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Many factors contributed to a record number of women winning the governor’s office in 2022. Among them: It helps to have political experience.
About 27% of 18- to 29-year-olds voted in the midterms, marking the second-highest voter turnout in midterms in 30 years.
Analysis of voting data suggests that in counties across Georgia, a slice of Republicans just couldn’t bring themselves to vote for Herschel Walker.
Despite a midterm election largely free of controversy over its legitimacy, a large percentage of Americans distrust elections. And that’s dangerous for democracy.
Lots has been said about the 2022 US midterm elections. But a scholar of democracy says there’s really only one conclusion that can be made about how voters behaved.
The U.S. Senate voted to advance a bill that protect same-sex marriage by a wide margin – thanks to support from 12 Republicans. Same-sex marriage isn’t the partisan issue it once was.
The U.S. midterms revealed a generational shift away from youth voter apathy. The apathetic, in fact, seem to be those trying to accurately measure public opinion using outdated methods.
Voters mostly did not cast their ballots for chief election administration officials who deny the 2020 election. But the hyperpartisan trend could further erode trust in elections.
Who will win the US midterms, the polls, or the gambling markets?
While TV political ads might seem old-fashioned in the age of social media, research shows that this kind of advertising does win votes – and could influence the upcoming midterms.
What deep-dive polls reveal at the political landscape of America as the 2022 midterm election approaches.
This week’s US midterm elections will likely see big changes to who controls Congress.
The rise in contemporary right-wing political extremism – and violence – can be traced back to events in the 1990s.
GOP candidates Kari Lake, Herschel Walker and Dr. Mehmet Oz have caught people’s attention for outlandish stunts and false statements that are increasingly accepted in politics.
New surveys carried out by a team of social scientists find no evidence that Democrats, Republicans and independents are more likely to vote because of the Supreme Court’s abortion decision in June.
Many voters say inflation is the issue that matters to them most as they head to the polls. The problem is, the people they choose can’t do much about it.
Many people define ‘bias’ as ‘anything that doesn’t agree with me.’ But are the news media really biased?
The Unfolding is fiction: a made-up story of American politics. But just like in the real United States, the lines between truth and fantasy in this novel are perilously thin.
Americans voters are angry about everything from abortion to inflation. While anger is good for voter turnout, it’s ultimately bad for solving problems in a democracy.
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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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Associate Professor of Political Science, Boise State University
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Provost Professor of Political Science, UMass Amherst
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Distinguished Professor of Anthropology; Director, Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers University - Newark
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William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College
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Associate Professor and Director of the Centre on US Politics, UCL
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Associate Professor of Political Science, UMass Amherst
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Lecturer in International Studies and Politics, Ulster University; Queen's University Belfast
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Associate Professor of Law, Arizona State University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Dayton
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Associate Professor in American Politics and Foreign Policy, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney
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W. Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy, Vanderbilt University
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Associate Professor of Business, Boston University
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Professor of Communication and Journalism, Texas A&M University