The Democrats are favoured to win control of the US House, but it may be closer than expected.
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MS-13 is not the biggest or most violent gang in the US. But its grisly murders and Latino membership inflame Americans’ anxiety about immigration. GOP campaign ads stoke those fears to attack Democrats.
Two of the fastest growing segments of the American population Latino and Asian-American voters - also are part of evangelical America. Their views on immigration are very different.
A polarized electorate is divided into tribal camps that demonize each other. That’s the setting for the upcoming midterm elections. If the US continues down this path, democracy will suffer.
The odds favor a big year for Democrats, but the extent of their gains is still in doubt.
Conservative skeptics of climate change may support projects focused on ‘resilience’ – for example, preparing a community for future major weather events.
If the Democrats get close to retaking the House of Representatives in the midterm elections, the odds of impeachment are high. But the Senate remains problematic.
The true number of people who do not favor either of the two major political parties in the US has actually remained stable in recent years.
Access to the ballot has been increased and diminished according to whoever manages to win power to write the rules. Just look at North Dakota.
Pollsters at the University of Texas in Austin explain why the numbers just don’t add up for the Democrat.
The midterm elections have put America’s political divide front and center, increasingly invading the work space and stressing out employees.
While Donald Trump’s election may seem to US voters to present unprecedented questions of legitimacy, such questions were first asked more than a century ago, in an election that turned on bicycles.
The more undemocratic tendencies of the US electoral system are growing stronger. As the midterm campaign season enters its final stage, it turns out that some votes count more than others.
The mayor of Tallahassee underspent three rivals to win the state’s Democratic primary. But what awaits in the general election?
The president says he’s fighting his trade war because a generation of free trade has failed working-class Americans. An economist explains why tariffs will only make things worse.
Nearly half of Americans say they see a great deal of bias in the news media. But the research on this subject is unresolved.
Millennials are less inclined than older Americans to intervene abroad, maintain superior military power or believe the US is an exceptional nation. What does that mean for the country’s future?
The NRA may fund political candidates but only with cash from U.S. donors. The group could face serious consequences if, as news reports allege, it broke laws and rules.
Democrats won the popular vote in six of the last seven presidential elections, but Republican presidents have appointed a majority of the sitting justices. Is the court out of step with America?
Compromise is necessary for government to function. But citizens see compromise differently. Democrats like it more than Republicans, who fear of their representatives being compromised.
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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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William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
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Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Dayton
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University
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Assistant Professor, Gettysburg College
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Visiting associate professor, Wayne State University
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Part-Time Professor of Economics, The New School
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W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University
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Professor of Political Science, University of Richmond
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Deputy Chair of Business Administration, Touro University
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Professor of Communication and Journalism, Texas A&M University
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Regents' Professor & Professor of Law, Georgia State University
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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
