Two 19th-century elections are a reminder that a sizable midterm shift, like the one expected in November, can signal long-lasting changes in American politics that set the country in a new direction.
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Trump-endorsed candidates are performing badly in primary ballots.
As democratic socialists make inroads into mainstream US politics, one loaded word is doing a lot of work for their ideological opponents.
Donald Trump has decided to put the dangers of communism at the heart of his campaign for the midterm elections in November.
White Americans who watch Fox News are more likely to agree that shadowy political elites are embracing permissive immigration policies to replace native-born white Americans.
Incumbents in Kentucky and Texas who opposed Trump have been ousted and loyalist candidates will run instead.
When a would-be autocrat dominates a party like Trump has with the Republicans, it gives him a legitimate vehicle to ram through a democracy.
With major shutdown impacts beginning to set in, a scholar of Congress says the House has all but abdicated its position as ‘The People’s Chamber.’
J.D. Vance is religious, has conservative views on social issues, but also believes in big government’s power to change society.
The states are high, so the Trump administration is trying to change voting laws, while both sides gerrymandering to give them an advantage.
Anger at the other side, as represented by the political party opposing yours, is a powerful motivator to engage in protests.
Charlie Kirk is symbolic of how university campuses have become central to contemporary culture and politics.
Charlie Kirk’s education beliefs have deep roots that predate the MAGA movement and trace back to the 1960s.
The 31-year-old, who was shot and killed while speaking at a university in Utah, was a highly influential figure in conservative politics.
Donald Trump isn’t the first GOP president to have courted segments of the labor movement, dividing a key Democratic constituency, only to take actions that make unions weaker.
The Republican and Democratic parties are united in protecting their chokehold on American politics, despite the view by America’s founders that parties had no legitimate place in the republic.
After Sinclair won the California Democratic primary in 1934, business and media elites helped derail his bid for the governorship.
Ten years after Donald Trump launched the Make America Great Again movement, a poll offers some insight into what the slogan means to Republicans and Democrats.
The founder of Americans for Tax Reform emerged in the 1980s as the fiscal conscience of American conservatism and continues to wield influence.
While there is widespread agreement on Iran within US politics, the incendiary nature of agreeing with your adversary makes it seem more fractured than it is.
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Spécialiste de la politique américaine, Sciences Po
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