MISCHIEFS OF FACTION

Some political lessons we can learn from 2020, even if we don't have all the evidence yet.

2016 was traumatizing for many Democrats, who won't trust a polling lead again for years to come

The VP nominee process looks a lot like the one party reformers have been pushing for the presidency

Azari and Masket look at an unusually public campaign for the vice presidential slot and what that tells us about parties.

Part II of whether the parties are weak or strong, with a look at the end of the 2020 nomination contest and Biden's strengths as a nominee.

Julia Azari and Seth Masket argue over whether parties are strong or weak, focusing on Kamala Harris' withdrawal.

The Dems did in three days what the GOP failed to do in all of 2015 and 2016: coordinate on a candidate.

After Joe Biden won the South Carolina primary, a lot of power players in the Democratic Party have come to his aid. Rivals Pete...

The normal calculations a party makes when deciding on a nominee have been short-circuited this cycle.

This year, I took a group of Georgetown's best students to Iowa to see the nation's first caucuses unfold. (I'm taking groups to New...

As the invisible primary comes to an end, a look at how much work the party has already done.

As the Iowa caucuses approach, there’s been lots of talk on the internet about whether Bernie Sanders can win. He’s gained support in the...

Sanders has significant strengths, but may have a harder time than other candidates in translating those into a majority of delegates.

Many engaged Democrats debate the merits of the large field of presidential candidates on social media, and this conversation can...

What would each nominee tell us about the strengths of the party?

The 2020 Democratic primary process is heating up. The field of Democrats is already winnowing, and there are a lot of data-driven tea...

The DNC never had the kind of power that its critics accused it of abusing. Now it does.

Voters tend to see women and people of color as more ideologically extreme even when they're not.

Hickenlooper's withdrawal shows the heavy hand of the party working to steer him toward a Senate race.

It may be that 2020 teaches us more about 2016 than the other way around. What if Trump hadn’t run, or what if hadn’t received the intense b