After eight years in office, Gov. Ron DeSantis leaves Florida much more conservative than he found it.
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The US president does not have a convincing story to tell about the Iran confict.
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.
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.
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.
Special election results have anticipated recent midterm outcomes. With Democrats now overperforming, that could spell trouble for the GOP in 2026.
In dozens of states, an increasing number of legislative seats are going completely uncontested by one of the two major parties.
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Boise State University
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Professor of Public Policy, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
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Director of UCLA Voting Rights Project, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs
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Goldfarb Family Distinguished Chair in American Government, Colby College; Institute for Humane Studies
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