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
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