Good to Know: Continuing resolutions Sarah Binder - January 22, 2024 Here’s why Congress can’t kick the habit.
In New York City, did ranked-choice voting let the wealthy override the working class? Benjamin P. Lempert - July 6, 2021 That’s what the Adams campaign suggested. Let’s look at the evidence.
Congress is about to loosen the reins on the banking industry. Here’s why. Christopher Mitchell - May 21, 2018 [caption id="attachment_73603" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Souvenir license plates for sale at
Why do white men love Donald Trump so much? Howard Rosenthal - September 8, 2016 [caption id="attachment_45968" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] (Scott Olson/Getty Images)[/caption] The rise of
Here are four possible reasons that the White House wants a filibuster on the Iran nuclear deal Gregory Koger - September 9, 2015 [caption id="attachment_29219" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (AP
Can unlimited contributions to political parties really reduce polarization? Lee Drutman - June 23, 2015 [caption id="attachment_26288" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] The U.S. Capitol Reflecting Pool. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)[/caption]
Everything you need to know about our polarized politics (in the palm of your hand) John Sides - March 15, 2015 [caption id="attachment_22391" align="aligncenter" width="2448"] (Photo by John Sides)[/caption] In Jonathan
Polarization without parties Seth Masket - January 15, 2015 [caption id="attachment_20152" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Source: Nebraskalegislature.gov[/caption] For many decades, Nebraska's
Grading the Cromnibus Nolan McCarty - December 12, 2014 The spending legislation predicted to pass the Senate contains
Are Republicans really driving congressional polarization? Maybe not. L.J. Zigerell - September 11, 2014 The notion of "asymmetric polarization" is commonplace in political discourse
Politics stops at the water's edge? Not recently. - February 10, 2014 Robert J. Lieber is professor of government and international affairs
Politics stops at the water’s edge? Not recently. - February 10, 2014 Robert J. Lieber is professor of government and international affairs
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
Want to know more about political polarization? The Monkey Cage has answers–and questions. - January 8, 2014 If there is a skeleton key that commentators and political
Reforming primary elections won't make government better John Sides - October 18, 2013 Amy Walter on our political dysfunction and polarization: The way
Want Data on the Ideologies of 18,000 State Legislators? John Sides - May 21, 2013 Here it is, courtesy of Boris Shor and Nolan McCarty.
Gerrymandering Isn’t What’s Wrong with Our Politics John Sides - February 4, 2013 bq. The most important influence on how members of Congress
Recess is Over? Andrew Rudalevige - January 27, 2013 You will recall that in January 2012, President Obama named
Tweeting Monkeys Joshua Tucker - November 20, 2012 As Twitter becomes an increasingly important part of politics, political
For Congressional Candidates, Party Trumps Constituency Eric McGhee - November 5, 2012 This post is jointly authored with Boris Shor of the
Don’t Blame Gerrymandering for Polarization, Redux Joshua Tucker - October 29, 2012 How much of Congress’s polarization can be attributed to gerrymandering?
Zombie Politics: Redistricting and Party Polarization John Sides - October 21, 2012 Aaron Blake: The once-in-a-decade redistricting process has taken the nation’s
Symposium on Timothy Groseclose’s Arguments about Liberal Bias Henry Farrell - September 7, 2012 The current issue of _Perspectives on Politics_ includes a symposium
Is Paul Ryan Really the Most Conservative Vice-Presidential Nominee? John Sides - August 13, 2012 This is a guest post from University of California, Berkeley
Political Science Serving the Public Interest Nolan McCarty - May 30, 2012 On May 9, the House of Representatives adopted a provision
Polarization is Real (and Asymmetric) Nolan McCarty - May 15, 2012 This post is co-authored with Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, and
Nolan McCarty Joins The Monkey Cage John Sides - January 6, 2012 We are very pleased to have Nolan McCarty as a
Getting the Facts Straight: Payroll Tax Edition Joshua Tucker - December 22, 2011 From Princeton political scientist Nolan McCarty's blog: For me at
Designed to Fail? John Sides - November 27, 2011 Nolan McCarty on the super-committee: Given the degree of polarization
Portfolios of Members of Congress *Underperform* the Wider Market Joshua Tucker - November 15, 2011 In the best spirit of The Monkey Cage, Princeton political
The Parties Really Are Unified John Sides - January 5, 2011 A while back, I "took Gail Collins to task":https://themonkeycage.org/2009/04/what_doesnt_gail_collins_under.html for
Why don’t low-income whites love the Democrats? - December 6, 2010 _Unequal Democracy_ is one of the best books on American
Downsizing Legislatures John Sides - October 26, 2010 Monkey Cage reader Thomas Hurst sends me "this Wall Street
The Return of the (Really) Conservative Democrat? Andrew Gelman - May 17, 2010 Boris Shor writes: Alan Mollohan (D), who has represented West
Natural Experiments in Legislative Polarization John Sides - March 30, 2010 Following on my response to Ezra (see also Ezra again
What Happens When Congress Fails to Do Its Job? John Sides - March 30, 2010 That it is a title of a Newsweek essay by
Scott Brown is a liberal Republican Andrew Gelman - January 15, 2010 Boris Shor writes: A special Senate election is being held
Scozzafava is a Conservative Republican (by New York State standards) Andrew Gelman - October 21, 2009 My colleague Boris Shor has performed some analysis (jointly with
Obama’s (First?) Nobel Prize Joshua Tucker - October 9, 2009 There is an active discussion going on over at "Politico's
Studying the dimensionality of political preferences Andrew Gelman - October 6, 2009 Keith Ellis writes: I've been wondering about are the use
If Thomas Friedman was a Political Scientist Joshua Tucker - September 30, 2009 Thomas Friedman has an "interesting column":http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/30/opinion/30friedman.html in the NY Times
Public Opinion and Health Care Reform Joshua Tucker - June 22, 2009 In his "NY Times column":http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/22/opinion/22krugman.html?ref=opinion today, Paul Krugman writes: bq.
A Little More Precision on the Rules for Health Care Reform Legislation Joshua Tucker - June 10, 2009 It has been said that a little knowledge is a
Polarization and Health Care Reform John Sides - June 9, 2009 Since I've said bad things about Matt Bai, let me
Are Conservatives More Clever than They Appear? Joshua Tucker - May 20, 2009 Over at "Politico.com's Arena":http://www.politico.com/arena/, the topic of the day today
What Do Social Scientists Want? (and Why Is It Different From What Journalists and Politicians are Looking For)? Henry Farrell - May 14, 2009 Some thoughts on the relationship between political science, journalism and
Where In the World Is Arlen Specter? John Sides - May 12, 2009 bq. New Specter will be just like Old Specter, voting
Clearing the Field in Pennsylvania Joshua Tucker - May 4, 2009 "Last week":https://themonkeycage.org/2009/04/how_liberal_will_specter_be.html, John noted that many thought Senator Specter must
What Doesn’t Gail Collins Understand about Party Unity? John Sides - April 29, 2009 Via Ezra Klein, I see that Gail Collins wrote the
How Liberal Will Specter Be? John Sides - April 29, 2009 Simon Jackman shows that Specter was the 3rd most liberal
Red State, Blue State discussion at Talking Points Memo Andrew Gelman - April 21, 2009 This week, the political website Talking Points Memo is having
Is the Obama administration to the right of Congress? Henry Farrell - December 22, 2008 "Chris Bowers":http://www.openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=10580 (via Matt Yglesias) Of the eighteen cabinet members
Nolan McCarty’s Blog John Sides - December 14, 2008 Andy's post below alerts me to Nolan McCarty's new blog.
Low-turnout runoff elections; skepticism about the “balancing” argument Andrew Gelman - December 14, 2008 Nolan McCarty writes: Saxby Chambliss won reelection in the Georgia
Blagojevich Andrew Gelman - December 10, 2008 Boris posted some thoughts about the ideological positions of the
Nixonland panel Henry Farrell - October 30, 2008 In September, I organized a panel on Rick Perlstein's recent
The political economy of inequality Henry Farrell - October 20, 2008 Thanks to Lee for pointing me to this "very interesting
Campaign Rhetoric and Political Reality, Part 2 John Sides - February 29, 2008 A while back, I took on Frank Rich's notion that
Polarization in the 2005-2006 Congress Highest in 120 Years - January 3, 2008 While political scientists rarely agree on anything, there seems to