Political Ignorance is an Even Worse Problem than I Thought
I've never been a big believer in the wisdom of voters. Indeed, I've devoted much of my academic career to writing about the ...
The Associated Press on MSN9d
Trump has vowed to shake some of democracy’s pillars
But the 2024 campaign was thick with his vows, rally after rally, interview after interview, that if realized would upend ...
Foreign Affairs10d
America’s Era of Violent Populism
As I argued recently in Foreign Affairs, U.S. politics has entered an era of violent populism, with historically high levels of political violence on both the right and the left that have been growing ...
PBS9d
GOP, Democratic strategists on what the results mean for their parties and the government
For a closer look at Donald Trump's decisive victory in this deeply divided nation, Geoff Bennett sat down with Republican ...
The Harvard Crimson8d
I’m the IOP’s President. With Trump’s Election, We Can No Longer Be Nonpartisan.
Today, Harvard’s Institute of Politics has a choice to make too. In my personal view, nonpartisanship — a founding principle of the IOP — is no longer a tenable position in today’s political ...
‘Saving American democracy’ sounds nice. But what does that actually mean?
With all the rhetoric about preserving and defending democracy, it’s clarifying to learn what initiatives at the University ...