Once upon a time, a shiny new trio of young conservatives — Ryan Costello, Carlos Curbelo and Elise Stefanik — wanted to help build a modern, millennial Republican Party. The 30-somethings, all sworn into Congress in 2015, understood that millennials often agreed on many of the nation’s core problems, and […] Read more »
Understanding QAnon’s Connection to American Politics, Religion, and Media Consumption
The far-right conspiracy theory movement known as QAnon emerged on the internet in late 2017 and gained traction throughout former president Donald Trump’s time in office. QAnon’s core theory revolves around Satan-worshipping pedophiles plotting against Trump and a coming “storm” that would clear out those evil forces, but the movement […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Growing number see Biden as too liberal
Voters have mixed views over whether the White House is proposing too much government spending, and a growing number think President Joe Biden is too liberal. That’s according to a new Fox News national survey released Wednesday. Forty-six percent say Biden is too liberal, up from 36 percent who felt […] Read more »
Is Wokeness ‘Kryptonite for Democrats’?
… The past 12 months have seen a centrist countermobilization designed to strengthen a mainstream image of the Democratic Party and to block the power of the more radical left to set policy. New groups and digital publications include Persuasion, Counterweight, American Purpose, Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism and the […] Read more »
How Issue Consensus Turns to Dust
Partisan polarization has been fingered as the cause of any number of problems in contemporary politics from the rise of divided government and ideological extremism to beliefs in conspiracy theories and the spread of misinformation. A less examined aspect of how partisan sectarianism degrades democracy involves the role of party […] Read more »
Dismissed in 2012, this diagnosis of GOP ills has now become undeniable
The essay described congressional extremists, their rejection of truth, a party turning into authoritarians or “an apocalyptic cult.” It bore a striking headline: “Let’s just say it: The Republicans are the problem.” It didn’t mention Marjorie Taylor Greene, the deadly January 6 insurrection or Donald Trump’s Big Lie. In fact, […] Read more »