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What the House's passage of the debt limit bill tells us about the speakership of Kevin McCarthy and political parties in Congress.

The historic and dramatic election for Speaker underscores some basic features of Congress and congressional parties.

Lauren Boebert had an awesome week, and not many people in the House did. She seemed to know when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em.

Democrats could make a point of order at the conclusion of a Speaker ballot that a plurality is sufficient to win

2022 saw a rise in Republican-leaning pollsters as Election Day approached, which may have biased some aggregate forecasts.

State legislatures have sometimes chosen leaders with cross-party coalitions, but conditions in the U.S. House make it unlikely

The past couple of weeks have produced some very ambiguous news about the future of Trump and the GOP. One of the most prominent...

Some states voted a lot more Democratic in 2022 than they did in 2020, and some voted a lot more Republican. Is this unusual?

No one knows if Trump coalition will turnout. And no one knows whether Dobbs will disrupt the usual midterm backlash

We don't know the election results yet, but we know what pundits are going to say.

Like other congressional party platforms, it isn’t likely to influence the election -- but it does serve other purposes.

Reporters holding back juicy quotes is not affecting the outcome of events. The same information is almost always already out there.

Our ancestors taught us how to defeat autocracy in the U.S.; we should heed them. It's tempting to start a 10-year retrospective on...

Congressional parties have changed in the past decade -- and differently across parties and chambers.

What the last decade has shown us about polarization, leadership, and institutions.

Are we still better off with parties than without them? What we've learned about their vulnerabilities and dangers in the past decade.

In 2022, what traditional forecast models are telling is wildly different from what everything else is telling us. Here's why.

by Casey Burgat Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) may be right (well, at least about one part of one thing): the institution-shaking Supreme...

Something interesting happened in last week's primary elections in Colorado. In several key races, the Republican Party seemed to rally...