First, avoid confirmation bias in political analysis. Confirmation bias is the psychological tendency to only seek ...

Offering one tunnel vision always engenders another, as is evident from the second coming of Donald Trump as President of the ...

According to exit polls, voters thought the Republican candidate, Trump, would do a better job of managing the economy than the Democratic candidate, Kamala Harris. Edison Research's latest poll ...

Another key bias Alex highlights is the “illusory truth effect”, which reinforces beliefs through repetition. In an election ...

Importantly, the average person is not exempt from cognitive biases and frequently acts in ways that seem bizarre or ...

History's lesson is that the election of a black woman to the White House goes against the odds and would be a huge break in ...

In a recent letter to the editor with the title “Confirmation Bias” (Oct. 15) the author leads off with the comment that anti-Trump writers must be lacking common sense. In ...

Now they’re freaking out that they jumped the gun, allowing their progressive confirmation bias to get ahead of ... that said Harris’s ill-defined economic plans — musings about taxes ...

Source: iStockphoto People formed opinions about candidates in this election ... done bias helps voters choose the candidate ...

ONE of the most significant “known unknowns” of 2024 is nearly upon us, with US voters heading to the polls on November 5. As it stands, with less than two weeks until election day, polls show ...

All this in a purple school district. So forgive me if I am skeptical that our teaching force is capable of covering the election without bias and with equal respect to all sides of the arguments.

If spending falters, the broader economy may follow. The upcoming U.S. presidential election adds another layer of unpredictability. Elections often bring market volatility, and potential policy ...