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How Did We Get Here: Women and Minorities in American Political Parties
Federal law was necessary to stop states from discriminating against minorities in 1965; it may be necessary today.
October 12, 2023
Federal law was necessary to stop states from discriminating against minorities in 1965; it may be necessary today.
October 12, 2023
Groups and factions are central to any understanding of American political parties as organizations and as an organizing force in American politics.
October 12, 2023
A judge issued a sweeping victory for former Trump campaign staffer Jessica Denson, signing off on a settlement that will permanently free all 2016 Trump Campaign workers from illegal NDAs.
October 11, 2023
This chapter examines demographic divisions in our partisan choices. It shows that race, more than anything else, divides us politically.
October 10, 2023
According to recent opinion polls in the United States and other democracies, political parties are the least trusted public institution.
October 10, 2023
The solution to today’s political problems is not to eliminate parties altogether. Instead, we want those working to improve American politics are all starting on the same page.
October 6, 2023
This report exists in no small part because of where we are currently in American political time. American politics and indeed American society are highly polarized and deeply divided.
October 6, 2023
The idea for this task force was the result of two separate but parallel sets of conversations — one that began during my presidency of APSA, and one that preceded it.
October 5, 2023
APSA and Protect Democracy have partnered to support the APSA Presidential Task Force on Political Parties in summarizing the existing political science research on responsible political parties.
October 5, 2023
Today, a federal court greenlit a lawsuit against Dinesh D’Souza and others for peddling manufactured lies that the 2020 presidential election was stolen.
October 2, 2023