It’s not just polarization that’s driving voters’ malaise − it’s something else, which carries a stark warning for the health of American democracy.
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Americans under 30 are far less likely to vote than older citizens. Stepping up civics instruction might help change that, a scholar explains.
One moderate; one progressive: the Democratic race has come down to Joe Biden against Bernie Sanders, with the chips increasingly falling Biden’s way.
Joe Biden’s swift return as a strong candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination was a dramatic shift never seen before in the modern history of Democratic presidential primaries.
As the race for the Democratic nomination narrows to Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders, what does it all mean for November? We asked three scholars to closely analyze the Super Tuesday results.
While the momentum had been with Bernie Sanders, the former vice president surged on Super Tuesday, and is favourite to win the Democratic nomination.
Bernie Sanders is a Democratic Socialist, a potential problem for the presidential candidate. A Cold War campaign to link American-ness and capitalism helped create popular distrust of socialism.
The impact of a Trump presidency is basically unknown. No serious candidate in the post-second world war period has been so unclear in their attitude to foreign policy.
Our global newsroom responds to the Super Tuesday primary results in the race for the Republican and Democratic presidential nominees.
Neither Democratic candidate for president has gotten the endorsement of Massachusetts’ junior senator. Here’s a look at Elizabeth Warren’s long game playbook.
If more Democrats living abroad had voted in 2000, Al Gore might have become president.
Trump doesn’t have it in the bag yet, but there are still ways he can triumph.
Sanders can’t win the South without the support of black voters, and he doesn’t have that.
Super Tuesday is billed as the most important day for any US presidential nomination contest, and this year it’s more fascinating than ever. Fewer states are voting than usual and the Republican party…
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Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Emeritus Faculty, Australian National University
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Dennis Altman is a Friend of The Conversation.
VC Fellow, La Trobe University
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Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Lead Academic Teacher - Politics & Social Science (Swinburne Online), Swinburne University of Technology
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Associate Professor of Political Science, UMass Boston
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Professor of Political Science, University of Washington
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Director, Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement in the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life, Tufts University
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Director of the Rothermere American Institute and Fellow in American History, University of Oxford
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Carmen H. and Louis Warschaw Chair in Practical Politics, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Teaching Professor of American Studies, Miami University
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Associate Professor of Public Policy, Politics, and Education, University of Virginia
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, West Virginia University Institute of Technology
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Director of Research at the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, Tufts University
