Are the parties over? Here, a general view of the scene on the floor of the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, July 1960. Credit: AP Photo In 2016 and 2020, the runner-up for the ...
America’s political parties weren’t supposed to wield the power they have today. In fact, George Washington warned us about them. In his 1796 Farewell Address, he called political factions “the worst ...
EU rules help strengthen requirements relating to financing and transparency for European political parties and foundations and limit the risk of foreign interference. On this page What are European ...
In his 1963 book The Deadlock of Democracy, political historian James MacGregor Burns offered a novel suggestion. Then as now, most academics agreed that America’s party system was an unusually stable ...
In the vast majority of the 24 countries surveyed, politicians are the most common subject of proposals to improve democracy. Some call for different types of people to enter the political arena, ...
On 20 October 2020, in the middle of a bitterly contested US election season, there was an unexpected détente in Utah. Two opposing candidates for governor, Spencer Cox (a Republican) and Chris ...
Although experts generally agree that populist political leaders or parties display high levels of anti-elitism, definitions of populism vary. We use three measures to classify populist parties: ...
Re: “ ‘Let’s be bold in America’: Booker logs longest-ever Senate speech” (April 2, A1): U.S. Sen. Cory Booker is my new hero. Democrats have been wringing their hands for 10 weeks about how to push ...
Tribes have long been recognized as a key player in Iraqi politics. Yet, as the Oct. 10 elections approach, the large tribal gatherings and celebrations at which the country’s political blocs would ...