Politics and Public Opinion
AEI’s politics and public opinion scholars are highlighting the links among the pressing demographic, social, economic, and political issues of our day; public sentiment; and the deepest trends that characterize American life. Their research is informed by the understanding that freedom and prosperity depend on healthy social and political institutions.
Experts
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Director of Domestic Policy Studies
Patrick and Charlene Neal Chair in American Prosperity
Patrick and Charlene Neal Chair in American Prosperity
Matthew Continetti
Policy Area
Director, Survey Center on American Life
Senior Fellow in Polling and Public Opinion
Senior Fellow in Polling and Public Opinion
Daniel A. Cox
Policy Area
Senior Fellow; Beth and Ravenel Curry Chair in Public Policy; Director of Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies; and Editor in Chief, National Affairs
Yuval Levin
Policy Area
Highlighted Work
Op-Ed
May 08, 2025
Perhaps the most frustrating thing about being a conservative critic of Trumpism is that you often start by agreeing with Trumpworld about ends while disagreeing about means. This pleases nobody. The left, broadly speaking, considers the ends as illegitimate as the means, and the pro-Trump right thinks that if you’re against the means you really […]
Podcast
May 06, 2025
The Voting Booth Podcast
A Conversation with Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett
Research, Books, and Testimonies
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April 08, 2025
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Supporting Employment
Working Paper
March 26, 2025
American Enterprise Institute
How Large Would SNAP Be? Simulating the Size of SNAP Based on Changes to the Unemployment Rate
Report
March 07, 2025
American Enterprise Institute
How Congress Lost, Part VI: Madison, Monroe, and the Republican Presidency
Report
January 29, 2025
American Enterprise Institute
Romantic Recession: How Politics, Pessimism, and Anxiety Shape American Courtship
Op-eds and Articles
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May 03, 2025
The Three Whisky Happy Hour: Lookism and Imperial Conquest Redivivus
Podcast
April 15, 2025
The Voting Booth Podcast
Developing and Testing Election Technology (with Jared Marcotte)
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