Following the 2024 presidential election, the DOAR Research Center conducted a national survey revealing a shift in how jurors view white-collar cases. Traditional assumptions about defense- or prosecution-leaning jurors no longer hold. Instead, political identity, combined with demographic factors and trust in institutions, now plays a central role in how jurors evaluate corporate defendants, prosecutors, and enforcement priorities. The findings have important implications for jury selection and trial strategy in an increasingly polarized courtroom.

By Ellen Brickman, Ph.D.