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U.S. Sen. Tim Scott, a Republican from South Carolina, speaks during an event at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. KC McGinnis/The Washington Post via Getty Images

April 24, 2023

For Republican presidential hopefuls, Iowa is still the first political beauty contest

Steffen W. Schmidt, Iowa State University

Democrats may have pushed Iowa out of the early-state presidential nominating lineup, but Republicans are sticking with Iowa first.

When persuasion stops and violence begins, that’s the line between ‘legitimate political discourse’ and something very different, scholars explain. AP Photo/John Minchillo

February 8, 2022

What is ‘legitimate political discourse,’ and does it include the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol?

Jennifer Mercieca, Texas A&M University and Timothy J. Shaffer, Kansas State University

Legitimate political discourse is based on persuasion, not coercion or violence. Two scholars of communication and democracy explain the difference.

A poll worker places vote-by-mail ballots into a ballot box set up at the Miami-Dade Election Department headquarters on Oct. 14, 2020 in Doral, Fla. Joe Raedle/Getty Images News via Getty

October 16, 2020

Judges used to stay out of election disputes, but this year lawsuits could well decide the presidency

Austin Sarat, Amherst College

Lawsuits are being argued in courthouses across the country over the conduct of the election. That could lead to the public losing confidence in the election’s legitimacy.

Politics is a push-and-pull between the parties and the states. Samuil_Levich/iStock/Getty Images

August 10, 2020

Democratic, Republican parties both play favorites when allotting convention delegates to states

John A. Tures, LaGrange College

Internal party rules make it harder to attract independents, who make up about one-third of US voters.

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