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The Impact of the 19th Amendment
Women's suffrage wasn't everything its detractors warned or its proponents promised, but it has had profound effects on the past century.
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MISCHIEFS OF FACTION
Reflections on Parties and Their Place in Politics
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Seth Masket
Aug 24, 20204 min read
The Party Abides
The Republican Party concedes that reelecting Trump is not just its chief goal, but its only goal
Julia Azari
Aug 12, 20205 min read
Harris is the veep pick. What does it tell us about party politics?
by Julia Azari and William D. Adler (cross-posted at ahousedividedapd.com) After one of the longest and most visible Veepstakes periods...
Seth Masket
Jul 30, 20204 min read
Do Really, Really Bad GDP Numbers Mean a Really, Really Bad November for Trump? Well...
The economy shrank by 9.5 points in the 2nd quarter. That's really bad, but can we forecast the vote from it?
Seth Masket
Jul 28, 20203 min read
The Awkward Coalition of Democrats and Lincoln Project Conservatives
Coalitions are inherently unwieldy, ugly, unstable, and unsatisfying. They're also effective.
Matthew Green
Jul 22, 20204 min read
Cheney versus the Freedom Caucus
The recent GOP brouhaha is indicative of how closely the House Freedom Caucus and its allies have tied themselves to Trump.
Seth Masket
Jul 20, 20204 min read
Two Things the Trump Team is Sort of Getting Right
The Trump campaign is playing a bad hand reasonably well.
Seth Masket
Jul 6, 20203 min read
The Supreme Court reminded us that the Electoral College doesn't deliberate
The Court's decision makes clear that the Electoral College doesn't deliberate - it exists to give some states a representational advantage
Matthew Green
Jul 6, 20204 min read
What Molly Ball’s new book teaches us about leadership in Congress
The latest biography of Speaker Nancy Pelosi offers some sharp insights into her political career and how power is exercised in Congress.
Seth Masket
Jun 30, 20203 min read
Surprise, the better-known candidate with more money and party backing won despite gaffes
Hickenlooper had the edge on the fundamentals, but Romanoff was the better campaigner. Guess which mattered more.
The Staff
Jun 30, 20206 min read
How Covid-19 Lockdowns Contributed to Black Lives Matter Protests
The Black Lives Matter protests in June show that having time off work is one of the most important resources for social movements.
Julia Azari
Jun 25, 20208 min read
What would a Biden era be like? Recent protests give us some ideas.
I didn’t know when I wrote my Super Tuesday blog post on March 4 that I was in the last week of a normal, pre-pandemic world. I wrote...
The Staff
Jun 23, 20205 min read
Biden’s VP Selection is Unlikely to Have Much of an Effect on the Dynamics of the Race
Should Joe Biden choose Kamala Harris or Elizabeth Warren as his VP? New polling suggests neither has a strong effect on voters' choices.
The Staff
Jun 8, 20204 min read
Does protesters' dissatisfaction with democracy explain willingness to use violence?
By Michael Heaney Within days of the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers on May 25, 2020, peaceful protests – as well...
The Staff
Jun 8, 20202 min read
What's a Proportional Police Response? It Depends on Who's Watching
It turns out that white people and black people have different views about what's an appropriate police response to disruptive protest.
Seth Masket
Jun 4, 20204 min read
In Defense of (Good) Photo Ops
A good photo op has important symbolic value and can be empowering. Trump's Bible stunt was pretty much the opposite.
Matthew Green
Jun 2, 20203 min read
When D.C. Becomes a Political Prop
Trump’s odd photo-op underscores how most politicians see the nation’s capital: as a cheap political prop.
The Staff
Jun 2, 20204 min read
Americans Are Taking Collective Action on Both Sides of COVID-related Policies
By Michael T. Heaney If you have followed recent news stories about protests seeking to end COVID-related stay-at-home orders –...
Jennifer N. Victor
May 31, 20205 min read
Democracy is an individual trait
As unrest in America’s cities grows in response to overwhelming injustices, along with the devastating scourge of pandemic disease that...
The Staff
May 22, 20204 min read
To Crack Down on Dissent in Hong Kong, Beijing is Sidelining Local Democratic Institutions
The COVID-19 crisis presents challenges for transnational allies to remain vigilant against encroaching threats in Hong Kong.
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