President Obama is right to say it’s very, very hard to rig an American election. That doesn’t mean things always go to plan.
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Ranting narcissists with no patience for detail have terrorised and suppressed their people the world over. Is a new one about to join their ranks?
The Republicans’ hardline 1964 candidate famously said that ‘extremism in the defence of liberty is no vice’. Sound familiar?
I like you, but won’t ‘like’ you.
If the US government is still split between the parties after November 8, the era of terminal gridlock will continue.
Donald Trump’s racist appeals to white fear may have doomed his campaign – and his party.
Why is figurative language more powerful – and what feelings exactly does it stir in an audience?
The US Senate is up for grabs this year – and Republicans have a serious challenge on their hands.
Europe has a lot riding on this election: NATO, relations with Russia and free trade all hang in the balance.
What’s the worst that could happen after the US election? As ever, “preppers” are ready for the total collapse of society.
Did you know that if Donald Trump fails to win a single vote on Election Day, he could still be elected President? Bryan Cranston looks at the role of the “faithless Elector”.
Donald Trump may lose his bid for the White House. But far more competent, grassroots politicians will line up to take his mantle.
The 39th president’s tenure was marked by honesty, peacemaking and respect for human rights – and yet he’s still the butt of many a joke.
Donald Trump’s popularity despite his chauvinism is an ugly reminder that economic inequality and gender inequality go hand-in-hand.
In his final debate with Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump refused to promise he will accept the outcome of the election.
It’s easy to forget that in 1992, the Clintons railed spectacularly against the status quo. Fortunately, it’s all on film.
While Green Party candidates win elections and make policy in Germany, here the Green Party barely registers. Why? Contrasting electoral systems, and the fact that U.S. Greens run as purists, not as politicians.
Utopia and dystopia are combined in current political thinking, from Donald Trump to the universal basic income.
Looming, leering, jabbing and swiping – is Trump’s distinctive physicality messing with voters’ minds?
The US’s political system is unresponsive, arbitrary, and cannot match the complexity of people’s everyday lives. The UK offers a preview of what might happen.
Principales colaboradores
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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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Dennis Altman es Amigo de The Conversation.
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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Professor of Management, University of Essex
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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 Economics and Finance. Director of the Betting Research Unit and the Political Forecasting Unit at Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor of American and British Studies, University of Oslo
