Political Science

This year marks the tenth report of the annual American Family Survey, results from a collaboration between the Center for the Study of Elections and Democracy and Wheatley Institute at Brigham Young University and the Deseret News. This long-term effort is now revealing larger trends and deeper insights into American’s perceptions of marriages and families, and how these attitudes relate to public policy and current events.

After the election in November 2024, American Heritage Professors Chris Karpowitz and Kelly Patterson held a Q&A with their students to answer questions about ballot results across the country. It’s part of their commitment to have lectures and discussion in the course that model civil dialogue when talking about topics that can be politically charged.