The public sees a number of specific problems with American politics. Partisan fighting, the high cost of political campaigns, and the outsize influence of special interests and lobbyists are each ...

American political party organizations have imploded in the post-World War II era, largely replaced by dark money from ...

"Many residents feel abandoned by a political system that asks for their vote but rarely their voice." ...

Are Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump really the two best candidates for America’s most demanding and important job? Hardly. Trump tried to reverse the last election. And ...

Political party systems are the frameworks through which organised interests compete for power in democratic and non-democratic regimes alike. Their dynamics encompass the emergence, decline and ...

After the Constitution was signed in 1781, Benjamin Franklin was asked whether it created a republic or a monarchy. A republic, Franklin replied, if you can keep it. In his 1796 farewell address, ...

As dissatisfaction with the two-party system grows in the United States, the idea of an alternative, however unlikely, gains traction. Elon Musk’s recent call for an America Party may be unserious, ...

Are Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump really the two best candidates for America's most demanding and important job? Hardly. Trump tried to reverse the last election. And ...

Eric Hanvey, formerly an Alliance Party representative, is now serving as an independent councillor for the Lisnasharragh ...