The confrontation - and the ultimate resolution - over the debt ceiling and the government shutdown has, to date, been the defining moment of US president Barack Obama’s second term. It offers an important…
Academic rigor, journalistic flair
Articles on Democratic Party
Displaying 161 - 167 of 167 articles
For all its international power, the United States government seems increasingly powerless to make laws for the benefit of its own people. The recent failure to implement popular gun control measures in…
Barack Obama’s re-election won’t generate the same exuberance as 2008. The lofty rhetoric of “Hope” and “Change” has been replaced by the much more sombre message of “Forward”. And while four years ago…
It is now election day in the United States. You can compare being on an American political campaign on this final frenetic day to spawning salmon giving their all to leap waterfalls before they die. Media…
While haranguing an empty chair at the Republican National Convention, Clint Eastwood stumbled upon the central metaphor of the 2012 election. The election has been, on the whole, about people who were…
The Democratic National Convention went about as well as the party could hope. The question is, in this partisan political climate, will it be enough to move the polls? The common narrative throughout…
It’s third time lucky for President Obama. He’s cancelled his trip to Australia twice before, but now he has finally made it to Canberra. Julia Gillard has struck up a friendship with the US President…
Top contributors
-
Sharon D. Wright Austin is a Friend of The Conversation.Professor of Political Science, University of Florida
-
Assistant Professor, Miller Center, University of Virginia, and US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
-
US Election Analyst, University of Sydney
-
Managing Director of the McCourtney Institute of Democracy, Associate Research Professor, Political Science, Co-host of Democracy Works Podcast, Penn State
-
Associate Professor of Political Science, Erie Campus, Penn State
-
Professor of Government and Director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, American University School of Public Affairs
-
Professor of Political Science, LaGrange College
-
Professor of History, Arizona State University
-
Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Indiana University
-
Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
-
Associate Professor, American University School of Public Affairs
-
Professor of Management, University of Essex
-
Professor of Law, Drake University
-
Professor of Communication and Journalism, Texas A&M University
-
Professor of History and Law Faculty, The Ohio State University
