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Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·August 29, 2024·8 min read

Survey results: Authoritarian mindsets and the American Nations regions

Our national survey found the Deep South and Left Coast are polar opposites when it comes to right-wing authoritarian mindsets, but that Yankeedom and Greater Appalachia have nuanced pictures
Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·September 23, 2025·7 min read

Vaccinations and deaths: the Regional Geography of the Covid-19 pandemic

Public and official compliance with public health advice, vaccination rates, and Covid deaths varied widely across the regional cultures identified in the American Nations model
Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·July 17, 2023·4 min read

The Regional Geography of Unhealthy Living Characteristics

Colin Woodard·
FeaturedIn the News
·November 5, 2025·1 min read

NY Times OpEd: America isn’t a blood-and-soil nation

In the New York Times, Nationhood Lab's director counters Vice President J.D. Vance's argument that being American is about having the right ancestry, rather than fealty to the ideals in the Declaration of Independence
Colin Woodard·
FeaturedIn the News
·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·
Data JournalismFeatured
·June 10, 2025·6 min read

Canada’s 2025 Election and the American Nations

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·
FeaturedIn the NewsUncategorized
·May 8, 2023·1 min read

Woodard speaks with NPR’s Here & Now about the geography of gun violence

Nationhood Lab director discussed the project's recent report showing massive regional differences in per capita gun homicide and suicide rates
Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·November 22, 2025·5 min read

The 2025 Virginia and New Jersey gubernatorial elections and the American Nations

Colin Woodard·
FeaturedIn the News
·July 31, 2023·1 min read

Nationhood Lab director discusses the authoritarian crisis and the problems of U.S. nationhood with Yascha Mounk on The Good Fight podcast

Colin Woodard was the guest on Mounk's The Good Fight, a popular podcast that searches for the ideas, policies and strategies that can beat authoritarian populism.
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
·August 31, 2025·3 min read

The 2024 Presidential Election and the American Nations, updated

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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
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    • Updates
  • ABOUT US
    • The Project
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