New Yorkers used ranked-choice voting last month. Did it eliminate spoilers, as promised?
And how does it work, exactly?
Behind the Gaetz scandal, there’s a bigger issue: Most states have loopholes that let men exploit teenage girls
They can bypass statutory rape charges through marriage
Do political scandals even matter any more?
Increasingly, partisans back “their” candidate. For everyone else, too many scandals make it hard to focus on anyone.
How political leaders could persuade more Americans to get a covid-19 vaccination
Republicans’ and Democrats’ attitudes have divided by party — but they shift quickly.
AOC just played ‘Among Us’ on Twitch. Over 400,000 people came to watch.
Embracing video games can make for good politics
Part 2: What happens if a U.S. presidential candidate withdraws or dies before the election or inauguration?
Here’s the second part of the answer to that gloomy question.
What happens if a U.S. presidential candidate dies before the election or inauguration?
With a pandemic spreading and two presumptive nominees over 70, we had to ask.
Of course Trump’s authority isn’t ‘total.’ Here are 3 myths about how federalism works.
The founders designed a flexible system with many redundant safeguards against failure
The coronavirus may trigger tribal instincts. In times of crisis, people want strong leaders.
Pandemic might lead to increased xenophobia.
Why Trump has received a much smaller approval bump than other world leaders during the pandemic
The country’s highly polarized two-party system discourages ‘rallying around the flag’
The U.S. military’s role in the coronavirus response is likely to grow
But don’t believe the rumors of martial law.
If Trump took responsibility for coronavirus missteps, it might actually help him.
Our research finds that leaders who claim responsibility get a significant boost
Five things to know about ‘false flag’ conspiracy theories
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Benefits of competition between government agencies
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What do Rick Santorum and Andrew Cuomo have in common?
Neither one can handle the National Weather Service. As reported
Governors to watch for 2016 and beyond: What the polls tell us
Of the 28 incumbent governors running for reelection in 2014,
I don’t know whether to call it communism or crony capitalism . . .
. . . but either way it's pretty ugly: Last
On the Democratic and Republican Benches
A reporter asks: bq. In advance of the Dem convention
Potpourri
* Suzanne Mettler: 20,000 Leagues Under the State * "Mature"
Legislative Theories and the NY Gay Marriage Vote
In response to my earlier post, a political scientist emailed
Political Science and Gay Marriage in New York
A Monkey Cage reader, Jeff, emailed me and wrote: bq.
Where’s Mario?
Mario Cuomo, a la Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso, R. Crumb,