MISCHIEFS OF FACTION

The legacy of Jan 6th, like Covid, didn't need to be partisan but has nonetheless become so, making it all the harder to deal with.

Inter-party punishments for the events of January 6th may be less widespread than they seem.

How the House Freedom Caucus abandoned its constitutional conservatism and led an effort to subvert the 2020 presidential election.

The violent attack on the U.S. Congress put a glaring spotlight on two disturbing features of contemporary American politics.

Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats will be tested by their party’s smaller size.

Some political lessons we can learn from 2020, even if we don't have all the evidence yet.

Reelection concerns motivated many House Republicans to support the anti-democratic Texas lawsuit -- but ideology did too.

Do not expect Trump's influence over the GOP to wane once he's out of office.

The GOP needs to have a fight about whether Trump cost them the White House in 2020.

By showing the abuses possible with the Electoral College, Trump has created a situation where both parties should want to kill it.

The winning party constructs narratives for a loss.

Read the room. Forget about Biden and Trump for just a moment. Look around and take stock of what’s happening. Regardless of which...

By Stefan Wojcik, Ryan Kennedy, and David Lazer The US has never had an election like this before--but other countries have. Comparative...

Stories of what's happening "on the ground" are very useful at telling us what we want to hear.

Experts see a high likelihood of unrest following the election, based on the Comparative Assessment of Electoral Risks (CAER).

Julia Azari and Seth Masket discuss what 2020 has taught us about candidates, campaigns, and fundamentals.

2016 was traumatizing for many Democrats, who won't trust a polling lead again for years to come

When elections are administered fairly, we agree to accept their outcomes out of a sense of faith, determination, and social contract.

Predictive models indicate that Democrats will do well in November -- but that doesn’t mean an election “wave” is coming.

Democrats usually have more field offices than Republicans. That's been completely reversed in 2020, thanks to Covid.