The American party system has developed in a context which traditionally includes partisan primaries, categorical ballots and plurality winners chosen in single-round elections.
October 16, 2023
In addressing how factions and organizational issues within and across the parties influence whether parties and leaders behave responsibly, this chapter assesses party and actor incentives.
October 15, 2023
Change is less about new ideas and more about new considerations of communities with longstanding investments in the work of liberation.
October 13, 2023
This chapter lays out a description of the current political motivations driving voters, the biases they bring with them, and how the two parties are playing to different audiences.
October 13, 2023
The collision of nationalized parties and state governance calls for new national policy to protect and expand democratic institutions across all states.
October 13, 2023
We examine the existing evidence on party primaries and political polarization and find that primary elections are not strongly related to polarization.
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
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