It is possible that the major US political parties will nominate a candidate for president who even six months ago was widely perceived as too far outside the mainstream to be electorally viable.
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In 2014, voting rates for young people hit record lows. Will things turn around in 2016?
America’s presidential election is finally about to formally kick off – with a very strange event indeed.
Insults are tossed about in an election year but the word “demagogue” has a particular bite. But what is a demagogue and how do the 2016 candidates compare with demagogues in history?
Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley met for another under-the-radar debate. Sanders showed strength.
Sanders is not a socialist. And Denmark is not a utopian ideal to which Americans should aspire. Here’s why.
The president’s speech on Tuesday was nostalgic, forward-looking – and pretty disappointing.
An unedifying row over “stolen” data has the Democrats’ political staffers at loggerheads.
Did you miss the Democratic debate on Saturday? Here are some of the key themes that developed and scholarship to help you understand them.
Donald Trump is Protestant, Bernie Sanders is Jewish and Ted Cruz is a Southern Baptist. But do such religious affiliations mean anything?
The irascible, unassuming junior senator from Vermont is riding high – and the effect could echo for years to come.
Vast majorities of Americans espouse “socialist” views, which has helped propel Bernie Sanders in the polls. Yet our system of campaign finance makes it next to impossible for him to win.
Her candidacy was looking shaky over the summer, but in a few short days, Hillary Clinton has proved she’s still leading the pack.
All the candidates make the most of social networks to rake in cash.
Forget about classified messages. Hillary Clinton’s campaign has bigger problems to worry about.
Hillary Clinton recently announced a US$350 billion plan to make college free. But what students need for now is information that can help them make sound decisions about their college investment.
Last Saturday, presidential hopefuls Bernie Sanders and Martin O’Malley were booed and heckled by liberal activists at a town hall discussion at the Netroots Nation annual conference. Why would attendees…
Upstarts on the left and right are proving that people of all political leanings want change.
Even if you come in dead last in every poll, a run for the presidency might be a career booster. Then again, anyone remember the Carol Moseley Braun campaign of 2004?
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Professor of Law, Drake 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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Professor of Management, University of Essex
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Dennis Altman is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice Chancellor's Fellow and Professorial Fellow, Institute for Human Security and Social Change, La Trobe University
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Scientia Professor of Economics, UNSW
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Goldfarb Family Distinguished Chair in American Government, Colby College; Institute for Humane Studies
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Assistant Professor, Labour Studies Program, University of Manitoba
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Professor of Law, Director of UNLV Workplace Law Program, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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Assistant Professor of Education Finance and Policy, University of Washington
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Directeur de recherche de classe exceptionnelle (emeritus) of the C.N.R.S., École polytechnique
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Reader in US History, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Professor of History and Law Faculty, The Ohio State University
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Professor of Economics, UMass Amherst
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Professor of Communication and Journalism, Texas A&M University
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Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Nottingham Trent University