Trump-endorsed candidates are performing badly in primary ballots.
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Will an Aug. 24, 2026, Supreme Court decision lead to chaos in the midterm elections? An election law scholar dissects the decision, its background and possible effects.
Though Graham’s appointment may seem unusual, political inheritance has never been fully absent from American democracy.
The US president’s approval rating is well below other past presidents at this point in their terms.
State constitutions play a growing role in American politics. But turning to such documents to recognize rights and liberties is not a new project – nor is it an entirely liberal one.
Class-war rhetoric from Democratic candidates jams working-class voters into a prefabricated progressive agenda, an expert on rural and working-class communities argues.
Shifting counts have a boring cause: who votes by mail, and when those votes get counted. That doesn’t mean all fraud claims are false, though.
Republicans hold both chambers and publicly back the president’s signature bill that would curtail mail-in voting and enforce strict voter ID laws. Here, a public policy and politics scholar explains why it still isn’t law.
The president claims election fraud is rife in the US. Instead of protecting electoral integrity, however, he is seeking to undermine it.
Two communication scholars explain how what Americans eat became shorthand for who they are.
How will Democrats in Congress deal with the DSA-affiliated candidates likely to join their ranks in the new year? There are lessons from the tea party’s challenge to traditional GOP values.
Mail-in voting was created during the Civil War so soldiers could vote. That legacy helped shape how the Supreme Court ruled more than 160 years later.
The Democrats have a good chance at winning both houses of Congress, but the Republicans still have some advantages.
Incumbents in Kentucky and Texas who opposed Trump have been ousted and loyalist candidates will run instead.
Trump’s net approval is below what any past president since Harry Truman had at this point in their term.
The forecasts are moving in the Democrats direction, especially for taking control of the House.
Donald Trump will probably lean into his rhetorical strengths and try to convince Americans the U.S. has won in Iran when it hasn’t.
American voters, even those aligned with Donald Trump’s MAGA movement, usually shift course when they see they didn’t get what they voted for. Will this fate befall Trump in November?
Trump promised to fix the economy, and that helped increase his Latino support in 2024. But the cost of living and ICE raids may be bringing Latinos back to the Democrats in 2026.
An FBI raid on a Georgia elections facility has sparked concern about Trump administration interference in the 2026 midterms. An obscure 1970s Supreme Court case provides guardrails against that.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Boise State University
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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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Non-resident Senior Fellow, United States Study Centre, University of Sydney
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Professor of Political Science, Clark University; Institute for Humane Studies
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Lecturer in International Studies and Politics, Ulster University; Queen's University Belfast
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Senior Fellow, Miller Center, University of Virginia
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Professor of Political Science, Coastal Carolina University
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Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Politics, University of Virginia
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Assistant Professor of Law, Quinnipiac University
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Research Fellow, Jeff Bleich Centre for Democracy and Disruptive Technologies, Flinders University
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Professor of Political Science & Public Affairs, Western Carolina University
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Adjunct Professor of Government, School of Public Affairs, American University
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Provost Professor of Political Science, UMass Amherst
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President, Dickinson College
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Associate Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science, UMass Amherst