With two months to go, the numbers seem to favour Hillary Clinton more heavily than ever. But it pays to look more closely.
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It’s not a good idea to simply rely on methods that have provided accurate predictions in the past.
It’s always tempting to chalk political disagreements up to intelligence – but we have to resist.
Aristotle would laugh at Donald Trump – but despite breaking millennia-old rules of political speech, he’s still storming ahead. Why?
With the DNC email leak and Trump calling on Russia to hack Clinton’s emails, concern about foreign meddling in the 2016 presidential election process is rising. Is e-voting the next cyber battleground?
Party platforms help create parties, not the other way around. A political party expert explains what platforms are, why they matter and for whom.
The Republicans’ nominee has opened up a huge lead over Hillary Clinton among white voters – but that may not mean much in the end.
Previous efforts to cement national cohesion offer a model but also, says a historian, a warning.
RNC protests in Cleveland have been peaceful, but are they effective? A historian explains what happened at the DNC in 1968 and why activists may want to reconsider their tactics.
Are Americans ready to elect a woman as president? A SUNY professor take a global perspective on what it would mean for women’s rights.
To date, neither Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump nor Democratic contender Hillary Clinton have paid significant attention to Africa as part of their campaign efforts.
America is not a shining example for developing democracies. Many of the electoral issues arise long before a single vote is cast.
Political science has held that being moderate gets a candidate votes in the presidential election. So how then do Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump fit in?
Even with free, private ballots, a quarter of us still end up voting for the ‘wrong’ presidential candidate. Here’s how to make sure you vote for the one who best matches your beliefs and hopes.
Trump’s bellicose rhetoric belies his own family’s troubled migrant past.
Insults are tossed about in an election year but the word “demagogue” has a particular bite. But what is a demagogue and how do the 2016 candidates compare with demagogues in history?
The Donald Trump story is one of corporate success – with a little help from family and government.
The leading conservative magazine National Review has played a critical role in creating modern GOP. Their repudiation of Trump signals crisis for Republicans.
Voting for national leaders has become the global norm in a remarkably short time – in Africa in 1988, only 25% of countries had multiparty elections, but 94% do today. Yet all is not well.
With one year to go till the 2016 election, the candidates for presidency of the United States would do well to see what failure looked like 100 years ago.
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Assistant Professor, Westminster College
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Lead Academic Teacher - Politics & Social Science (Swinburne Online), Swinburne University of Technology
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Dean of Economics, Politics & History, The University of Austin
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Associate Professor and Director of the Centre on US Politics, UCL
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Emeritus Professor of International Relations, La Trobe University
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Professor of Government, American University School of Public Affairs
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