Looking for bingeworthy TV about politics? Here you go. Seth Masket - December 13, 2022 Here’s one political scientist’s list of the best and the worst. Tell us yours!
20 years after 9/11, the U.S. is again in a great power confrontation James Goldgeier - September 9, 2021 The end of the Cold War scrambled U.S. foreign policy — and then 9/11 scrambled it again. Here’s what remains the same.
Trump radicalized the Republican Party. If it doesn’t change course, many supporters will flee. Ken Kollman and John Jackson - October 28, 2020 Our research finds when a party shifts ideology too far, large demographic blocs shift loyalties to the other party
Yes, Biden is more likely than Sanders to beat Trump. Here’s how we know. Paul Whiteley and Harold Clarke - March 23, 2020 We examined presidential election data over 100 years.
Can Bill Weld unseat Trump? Let’s look at the history of challenges to incumbent presidents. Adam Hilton - April 26, 2019 Former Massachusetts governor Bill Weld speaks during a New England
How SPLC’s co-founder Morris Dees and the conservative Richard Viguerie changed American politics Daniel Schlozman - April 2, 2019 What do they have in common — besides the fact that both worked for George Wallace?
The DNC voted to strip superdelegates of their powers. Will it matter for 2020? Boris Heersink - September 4, 2018 [caption id="attachment_77305" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A model of the White House
Republicans used to compare talking to Moscow to talking to Hitler. Trump changed that. James Goldgeier - December 14, 2017 Editor's note: We asked James Goldgeier to revisit his July
The Democratic Party’s latest reform commission just met. It’s likely to slash the power of superdelegates. Adam Hilton - December 12, 2017 On Friday and Saturday, the Democratic Party’s Unity Reform Commission
Presidential candidates are ideologically extreme. And they pretty much get away with it. John Sides - September 6, 2016 [caption id="attachment_7495" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] (Shutterstock.com)[/caption] Most political observers are familiar
GOP voters picked Trump. Party leaders aren’t falling in line. Here’s why that’s surprising. Jeffery Jenkins and Boris Heersink - May 10, 2016 Now that Donald Trump has all but wrapped up the
One-third of all U.S. presidents appointed a Supreme Court justice in an election year Barbara Perry - February 29, 2016 Eminent Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes famously described his fellow
Will superdelegates pick the Democratic nominee? Here’s everything you need to know. Stephen Voss - February 26, 2016 [caption id="attachment_34791" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton (left)
Has Britain’s Labour party already lost the 2020 election? Andrew Gelman - September 14, 2015 [caption id="attachment_29358" align="aligncenter" width="982"] Jeremy Corbyn speaks on stage after
Has Britain's Labour party already lost the 2020 election? Andrew Gelman - September 14, 2015 [caption id="attachment_29358" align="aligncenter" width="982"] Jeremy Corbyn speaks on stage after
Can Bernie win in 2016? Andrew Gelman - August 17, 2015 [caption id="attachment_27976" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders
What If a Party Re-branded Itself, and Americans Never Noticed? John Sides - June 14, 2013 Greg Sargent: bq. Which raises a question that I wish
George McGovern and the 1972 election Andrew Gelman - October 22, 2012 The death of George McGovern has got people thinking again
Polarization is Real (and Asymmetric) Nolan McCarty - May 15, 2012 This post is co-authored with Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, and
Does Military Service Help Candidates? John Sides - November 18, 2008 I interrupt this discussion of bagels to bring you a
A Small Dose of Perspective - November 5, 2008 In 1964, when Barry Goldwater was roundly defeated by Lyndon