Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Archives

In a first, House Democrats elected a Black leader. Here’s what that means.

Jennifer Garcia, Katherine Tate, and Christopher Stout - November 30, 2022

Hakeem Jeffries will be the next House minority leader. That could affect national politics in these four ways.

Win or lose, progressive challengers have influenced the Democrats’ agenda

Amelia Malpas - September 29, 2022

When ‘primaried’ by progressives, Democratic incumbents shift further left, research finds

How D.C. could decide the next presidential election

Clarence Lusane - July 19, 2022

Washington’s lack of representation reveals several cracks in American democracy

For Democrats, trying to slow climate change is good politics

Nives Dolšak, Meagan Carmack, and Aseem Prakash - July 14, 2022

Our research suggests that co-sponsoring the Green New Deal helped in the 2020 elections. Could it boost incumbents’ votes in the 2022 midterms as well?

Will Biden and Trump face off again in 2024?

Peter Enns and Jonathon Schuldt - July 13, 2022

Conventional wisdom says it’s too soon to tell. Our research suggests otherwise.

If Democrats listen to AOC, they’re going to lose seats

David Brady and Bruce Cain - July 12, 2022

Here’s why controlling the presidency and both houses of Congress means losing control in the next election.

Congress is polarized. Fear of being ‘primaried’ is one reason.

Richard C. Barton - June 9, 2022

As incumbents face more primary challenges from the extremes, expect a more gridlocked Congress, my research suggests

Despite Manchin and Sinema, Democrats are more united than they’ve been for decades

Adam Hilton - January 24, 2022

Since the 1960s, the Democratic Party has been dismantled and rebuilt in a strongly progressive direction

Here’s how Republican and Democratic party leaders reward the faithful and punish wayward members

SoRelle Wyckoff Gaynor - December 13, 2021

Watch what they give, not what they say.

Boston now has an Asian American woman as mayor. Why are so few women of color in elected office?

Christian Dyogi Phillips - November 23, 2021

My research examines why women of color reach the ballot less often than men of color, White women and White men