A third party could be successful. But probably not this one. Seth Masket - August 3, 2022 To win voters, a party has to stand for something. But what would the Forward Party do in office?
Silicon Valley paints itself as a hotbed of free enterprise. Here’s how the government helped build it. Henry Farrell - July 16, 2019 Margaret O’Mara’s book explains how government, women and marketing pizzazz helped build up Silicon Valley.
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
5 things you need to know about how third-party candidates did in 2016 Kyle Kopko and Christopher Devine - November 15, 2016 [caption id="attachment_49613" align="aligncenter" width="960"] From left, Libertarian presidential candidate Gary
The U.S. has more third-party candidates than it’s seen in a century. Why? Matthew Hindman and Bernard Tamas - August 31, 2016 Third-party candidates have had a lot of buzz in the
Could a third-party candidate win the U.S. presidency? That’s very unlikely. Amanda Skuldt - August 2, 2016 [caption id="attachment_44790" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A supporter of former Democratic presidential
A surprising number of Americans dislike how messy democracy is. They like Trump. John Hibbing and Elizabeth Theiss-Morse - May 2, 2016 [caption id="attachment_39913" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks
Is Donald Trump leading a realignment of the GOP? Maybe not. Chris Baylor - March 21, 2016 [caption id="attachment_36766" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump listens
Is it crazy for Michael Bloomberg to run for president? Maybe not. Robert Shapiro - January 23, 2016 [caption id="attachment_34718" align="aligncenter" width="908"] (REUTERS/Stephane Mahe)[/caption] Today's report that former
The Trump phenomenon and the European populist radical right Cas Mudde - August 26, 2015 [caption id="attachment_28922" align="aligncenter" width="992"] Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump speaks
Can the “discharge rule” save Congress? - January 18, 2013 Ezra Klein offers a provocative argument: Perhaps the House discharge
In Defense of the Electoral College Joshua Tucker - October 26, 2012 Over the past few weeks, I have had the enjoyable
Forecasting Follow-up to Jay Cost John Sides - April 25, 2012 Jay Cost responds to the Washington Post's forecasting model that
Change from Within John Sides - October 19, 2011 In this dialogue with Matt Miller, Ezra Klein channels a
Is Ron Paul Changing American Politics? John Sides - December 26, 2007 bq. Ron Paul is changing the ideological landscape of American