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American Nations

·October 21, 2024·8 min read

Texan political tribes and the American Nations

More in Common’s Threads of Texas project found seven distinct groups of Texans; we explored how they’re distributed geographically and within the state’s Latino community

Colin Woodard·

In the News

·October 12, 2024·1 min read

La Presse interviews Woodard on American Nations and U.S. politics

Nationhood Lab’s director sat down with the U.S. correspondent of Quebec’s newspaper of record about the political implications of the...

Colin Woodard·

Data Journalism Featured

·August 29, 2024·8 min read

Survey results: Authoritarian mindsets and the American Nations regions

Colin Woodard·

Updates

·August 22, 2024·4 min read

Nationhood Lab poll: Harris Leads Trump by 4% Nationally, but with Wide Variation by Age, Ethnicity, and U.S. Regional Cultures

NEWPORT, RI— A new national poll from Salve Regina University’s Pell Center and Embold Research shows Vice President Kamala Harris leading former President Donald Trump by four percentage points among likely voters, but with large differences between age groups, ethnicities, and historically-based U.S. regions.

Colin Woodard·

Data Journalism Featured

·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·

Updates

·July 9, 2024·4 min read

New scientific studies from Nationhood Lab and partners reveal regional differences in lifestyle health indicators, COVID-19 infections and deaths, life expectancy

Colin Woodard·

Data Journalism Featured

·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 Journalism Featured

·June 28, 2024·3 min read

The American Nations and the States: Change over time

We previously parsed 2020 census data to reveal present day state-level power dynamics. Now we've done the same for 1900 and 1950, revealing remarkable stability in most states, and dramatic shifts in others.

Colin Woodard·

In the News

·June 4, 2024·1 min read

For TPM: on the geography of U.S. abortion opinion

Colin Woodard·

Data Journalism Featured

·May 24, 2024·23 min read

Abortion’s Regional Divide

Centuries-old settlement patterns created the geographic contours of the contemporary abortion debate, corrosive effects on the bonds that hold the union together