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The US has often worried about its decline, but this year, the theme is stronger than ever.
Why are populist candidates all the rage this year in the race for the White House? Recent research from Harvard and BU links it to the market economy and a similar trend in Europe.
Some Republican leaders are hunting for an orthodox, credible candidate to save them from Donald Trump. They probably can’t win.
The faultlines in democratic politics are clear. On one side is a system of democracy that is bad at making people feel represented. On the other are anti-politician performers like Donald Trump.
The GOP is imploding, based on the animus the party stoked toward Obama.
The world seems caught between the competing political ideologies of left and right, with capitalism is caught right in the middle.
Seemingly poles apart, Donald Trump and Jacob Zuma have something in common: they are both prominent patriarchs with populist support. And they both count women among their staunch supporters.
Two mathematicians explain why majority voting often fails to elect the candidate preferred by the majority and propose an alternative, ‘majority judgment.’
If Donald Trump is tapping into a more fundamental disconnect from the Washington establishment, he might attract many voters who have previously abstained or even voted Democrat.
No election in recent times has so clearly presented American voters with such a stark choice when it comes to U.S. foreign policy. A guide to the major differences.
The Republican establishment’s worst nightmare has become reality. What now?
The GOP nomination may be Trump’s, but the general election is another story.
A classics professor writes that Trump’s raucous campaign style is nothing new. He introduces us to a chariot-racing statesman from ancient Athens who may have given Trump a run for his money.
Trump and Cruz certainly think so. Clinton promises to maintain the “strongest military the world has ever known.” An OSU professor examines the issue through three different lens.
A survey of 1,200 voters provides insight into which candidate is closest to the median American voter on the issues.
The Republicans’ disaster of a frontrunner is making moves to appear more presidential. Is anyone fooled?
Research from the University of Maryland suggests that ‘Trump culture’ is part of human culture, and has its roots in warfare, famine and natural disasters.
Trump is no longer winning simple pluralities. He’s scoring majorities – which will make it nearly impossible for the GOP to Dump Trump.
The 1968 presidential election saw belligerent, race-baiting populism in full flower. Sound familiar?
Top contributors
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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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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Tony Walker is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe 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
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Assistant lecturer, CY Cergy Paris Université
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Professor of Law, Drake University
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Associate Professor and Director of the Centre on US Politics, UCL
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Adjunct Senior Fellow, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, RMIT University
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Assistant researcher, University of Sydney
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VC Fellow, La Trobe University
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Lecturer in International Relations, La Trobe University
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Professor in The Division of Global Affairs and The Department of Political Science, Rutgers University - Newark
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Professor of American Studies, University College Dublin
