc, El Norte, and First Nation
Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·June 29, 2024·18 min read

Immigration and the American Nations

The United States is regions apart when it comes to attitudes about immigration, immigrants and immigration policies. The geography of immigration has shifted substantially since 1900, with political effects visible on the ground.
Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·April 19, 2025·7 min read

Intergenerational economic mobility and the American Nations regional cultures

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Nationhood Lab
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    • An Authoritarian Threat
    • A Balkanized Federation
    • A Lost National Narrative
  • OUR WORK
    • Data Journalism
    • A New National Narrative
    • Research and Publications
    • Initiatives
  • NEWS AND UPDATES
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    • Updates
  • ABOUT US
    • The Project
    • Project Director
    • Advisory Council
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