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title: Political Behavior & Elections
description: This field explores how citizens participate in democratic processes and make electoral choices. Learners will understand voting patterns, campaign strategies, public opinion polling, and the psychological and social factors that drive voter turnout and political behavior.
category: social-sciences
subcategory: political-science
difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced
url: /subject/political-behavior-and-elections
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# Political Behavior & Elections

This field explores how citizens participate in democratic processes and make electoral choices. Learners will understand voting patterns, campaign strategies, public opinion polling, and the psychological and social factors that drive voter turnout and political behavior.

## Available Resources

1 Courses • 2 Websites

## Courses

### 1. American Government

Learn US government and public policy through engaging videos and practice exercises! Free course from Khan Academy.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-government-and-civics

**Tags:** us government, civics, constitution, public policy, ap us government

## Podcasts

### 1. Behavior Podcast

**Author:** Zachary Elwood

This is a podcast about deciphering human behavior and understanding why people do the things they do. I, Zach Elwood, talk with people from a wide range of fields about how they make sense of human behavior and psychology. I've talked to jury consultants, interrogation professionals, behavior researchers, sports analysts, professional poker players, to name a few. There are more than 135 episodes, many of them quite good (although some say I'm biased). To learn more, go to PeopleWhoReadPeople.com.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** en-us | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://behavior-podcast.com

**Tags:** human-behavior, psychology, political-polarization, nonverbal-behavior

### 2. The Poll

**Author:** Ricochet

Each week Henry Olsen, columnist and senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, will talk about the presidential and congressional races with leading political journalists and analysts, people who are out in the field and won't give you media spin. Find out who's leading the pack and who's an also-ran, with Beyond the Polls with Henry Olsen.Listen to Beyond the Polls with Henry Olsen, along with more than 40 other original podcasts, at Ricochet.com. No paid subscription required.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** en | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://ricochet.com/series/beyond-the-polls-with-henry-olsen/

**Tags:** election-analysis, polling, us-politics, political-campaigns

## Websites

### 1. behavior.org

behavior.org is a resource hub for behavioral science with a focus on political behavior and elections. It hosts research articles, datasets, and tools for studying how people think, decide, and vote.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://behavior.org

**Tags:** websites, humanities-social-sciences, political-science

### 2. pewresearch.org/politics

Pew Research Center's Politics section provides nonpartisan public opinion polling and political analysis. It features polls, trend reports, datasets, and explainer articles on elections, partisan attitudes, demographics, and key policy issues.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://pewresearch.org/politics

**Tags:** websites, humanities-social-sciences, political-science

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