People who are highly engaged in public life are more likely than those who are less engaged to correctly answer several factual questions about politics.

A new study co-led by Dr. Eran Amsalem from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Dr. Michael Nicholas Stagnaro of MIT challenges long-held beliefs about the role of information in political ...

Gender disparities in political knowledge and engagement remain a persistent feature of democratic systems worldwide. Women, on average, score lower on conventional factual quizzes about institutions, ...

Americans who participate more in public life are more interested in politics – and more likely to have positive feelings about the state of their local communities.