Righteous mind
Jonathan Haidt’s mind-blowing book The Righteous Mind looks at the research around morality and why we vote the way we do. PICTURE: Hannah Busing/Unsplash His compelling research says that left-leaning voters put compassion and fairness above all considerations when working out their morality, while conservatives value sanctity, loyalty and authority. His research shows that we need […]
US election: Drawing voting lines – can algorithms make polls fairer?
AVI ASHER-SCHAPIRO, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on efforts to ensure fairness when it comes to electoral boundaries in US elections…