With three current Supreme Court justices aged 78 or older and one seat on the court vacant, the next US president may end up nominating four justices in their first term.
Academic rigor, journalistic flair
Articles on 2016 US presidential election
Displaying 321 - 340 of 638 articles
Presidential candidates need to talk more about energy and address a tough question: what does the government do well on energy policy and what it should stay out of?
The time has come for developed nations to eliminate the large pockets of ignorance which exist in their societies about Africa and other peoples. Globalisation demands that people think differently.
Historically unpopular presidential candidates are making voters uneasy on both sides of the aisle. An expert on conflicted voters explains why this poses an unprecedented challenge for campaigns.
Race to the White House – Episode One
The Conversation, CC BY-ND27.7 MB (download)
In the first podcast of the series, Brendon O'Connor and Tom Switzer look at the current state of the US presidential race.
How to make child care more affordable? Trump and Clinton have plans. Our experts offer background and insight.
Earlier this year, Australian writer Don Watson visited the United States, observing the race for the presidency.
Avoiding questions about coughs and chronic conditions has a long political history in America.
The ability to acknowledge and display vulnerability is well-known hallmark of strong leadership. Why do we still reject it when we see it?
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump appeared in the ‘commander-in-chief’ forum this week. This roundup looks at what the experts have to say about our nation’s biggest vulnerabilities.
Is America exceptional? An expert on rhetoric examines how the idea has changed over time, and how Democrats are claiming their own version.
Polls show Trump and Hillary in a dead heat in the Peach State this year. An expert on Southern politics examines the possibility of Georgia turning blue.
How does Donald Trump get away with the type of campaign he’s running? Why, if he’s a narcissistic demagogue, has he found an audience who respond to his politics?
It’s true that sophisticated hackers may be able to tilt the presidential election. But the more likely threat to democracy comes from sore losers who sow doubt about voting integrity.
With two months to go, the numbers seem to favour Hillary Clinton more heavily than ever. But it pays to look more closely.
The media’s obsession with the indirect ways in which a single charitable foundation advances a single candidate’s career misses the point.
Donald Trump gave a major speech on immigration this week. This roundup looks at some of his ideas for reform and explains what the experts have to say about this complex issue.
The Republican nominee is far from the blithering idiot his opponents like to portray.
The candidate endorsed by the NRA this year wasn’t always so pro-gun. A sociologist and physician explains how Trump’s position on guns could play out if he were to win in November.
New research shows that ideological media employ a powerful method to bias partisans’ economic beliefs. In turn, partisans perform mental gymnastics worthy of Simone Biles to preserve those biases.
Top contributors
-
Professor of Law, Drake University
-
Professor in U.S. Politics and U.S. Foreign Relations at the United States Studies Centre and in the Discipline of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney
-
Associate Professor, Political Science, Emory University
-
Lecturer in International Relations, La Trobe University
-
Research Fellow, University of Exeter, University of Exeter
-
Lead Academic Teacher - Politics & Social Science (Swinburne Online), Swinburne University of Technology
-
Professor of Economics and Finance. Director of the Betting Research Unit and the Political Forecasting Unit at Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University
-
Research Associate, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
-
Dennis Altman is a Friend of The Conversation.
VC Fellow, La Trobe University
-
Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
-
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
-
Professor of American Studies, University College Dublin
-
Assistant Professor, Miller Center, University of Virginia, and US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
-
Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
-
Professor of Political Science, University of Washington
