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The populism horseshoe

John Sides - October 8, 2025
A venerable political theory helps make sense of modern political attitudes.
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Embracing populism doesn’t hurt right-wing parties. It may help them.

John Sides - August 25, 2025
New research from Western Europe shows that accommodating extremism doesn’t work.
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Are we exaggerating populism’s threat to democracy?

John Sides - September 10, 2024
A new book argues that democracy is actually pretty resilient.