How did the Democrats’ major spending bill get off life support? Matthew N. Green - August 8, 2022 These factors made the difference
How to decode the party politics that led to Rep. Gosar’s censure Michele Swers - November 22, 2021 Mostly Democrats voted to censure him for tweeting an animated video of an attack on Ocasio-Cortez. Republicans promise payback.
Congress is struggling to raise the nation’s debt cap. Here’s what you need to know. Sarah Binder - October 5, 2021 Debt ceiling drama isn’t new — but this time it is a bit different
Democrats and Republicans seem to agree about one foreign policy point: Getting tough on China Rachel Myrick - June 4, 2021 But research suggests that U.S. concerns about a rising China won’t bring Democrats and Republicans closer together
Democrats underperformed their expectations in 2020. That’s not surprising, considering where the country is. Frances Lee - February 11, 2021 Americans live in an evenly divided country
The 2020 election has had important aftereffects Henry Farrell - February 8, 2021 These scholars looked at the 2020 elections — and what happens next
Why gerrymandering is going to get even worse Richard Pildes - April 26, 2018 [caption id="attachment_72699" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Demonstrators rally with cutouts of congressional
What do Republicans need to pass tax reform? Democrats. John Sides - November 7, 2017 Last week, House Republicans unveiled their tax plan, and its initial prospects do
Senate Democrats are battling every Trump nomination. Here’s how that can hurt Trump’s policies. Ian Ostrander - February 15, 2017 [caption id="attachment_54111" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. reacts to
Congress is far more bipartisan than headlines suggest James Curry and Frances Lee - December 20, 2016 [caption id="attachment_40424" align="aligncenter" width="982"] (Joshua Roberts/Reuters)[/caption] When Congress passed the
Four takeaways from the 2016 State of the Union Address (with some history thrown in) Andrew Rudalevige - January 13, 2016 President Obama delivered his seventh, and presumably last, State of
Here are the 5 reasons Republicans are trying to cut research on evidence-based medicine - June 22, 2015 [caption id="attachment_26355" align="aligncenter" width="908"] A drawing shows a woman having
Our politics may be polarized. But that's nothing new. - January 16, 2014 David W. Brady is the Bowen H. and Janice Arthur
How U.S. state legislatures are polarized and getting more polarized (in 2 graphs) - January 14, 2014 Boris Shor is an assistant professor at the Harris School
Electing more women to Congress isn't a solution for polarization John Sides - January 13, 2014 [caption id="attachment_5232" align="aligncenter" width="682" special=""] (Photo Credit: Office of Sen.
How political polarization creates stalemate and undermines lawmaking - January 13, 2014 [caption id="attachment_5126" align="aligncenter" width="1024" special=""] At least Congress still looks
Polarization we can live with. Partisan warfare is the problem. - January 10, 2014 Sean Theriault is an associate professor in the Government Department
American politics is more competitive than ever. That's making partisanship worse. - January 9, 2014 [caption id="attachment_5011" align="aligncenter" width="1024" special=""] Then-Sen. Scott Brown
What we know and don’t know about our polarized politics Nolan McCarty - January 8, 2014 Numerous times over the past several years Americans have witnessed
AJPS Free Virtual Issue on MidTerm Elections Erik Voeten - October 13, 2010 The American Journal of Political Science (AJPS) has created a
What Happens When Congress Fails to Do Its Job? John Sides - March 30, 2010 That it is a title of a Newsweek essay by
The (Ever) Powerful Ladies from Maine - February 18, 2009 Over on Marginal Revolution today, I see that the economists