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American Nations

Colin Woodard·
In the News
·July 23, 2023·1 min read

Die Welt: Nationhood Lab director on the challenges to U.S. nationhood

The Pell Center's Colin Woodard talked at length with the German daily's U.S. correspondent about the implications of the U.S. having always been a Balkanized federation of rival regional cultures
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
·December 29, 2023·5 min read

Social vulnerability, health outcomes and the American Nations

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·
In the News
·November 14, 2024·1 min read

Nationhood Lab director discusses election results with CBC Nova Scotia

The morning after, Colin Woodard spoke to the hosts of the province's "Mainstreet" program about the consequences for democracy, world stability, and the US-Canada relationship
Colin Woodard·
In the News
·November 26, 2023·1 min read

Washington Monthly: How More in Common’s Hidden Tribes are distributed via America’s regional cultures

Colin Woodard·
In the News
·November 3, 2024·1 min read

Minnesota Star-Tribune features Woodard and Nationhood Lab’s work ahead of US election

Staff Editorial writer Jill Burcum wrote on American Nations, the Vice Presidential picks, and the state of U.S. democracy
Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·February 13, 2023·7 min read

The 2022 Midterms and the American Nations: regional differences trump rural/urban divide most everywhere, with a couple of important exceptions

Centuries-old settlement geography can still be contemporary elections, accounting for tectonic divisions within key states. In statewide races, Democrats often lost urban counties in the resultant “red” regional cultures and won the rural ones in “blue” regions.
Colin Woodard·
Data JournalismFeatured
·November 27, 2023·6 min read

Ohio’s abortion vote and the American Nations

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·
In the News
·July 30, 2025·1 min read

Canadian regional politics mirror those in the U.S., Woodard argues in essay for Ottawa think tank

Nationhood Lab's director unpacked the implications of the project's recent analysis of the 2025 Canadian federal election for the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, showing why Trumpist-style politics are a tough sell there.
Colin Woodard·
In the News
·November 7, 2024·1 min read

BBC Mundo features Woodard’s American Nations, Nationhood Lab

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Nationhood Lab
  • THE CHALLENGE
    • 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
    • In the News
    • Updates
  • ABOUT US
    • The Project
    • Project Director
    • Advisory Council
  • CONTACT
  • PELL CENTER
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