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Independents’ political views and policy preferences reflect the economic and social conditions they see and experience every day. Democrats and Republicans have different sources for their views.
Washington’s policy shift will change the dynamics of the battle for Ukraine’s second city.
The stark reality is the United States has never been one country. And Trump is better than anyone at exploiting that.
Government dysfunction has created a policy void in the US, and business leaders are increasingly being called upon to fill it.
Younger generations today agree more on key national issues than older generations do. A time of intense polarization may be ending.
Former President Donald Trump has made some inroads with voters of color by appealing to law and order, conservative social values and mistrust of government.
Millions of new voters have entered the electorate – but will they cast their vote?
Courtroom drama is drawing attention to a broader subject: Donald Trump’s approach to the media.
Project 2025 is iconoclastic and dystopian. Those who wish to understand Trump and the movement behind him, and the active threat they pose to American democracy, are obliged to take it seriously.
Reagan and Trump − two of the most media-savvy Republican presidents − used religion to advance their political visions, but their messages and missions could not be more different.
For at least 50 years, pollsters have been asking Americans whether they think their country is on the right or wrong track. That question may have outlived its usefulness.
When rightwing politicians talk of bringing back greatness, they are doing it for a reason.
Two new polls also have Labor ahead of the Coalition on a two-party preferred measure.
Research shows that US campaign spending in elections tends to mobilise people to vote rather than to switch support.
It’s difficult to know to what extent the massive repayment a New York judge has handed down to Donald Trump might affect his campaign. But his die-hard supporters are likely to be unfazed.
There’s no guarantee that the bill will even make it onto the floor of the US House of Representatives.
Scholars discuss aspects of protecting election integrity in the face of efforts to cast aspersions on voting results.
Polarization invades parts of Americans’ lives that really aren’t political, dividing society more deeply. That includes decisions about whether or not they like meatloaf or chili.
In an uncertain world our natural instinct is to seek out answers that reassure, even when they don’t make sense.
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Assistant Professor, Miller Center, University of Virginia, and US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of American Politics, De Montfort University
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Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Professor of American Studies, University College Dublin
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VC Fellow, La Trobe University
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Senior Lecturer in International Politics, University of Birmingham
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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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Associate Professor and Director of the Centre on US Politics, UCL
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Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
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Reader in US History, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Lead Academic Teacher - Politics & Social Science (Swinburne Online), Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Management, University of Essex
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Professor of Economics and Finance. Director of the Betting Research Unit and the Political Forecasting Unit at Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University
