Right-wing populist parties have risen. Populism hasn’t.
The success of these parties isn’t about a surge in populist sentiments.
Will protests over the Israel-Hamas war shift U.S. policy?
Two experts share their insights on the growing number of U.S. protest events.
Why journalists are losing their jobs in record numbers
The Trump bump was fated to fade.
Welcome to Good Authority
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What did we learn from the 2022 U.S. midterm elections?
The TMC 2022 roundups: U.S. elections
Twitter started fact-checking Trump. Then Trump threatened to close it down.
Trump says he will regulate or close social media platforms rather than allow them to silence conservatives.
About The Monkey Cage
What is The Monkey Cage?“Democracy is the art of running
Why 41 percent of white millennials voted for Trump
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The 2017 TMC Holiday Gift Guide
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In every state, majorities oppose Trump’s proposed ban on transgender military service
After President Trump recently proposed to ban transgender people from
Trump wants to investigate purported mass voter fraud. We pre-debunked his evidence
Update: Here is a letter signed by many political scientists
The 2016 TMC Holiday Gift Guide
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Which election forecast was the most accurate? Or rather: The least wrong?
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In Hillary Clinton’s run, the ‘woman card’ works in surprising ways. Here’s how.
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Is it possible to have populism without racism?
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No, actually Hillary Clinton won Tuesday night
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Here’s a list of smart women political scientists. They know stuff, too.
[caption id="attachment_35577" align="aligncenter" width="2019"] Elinor Ostrom is a great example
The Monkey Cage Holiday Gift Guide
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What do your taxes pay for? This month, U.K. citizens get the answer in the mail.
[caption id="attachment_32621" align="aligncenter" width="908"] The Internal Revenue Service, on May,
This is what Twitter can teach us about John Kasich’s (and everyone else’s!) debate performance
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Trump picks a fight with Fox News. Who wins?
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This is the Twitter data from last night's GOP debate you are not supposed to pay attention to this morning
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This is the Twitter data from last night’s GOP debate you are not supposed to pay attention to this morning
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The awesome power of social media, Part II
Joshua Tucker: Earlier this week I blogged here at The
How did the pollsters get the British elections so very wrong?
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Map of the Day: With the recession over, are states investing in higher ed?
Along with most state discretionary spending, state support for higher
The question to ask about Boris Nemtsov's murder is not who but why?
The following is a guest post from University of Oklahoma
The question to ask about Boris Nemtsov’s murder is not who but why?
The following is a guest post from University of Oklahoma
The most popular Monkey Cage posts in 2014
2014 was Monkey Cage's first full calendar year at The
Comment threads are messy, but so is democracy
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A coup for democracy?
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Do non-citizens vote in U.S. elections? A reply to our critics.
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Journal of Experimental Political Science (JEPS) launches!
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The opportunities and challenges of online open-access publishing
This week around 7,000 political scientists will descend on Washington for the
What’s the value of early Senate polls?
Some recent discussions of Senate forecasting models have looked at current
On the eve of Malawi's election
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On the eve of Malawi’s election
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Republicans have a 77% chance of taking the Senate
Our new Senate forecast gives the Republicans a 77 percent
Why we should be sober about the long-term prospects of stable democracy in Ukraine
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Why the Crimean referendum is about strength rather than legitimacy
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Who are the protesters in Ukraine?
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Politico mocks and then agrees with our Senate forecast
Friday's "Playbook" features some commentary on our Senate forecasting model,
How protest and violence in Ukraine could give way to unity
Joshua Tucker: The following is guest post from political scientists Kataryna
About The Monkey Cage
What is The Monkey Cage? “Democracy is the art of
Predictions for 2014 and happy New Year!
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Does public broadcasting increase current affairs knowledge?
[Joshua Tucker: Continuing our series of collaboration with political science
"The definitive account of what really happened and what really mattered in the campaign."
This week I will be writing some posts about a
German Post-Election Analysis: Merkel Wins! Sort of…
One of our regular features here at The Monkey Cage
Call For Election Report Contributors, and an Update on Disciplinary News at TMC after the move to the Washington Post
So a quick addendum to some earlier discussions about the
Creating More Knowledgeable Americans via Public Broadcasting
This is a guest post by Patrick O’Mahen, a fellow
Blogging
A journalist asked me for my thoughts on academics and
The Monkey Cage Is Moving to the Washington Post
We are very pleased to announce that The Monkey
The Harris-VandeHei Interview Sells Even Politico Short
Following up on David's post, I wanted to offer a
Roundtable on the 2012 Election, Featuring Ezra Klein and Nate Silver
At the upcoming meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association
Develop New Apps to Make Government Work Better
I'm a judge in a new competition sponsored by ChallengePost
Robert Cottrell on the Value of Academic Blogging
Robert Cottrell has a very nice "long piece":http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/009050e4-75ea-11e2-9891-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2L0US3ENp in the
Santa’s (Political!) Party
The following is a guest post from Dr. Will Jennings, Senior
Tweeting Monkeys
As Twitter becomes an increasingly important part of politics, political
New “Polisci Perspective” Feature at Wonkblog
Ezra Klein's Wonkblog now includes a weekly feature called "Polisci
For Congressional Candidates, Party Trumps Constituency
This post is jointly authored with Boris Shor of the
In Defense of the Electoral College
Over the past few weeks, I have had the enjoyable
Prediction Markets and Polls: What the Research Shows
One more interesting point to add to the recent discussion
The Monkey Cage Named to Time’s Best 25 Blogs
Time Magazine has named The Monkey Cage to its list
Here We Go Again…
Niall Ferguson at The Daily Beast yesterday: It’s a paradox.
The Perils of the Perception of a Politicized Presidency
The prospective rewards for a president who devotes substantial time
President Obama’s Record Breaking Fundraising an Unintended Consequence of Campaign Finance Rules
When President Obama headlined his 194th fundraiser for the Obama
Storable votes: Can we solve gridlock and yet protect the minority?
This is a guest post from Alessandra Casella, an economics
Media Bias in Coverage of 2012 US Presidential Election?
The all-politics-all-the-time website Politico has a section called "The Arena"
Interpreting Gay Marriage Poll Results: Do the Bumps and Wiggles Mean Anything?
This is a second guest post by Ryan Enos and
A Foolish Consistency?
Prominent journalist Marc Ambinder is leaving Washington for Los Angeles.
The Pro Bowl of Political Science
Over at FiveThirtyEight, Nate Silver and the Monkey Cage's own
Hungary’s Democratic Crisis: Comments from David Stark and János Kornai
Columbia University Professor David Stark sends along the following comments
Vladimir Putin and Mitt Romney: How they May Have Surprisingly Similar Problems
It is not shaping up to be a great week
Tweets and Likes
Here at The Monkey Cage we allow people to "Tweet"
“Nowcasting” the 2012 US Presidential Elections
We are pleased to welcome professors Charles Tien of Hunter
More on Mandatory Voting, Which Does *Not* Necessarily Make Electorate Less Informed
In response to the lively debate between the New York
Portfolios of Members of Congress *Underperform* the Wider Market
In the best spirit of The Monkey Cage, Princeton political
Graphiti
Hi everyone, as John Sides has already written, my name
Crowd Sourcing a Bibliography: Social Media and Protest
I want to try something new here at The Monkey
Guest-blogger Jason Lyall
We're pleased to welcome guest-blogger Jason Lyall to The Monkey
Ambassador McFaul
One of the main goals of The Monkey Cage is
The Monkey Cage Named “Blog of the Year”
As Henry alluded to, and Seth Masket already noticed, The
The Partisan Trust Gap
The following is a guest post by "Mike Sances":http://web.mit.edu/polisci/people/gradstudents/mike-sances.shtml: *****
Thoughts on the Appropriations Scrimmage
Let me add two thoughts to the Monkey Cage thread
Me, My Post, and Arianna: Now Let’s Talk Real Synergies…
While I was away this weekend at the "Midwest Political
Clean Elections vs. Political Speech
One of the "goals of The Monkey Cage":https://themonkeycage.org/2007/11/why_this_blog.html is to
Monkey Cage to Begin Charging NY Times Employees for Access
As many of you may know by now, last week
Potpourri
* "Last WWI veteran dies":http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011/02/28/us/AP-US-Obit-Last-WWI-Veteran.html. * Following "Monkey Cage guest
Southern Sudan Referendum on Secession: Post-Plebiscite Report
We are pleased to welcome back "Cameron Wimpy":http://people.tamu.edu/~cwimpy/, a Ph.D.
Academic Blogging, Style, and Substance
"Brad DeLong":http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2011/01/forthcoming-new-york-times-story-on-academic-webloggers.html: bq. The best of us webloggers try to
Response to Lane Kenworthy
As a regular reader of The Monkey Cage, I am
A Conversation about WikiLeaks
One of the ways we can use The Monkey Cage
The Depths of Our Problem
Even though The Monkey Cage is now recognized as one
The Enthusiasm Gap
I've been thinking a lot lately about the now much
Bleg: Help Name a New Political Science Blog
A colleague tells me of a new political science blog
Paul Krugman: Welcome to the Monkey Cage!
Paul Krugman (my former colleague in the "Woodrow Wilson School":http://wws.princeton.edu/
Elaborating on the statement that “elections are inherently more unstable when more than two candidates are involved”
One fun thing about posting on 3 blogs is that
CJR on polsci blogs and journalism
The new issue of the _Columbia Journalism Review_ has an
Political Scientist Gets it Right! 2010 Hungarian Election Results
"Last week on The Monkey Cage":https://themonkeycage.org/2010/04/hungarian_election_prediction.html "Professor Ken Benoit":http://www.kenbenoit.net/ predicted
Trust and the Economy: Journalists Getting It Wrong Edition
"Jonathan Bernstein":http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/02/trust.html (guesting at Andrew Sullivan's blog) complains about an