Elections

Railroad Blues

The smaller Democratic clusters along the rivers and railroads are overwhelmed by their solidly Republican surroundings. 

  • Jonathan Rodden
  • Jowei Chen

Republicans’ 2012 Electoral Problem

Hispanics are developing stronger attachments to the Democrats.

  • Stephen Ansolabehere

All About Obama

Five books consider the Obama presidency.

  • Mark Schmitt

Run For Office

Voting is important, but American democracy depends on another form of civic participation: running for office.

  • Stephen Ansolabehere

Weak Tea

Tea Party-endorsed Republicans didn't do much better than non-endorsed Republicans. Many did worse. 

  • Stephen Ansolabehere
  • James M. Snyder, Jr.

Ten Years After Bush v. Gore

The case casts a shadow far beyond the Court’s election-law docket.

  • Pamela S. Karlan

Sign up for our newsletter

Unsafe Seats

  • Stephen Ansolabehere

The Heinrich Maneuver

The success of the New Mexico freshman. 

  • Andrew Schrank

Midterm Postmortem

 The Democrats suffered a historic defeat.

  • Eric McGhee
  • Brendan Nyhan
  • John Sides

State of the Nation: Elections Foretold

  • Stephen Ansolabehere

Democracy after Citizens United

The framers intended Congress to be “dependent upon the People alone,” but the private funding of public campaigns has bred within Congress a conflicting dependency.

  • Lawrence Lessig
with responses from
  • Will Wilkinson
  • Marvin Ammori
  • David Donnelly
  • David N. Bossie
  • Allison R. Hayward
  • John Bonifaz & Jeffrey Clements
  • Representative Donna F. Edwards
  • Ciara Torres-Spelliscy
  • Nancy L. Rosenblum

Early and Often

How accurate are voter registration lists?

  • Stephen Ansolabehere
  • Eitan Hersh

State of the Nation: What happened in Massachusetts

Scott Brown’s victory over Martha Coakley sent shock waves through the electoral landscape.

  • Stephen Ansolabehere
  • Charles Stewart III

Stories and Stats

The truth about Obama’s victory wasn’t in the papers.

  • Andrew Gelman
  • John Sides
with responses from
  • Rick Perlstein
  • Michael C. Dawson
  • Richard Johnston & Emily Thorson
  • Mark Schmitt

State of the Nation: Amazing Race

How post-racial was Obama’s victory?

  • Stephen Ansolabehere
  • Charles Stewart III

State of the Nation: Disapproval and Trust

How Americans view their government.

  • Stephen Ansolabehere

Obama’s Bolt from the Blue

. By restricting religious hiring rights, Obama’s faith-based initiative attacks the very thing it claims to be supporting. 

  • Lew Daly

State of the Nation: Electricity and Elections

How Americans feel about energy companies.

  • Stephen Ansolabehere

Breakout

Hamas and the end of the two-state solution.

  • Helena Cobban

Six Ways to Reform Democracy

Creating a more productive politics for the future.

  • Luis Ricardo Fraga
  • Archon Fung
  • Heather Gerken
  • Samuel Issacharoff
  • Pamela S. Karlan
  • Alex Keyssar

Politics as Usual

How the Republicans came to rule the South

  • Jefferson Decker

The Brotherhood

How far will Egypt’s Islamists go? 

  • Stephen Glain

Ending Polarization

The good news about the culture wars

  • John Gastil
  • Dan M. Kahan
  • Donald Braman

How Can the Democrats Win?

Democrats must embrace an economic liberalism superjumbo, and they must stick with it even if they lose.

  • Rick Perlstein
with responses from
  • William A. Galston
  • Adolph Reed Jr.
  • Ruy Teixeira
  • Dan Carol
  • Daniel Cantor
  • Robert B. Reich
  • Michael C. Dawson
  • Elaine Kamarck
  • Richard Delgado
  • Stanley Aronowitz
  • Philip Klinker
  • Larry M. Bartels
trending_flat
Get our newsletter

Vital reading on politics, ideas, and culture to your inbox

A political and literary forum, independent and nonprofit since 1975

Registered 501(c)(3) organization

Help Us Stay Paywall-Free

Donate

Become a Member

Subscribe