Despite being a defining issue in the culture war, the political psychology of abortion
attitudes remains poorly understood. We address this oversight by reviewing existing …

From marriage equality, to gun control, to immigration reform and the threat of war, religion
plays a fascinating and crucial part in our nation's political process and in our culture at …

We provide the first account of the culture wars in the political psychology and public opinion
literature based on a theory of culture. Using innovative measures of grid‐group cultural …

Some past studies looking at the voting behavior of women in Congress have shown that
they tend to be more liberal than their male colleagues and are more likely to support issues …

Previous studies indicate that in cases of relatively low issue salience, the interest group
model best explains lesbian and gay antidiscrimination policy in the American states. The …

Though gender‐role attitudes correlate with attitudes toward abortion (Wang, 2004), past
research has treated gender‐role attitudes as a unidimensional construct. The theory of …

Religion is a complex and multidimensional phenomenon that informs politics in various
ways. This article examines the effects of religious affiliation, religious salience, and …

Previous studies of gender and representation at the state legislative level and in the US
House of Representatives have shown that women tend to be more liberal than their male …

Analyzing votes on abortion-related legislation from the 103rd (1993–94) to the 115th (2017–
18) Congresses, we find that both gender and party influence members' voting behavior …

Partisan polarization in the S enate is in part a product of the increased sorting of
evangelical Christians into the Republican caucus. The relationship between senators' …