The structure of opportunities for citizen activism in democratic or autocratic regime diverge sharply, such as in freedom of expression,…
Governments need rules, institutions, and processes to translate the will of the people into functioning democracies. Election laws are the…
Last week’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade, ending the right to an abortion in the US, allowed many Red states to adopt some of the most…
Are women more likely to quit politics after losing their first race than men? In the wake of the 2016 presidential election, the number of…
Politicians use their communication to present a strategic version of themselves to voters. One component of this is the ideological…
On a typical day in the United States, more than 50,000 people are stopped by the police for traffic violation and other minor suspected…
A great deal of research presents the correspondence between economic conditions and incumbent electoral fortunes as evidence of democratic…
How do racial signals associating a candidate with minority supporters change voters’ perceptions about a candidate and their support for a…
Technology has reached a critical juncture in American society. The unfettered optimism of recent decades is now tempered by rising…
Whether it is defining Native Americans as non-citizens in 1800 or introducing a “mulatto” category in 1850, the classification of race and…