The Staff
Why is it so difficult to deal with elite corruption?
Zimbabwe's ZANU PF shows that saying you're going to fight corruption and actually doing it are two totally different things.
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MISCHIEFS OF FACTION
Reflections on Parties and Their Place in Politics
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Seth Masket
- Aug 26, 2019
- 3 min
How to think about Joe Walsh's challenge
If GOP donors and activists are prepared to turn on Trump, they have a vessel for doing so.
Seth Masket
- Aug 20, 2019
- 4 min
Identity, Ideology, and Electability
Voters tend to see women and people of color as more ideologically extreme even when they're not.
Julia Azari
- Aug 19, 2019
- 4 min
Democrats' Obsession with Electability is a Feature of Weak Parties and Strong Partisanship
At this point in the 2020 nomination cycle (by my estimate we are about 5,000 years in), we know a few things about electability. First,...
Julia Azari
- Aug 16, 2019
- 6 min
Trump is Bad at Being Mourner-in-Chief. Why does it matter?
Trump’s critics like to point out that the forty-fifth president isn’t very good – at all – at what I’ll call here the “ceremonial...
The Staff
- Aug 15, 2019
- 5 min
Evaluating the Pelosi Speakership
Nancy Pelosi’s third term as speaker demonstrates why the job is so difficult.
Seth Masket
- Aug 15, 2019
- 3 min
A party-orchestrated departure
Hickenlooper's withdrawal shows the heavy hand of the party working to steer him toward a Senate race.
Hans Noel
- Aug 14, 2019
- 4 min
What can 2016 tell us about 2020?
It may be that 2020 teaches us more about 2016 than the other way around. What if Trump hadn’t run, or what if hadn’t received the intense b
Gregory Koger
- Aug 13, 2019
- 5 min
Polling measure shows Americans are more liberal than ever
Americans' support for government action is at its highest point since 1952.
The Staff
- Aug 12, 2019
- 5 min
Here’s what a small Welsh election teaches us about the British party system.
In the Leave versus Remain fight, the Tories and Labour are both losing ground.
Seth Masket
- Aug 12, 2019
- 4 min
Party Donors Have Narrowed, but Not Decided
An examination of donors to candidates *and* the party shows that these insiders haven't picked a favorite.
Amy Erica Smith
- Aug 12, 2019
- 7 min
A Party Manifesto
Parties worldwide are changing. We mischiefs of faction will have a lot to write about.
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