These were our 10 most popular posts of 2020 E.J. Graff - December 31, 2020 Readers were very interested in elections, successions, and a virus we hadn’t heard of just a year ago.
Part 2: What happens if a U.S. presidential candidate withdraws or dies before the election or inauguration? Joshua Tucker - May 14, 2020 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? Joshua Tucker and Richard H. Pildes - May 14, 2020 With a pandemic spreading and two presumptive nominees over 70, we had to ask.
The Wisconsin primary had extraordinarily high voter turnout Richard H. Pildes and Charles Stewart III - April 15, 2020 We analyzed this two ways. The result was the same: Unexpectedly high rates of voting, despite the chaos.
What comes next in the fight against partisan gerrymandering John Sides - October 13, 2018 [caption id="attachment_72699" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Demonstrators rally with cutouts of congressional
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
Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation shattered political conventions. Here is why. Richard Pildes - April 10, 2017 http://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/vice-president-pence-reads-final-vote-tally-confirming-gorsuch-to-supreme-court/2017/04/07/635f7fb0-1bae-11e7-8598-9a99da559f9e_video.html The confirmation of Justice Neil M. Gorsuch to the
The GOP’s health-care failure is no one-off event. Welcome to our fragmented politics. Richard Pildes - March 26, 2017 [caption id="attachment_55861" align="aligncenter" width="960"] House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-
What happens if a U.S. presidential candidate withdraws (or dies) before the election is over? Joshua Tucker - September 14, 2016 [caption id="attachment_46217" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Barack Obama swears on Abraham Lincoln's
Two myths about the unruly American primary system Richard Pildes - May 25, 2016 [caption id="attachment_38412" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] The symbols of the Democratic (donkey)
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
Can political party super-PACS reduce polarization? Richard Pildes - September 26, 2014 [caption id="attachment_16139" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of
Want to reduce polarization? Give parties more money. Ray LaRaja and Brian Schaffner - July 21, 2014 [caption id="attachment_13139" align="aligncenter" width="620"] (Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg News)[/caption] In a recently
Our political parties are networked, not fragmented John Sides - February 14, 2014 [caption id="attachment_6649" align="aligncenter" width="640" special=""] (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)[/caption] This
How to fix our polarized politics? Strengthen political parties. John Sides - February 6, 2014 [caption id="attachment_6140" align="aligncenter" width="542" special=""] Boehner shakes hands with President
Around the Polisci Blogosphere John Sides - June 30, 2013 This is the inaugural post in what we hope will
Drone Links Andrew Rudalevige - February 7, 2013 John Brennan's confirmation hearing has just started - it's over
Should voting be mandatory? Andrew Gelman - November 8, 2011 You can see my contribution to the discussion here. I