Mount Holyoke College Archives

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

Adam Hilton - January 24, 2022

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

Amelia Malpas and Adam Hilton - March 19, 2021

Democrats have been moving to the left since well before the pandemic, our research finds

Adam Hilton - April 9, 2020

A look at this year’s primaries shows it’s more complicated than that.

Adam Hilton - April 26, 2019

Former Massachusetts governor Bill Weld speaks during a New England

Brett Kyle and Andrew Reiter - September 5, 2018

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Christopher Mitchell - May 21, 2018

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Adam Hilton - December 12, 2017

On Friday and Saturday, the Democratic Party’s Unity Reform Commission

Elizabeth Markovits - March 4, 2016

[caption id="attachment_36805" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks

Susan Bickford and Elizabeth Markovits - June 15, 2014

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="606"] This Sept. 2, 2012 photo released