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·November 21, 2025·1 min read

WHYY discusses Nationhood Lab’s work with project director Colin Woodard

Woodard the guest on the Philadelphia public radio superstation’s hour-long live public affairs interview show, “The Connection” with Marty Moss-Coane....

Colin Woodard·

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·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·

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·July 6, 2026·1 min read

Nationhood Lab director discusses US history with Politico and the BBC

Colin Woodard·

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·May 28, 2025·3 min read

Scientific Papers lay out the American Nations paradigm for health and medical researchers

In a series of recent peer-reviewed journal articles, Nationhood Lab and its research collaborators presented the American Nations model and its utility for understanding U.S. health patterns

Colin Woodard·

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·June 22, 2026·3 min read

The Geography of MAGA

Self-identified MAGAs are not evenly distributed across America's regions, with six times as many per capita in the Deep South compared to New Netherland

Colin Woodard·

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·November 20, 2025·2 min read

Nationhood Lab director shares project’s work at New America, Salve, Politics & Prose and beyond

Colin Woodard·

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·April 19, 2025·7 min read

Intergenerational economic mobility and the American Nations regional cultures

Repeating part of Raj Chetty's classic study using the American Nations model revealed strong differences across U.S. regional cultures, with southern regions performing worst

Colin Woodard·

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·June 15, 2026·3 min read

Trump says America was founded not as an idea, but on the character of Anglo-Saxon settlers. Americans disagree by nearly 9 to 1.

In a new Pell Center poll, Americans say we're founded on the ideals of the Declaration rather than the intrinsic character of the Anglo-Saxon people by 85-15, and for Republicans and Trump voters the gap is even wider

Colin Woodard·

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·March 12, 2025·4 min read

Nationhood Lab research finds most Americans share a common vision for the United States

Colin Woodard·

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·January 23, 2026·2 min read

In Poland, Woodard shares Nationhood Lab’s work with scholars, students, officials and the media

January 20, 2025 WARSAW, POLAND – Nationhood Lab director Colin Woodard spent last week in Poland, presenting the project’s work to students, scholars, diplomats and public officials and appearing on all three of the country’s competing nationwide television networks.