Elections and referenda / suffrage

Money is essential to the functioning of electoral politics, yet regulating its appropriate use raises complex and controversial challenges in countries around the world.

Members of Congress from racial minority groups often find themselves in a unique predicament.

When Mexico's authoritarian Party of the Institutional Revolution (PRI) was defeated in the 2000 presidential election after seventy-one years of uninterrupted rule, many analysts believed the party would inevitably splinter and collapse.

When Mexico's authoritarian Party of the Institutional Revolution (PRI) was defeated in the 2000 presidential election after seventy-one years of uninterrupted rule, many analysts believed the party would inevitably splinter and collapse.

Money is essential to the functioning of electoral politics, yet regulating its appropriate use raises complex and controversial challenges in countries around the world.

What an intensely divisive election portends for American politicsThe year 2020 was a tumultuous time in American politics.

American politics is most notably characterized by the heated debates on constitutional interpretation at the core of its ever-raging culture wars, and the coverage of these lingering disputes are often inundated with public-opinion polls.

The 2008 presidential election made American history.

Davis discusses the increasing role of interest groups, the press, and the public, whose role is not prescribed in the Constitution, in the selection and confirmation of Supreme Court justices and how it affects the process.

The image of middle-class women chaining themselves to the rails of 10 Downing Street, smashing windows of public buildings, and going on hunger strikes in the cause of "e;votes for women"e; have become visually synonymous with the British suffragette movement over the past century.

Were presidential campaigns always as bitter as they have been in recent years?

The Internet is now a part of American democracy.

In Votes For Women, Jean H.

In 2015, well over half of the money contributed to the presidential race came from roughly 350 families.

In 2015, well over half of the money contributed to the presidential race came from roughly 350 families.

The Southern Strategy was but one in a series of decisions the GOP made not just on race, but on feminism and religion as well, in what Angie Maxwell and Todd Shields call the "e;Long Southern Strategy.

The Southern Strategy was but one in a series of decisions the GOP made not just on race, but on feminism and religion as well, in what Angie Maxwell and Todd Shields call the "e;Long Southern Strategy.

Research polls, media interviews, and everyday conversations reveal an unsettling truth: citizens, while well-meaning and even passionate about current affairs, appear to know very little about politics.

Research polls, media interviews, and everyday conversations reveal an unsettling truth: citizens, while well-meaning and even passionate about current affairs, appear to know very little about politics.

Members of Congress from racial minority groups often find themselves in a unique predicament.

The 2000 presidential race resulted in the highest-profile ballot battle in over a century.

The 2000 presidential race resulted in the highest-profile ballot battle in over a century.

The methodologies used to study public opinion are now in flux.

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When voter turnout is high, Democrats have an advantage--or so the truism goes.

When voter turnout is high, Democrats have an advantage--or so the truism goes.

Concerned citizens across the globe fear that democratic institutions are failing them.

Concerned citizens across the globe fear that democratic institutions are failing them.

The election of Barack Obama in 2008 was startling, as was the victory of Donald Trump eight years later.

The election of Barack Obama in 2008 was startling, as was the victory of Donald Trump eight years later.

Political Action Committees (PACs) are a prominent and contentious feature of modern American election campaigns.

Political Action Committees (PACs) are a prominent and contentious feature of modern American election campaigns.

As the voting public continues to diversify across the United States, political candidates, and particularly white candidates, increasingly recognize the importance of making appeals to voters who do not look like themselves.

As the voting public continues to diversify across the United States, political candidates, and particularly white candidates, increasingly recognize the importance of making appeals to voters who do not look like themselves.

In developing democracies, political parties built around charismatic personalities, coupled with populist campaigns, often ascend to power.

In developing democracies, political parties built around charismatic personalities, coupled with populist campaigns, often ascend to power.

A strong case can be made that the South has had the greatest impact of any region on the transformation of U.

A strong case can be made that the South has had the greatest impact of any region on the transformation of U.

In many elections, candidates frame their appeals in gendered ways--they compete, for instance, over who is more "e;masculine.

In many elections, candidates frame their appeals in gendered ways--they compete, for instance, over who is more "e;masculine.

Turkey is a country with a history of multiparty electoral competition going back to 1950, longer than many other nations in the world.

Turkey is a country with a history of multiparty electoral competition going back to 1950, longer than many other nations in the world.

In The Gun Gap, Mark R.

In The Gun Gap, Mark R.

The Electoral College that governs America has been with us since 1804, when Thomas Jefferson's supporters redesigned it for his re-election.

The Electoral College that governs America has been with us since 1804, when Thomas Jefferson's supporters redesigned it for his re-election.

A GUARDIAN, NEW STATESMAN AND SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A whodunnit political page-turner' Melissa Benn, New Statesman 'The best political book I have read for a long while' Rod Liddle, The Spectator From the No.

Forget everything you think you know about the making of the most powerful man on the planet.

In this all-new collection of conversations, Noam Chomsky explores immediate and urgent international concerns including Iran's challenge to the United States, the deterioration of the Israel-Palestine conflict, the ongoing occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan, the rise of China, and the growing power of the left in Latin America, as well as the Democratic victory in the US midterm elections and its ramifications for the future.

Why populations brutalized in war elect their tormentorsOne of the great puzzles of electoral politics is how parties that commit mass atrocities in war often win the support of victimized populations to establish the postwar political order.