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An expert on Watergate says that today’s House Republicans have taken precisely the opposite position than the GOP took in 1974 on the president’s power to withhold documents from Congress.
Biden, Sanders, Warren and other candidates are calling for a substantial and unprecedented spending boost.
“It is worse, much worse, than you think.”
Health care, immigration and trade have been hot topics during the campaign and are likely to come up during the fifth Democratic debate.
Voters tend to view female candidates as strong on issues like education and health care, but weak on national security. Female veterans might be able to overcome the stereotype.
Democrats and Republicans are speaking about impeachment with dramatically different language. The winner of this frame war will succeed in shaping how Americans understand the impeachment inquiry.
The president’s support among non-college educated whites remains strong, and the only thing likely to shift that is a weakened economy.
Whether due to Trump or unhappiness with the mainstream media, Americans say that they are avoiding the news more than before.
Voters are primarily partisans, and they respond to party signals – even when they claim otherwise.
As the impeachment inquiry gathers pace, both sides seem to be digging in. What happens in the inquiry in the next few months will have a huge impact on the 2020 presidential election.
Joe Biden continues to front the Democratic primaries race and leads Donald Trump by eight points. But it’s not likely the latest impeachment controversy will damage Trump’s ratings.
Whether successful or not – and most impeachments are not – the fallout for the Democrats and the US will be deep and enduring.
Sen. Warren said the filibuster stands in the way of gun reform. It does, and so much more.
Some climate scientists have spoken out about the dangers of climate change. But a new study shows those voices may not be very influential.
You might see a headline from The Onion or The Babylon Bee and, for a split second, think it’s true. But many social media users don’t get the joke – and share these articles as if they’re real.
Hillary Clinton arguably lost in 2020 because she took workers for granted. Will Democrats make the same mistake again?
While the US has the most powerful military machine in history, it is also incomparably the most expensive – and members of Congress work aggressively to maintain it.
A person’s political identity is wrapped up in almost everything they do. Exposure to opinions from the other side actually makes it worse.
To one scholar of the post-truth era, tuning in to Robert Mueller’s testimony Wednesday was to hear a duel over the facts. Not what the facts imply – but what the facts are.
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
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W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Dayton
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Northwestern University
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Professor in U.S. Politics and U.S. Foreign Relations at the United States Studies Centre and in the Discipline of Government and International Relations, University of Sydney
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Professor of Political Science, University of Richmond
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Assistant Professor of Intellectual Heritage, Temple University
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Director of Research, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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Professor of Political Science and Affiliate Professor of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Associate Professor, Political Science, Emory University
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Professor of Communication and Journalism, Texas A&M University
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Dennis Altman is a Friend of The Conversation.
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Associate Professor of Political Science, George Mason University
