In our polarized political era, presidents have increasingly become the faces of their parties, operating as symbols of what their parties value — and what the opposing party rejects. Recent Republican presidents have doubled down on ideology and conservative social… Continue Reading
The 2022 midterm elections will decide whether President Biden will still have congressional backing during the final two years of his first term. Only twice since the Great Depression has a newly elected president’s party gained seats in the House… Continue Reading
Donald Trump is still the undisputed leader of the Republican Party. But you probably already knew that. The medley of conservative voters, politicians, activists and political commentators that descended on Dallas this past weekend for this year’s second Conservative Political… Continue Reading
Nate Silver’s Takeaways From NYC’s Ranked-Choice Primary Election
In the 1960s and 70s, conservatives were waging a war against what they considered an existential threat infiltrating America’s public schools. Pamphlets were circulated by the John Birch Society, a right-wing extremist group, declaring it a “filthy Communist plot.” And… Continue Reading