For decades, we have known that people affiliated with a major political party are more likely to vote, give money to candidates, and volunteer for campaigns than those with no party affiliation. In fact, being registered with a political party is considered one of the most reliable predictors of whether […] Read more »
Why young white evangelicals aren’t likely to leave the Republican Party
In 2020, will white evangelical Christians stick with the Republican Party, where they’ve long been a reliable voting bloc? Evangelicals made up just over one-third of President Trump’s 2016 coalition, and have been among his most loyal supporters. At the same time, researchers and observers have been debating whether the […] Read more »
This is why Congress remains deadlocked on climate and guns
There’s a political dynamic that virtually guarantees Congress will remain locked in a contentious stalemate over gun violence like the weekend’s mass shooting in Texas and the risk of climate change embodied in the ferocious Hurricane Dorian menacing the Southeast United States. Both issues highlight the effective veto over legislation […] Read more »
Patriotism’s Reshaping of the Parties and the 2020 Election
The meaning of patriotism in the United States was raised during a tense moment this summer, when President Donald Trump accused four ethnic minority women in Congress of “hating America” and inviting them to “leave it” if they “aren’t happy here,” after they challenged their Democratic Party leaders on immigration […] Read more »
Ending the Electoral College Won’t Lead to Tyranny
Back in the days of blogging, there was something called “fisking” – the practice of painstakingly, paragraph by paragraph, examining, critiquing, fact-checking and (since blogs were like that) ridiculing someone’s bad argument. It is possible to fisk a tweet? Because Dan Crenshaw, a Republican member of the House from Texas, […] Read more »
10 Years Of The Tea Party
NPR’s Leila Fadel speaks with Sarah Jones of New York magazine about the legacy of the Tea Party a decade after its inception. Weekend Edition Sunday, NPR News See also: The Tea Party Is Alive and Well (New York magazine) Read more »