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American Nations

Colin Woodard·
FeaturedIn the News
·July 6, 2026·1 min read

Nationhood Lab director discusses US history with Politico and the BBC

For the country's 250th birthday, Colin Woodard shared insights on the country's regional divides, territorial expansion and national identity crisis alongside leading historians
Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·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·
In the News
·June 1, 2026·1 min read

Washington Monthly: Woodard on the regional geography of social capital

Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·May 30, 2026·4 min read

Trump’s support is in freefall in every American Nations region

Data from G. Elliott Morris’s model indicates the president is now underwater even in his final stronghold, Greater Appalachia
Colin Woodard·
Updates
·April 22, 2026·1 min read

New Research published in Nature‘s Scientific Reports finds American Nations regions help predict and Covid-19 cases and deaths

The findings from researchers at Nationhood Lab, the University of Illinois Chicago, and the HealthPartners Institute found the American Nations regional cultures to be one of the most powerful predictive elements in predicting county-level pandemic mortality and cases.
Colin Woodard·
Updates
·April 19, 2026·2 min read

Nationhood Lab director shares project’s work at Emmanuel College, the Salem Athenaeum

Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·April 1, 2026·11 min read

Which U.S. regions are bowling alone?: The regional geography of social capital

Across various measures of social network participation and general trust, the Midlands, Yankeedom, and Left Coast top the charts, El Norte and Spanish Caribbean are at the rear.
Colin Woodard·
In the News
·March 11, 2026·2 min read

Is the U.S. a nation-state? How does it hold together? Discussing national identity with the CSCE’s Transatlantic podcast

Nationhood Lab director Colin Woodard joined the podcast of the U.S. Helsinki Commission at their Washington studios to talk about U.S. survival and how his time in Eastern Europe and the Balkans informs his work
Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·March 7, 2026·4 min read

Regional differences in excessive drinking

Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·February 23, 2026·5 min read

Persistent poverty varies massively across U.S. regions

It’s essentially non-existent at the county level in some regions, and hardly uncommon in others
Colin Woodard·
FeaturedIn the News
·February 13, 2026·1 min read

In Smithsonian: when NYC tried to become its own country

On the brink of the Civil War, New York City's mayor led a movement to secede from the New England-settled Upstate to become its own country
Colin Woodard·
In the News
·February 11, 2026·1 min read

Woodard speaks with Minnesota Star Tribune about ICE campaign’s collision with Yankee regional cultural norms

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    • An Authoritarian Threat
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