Category Archives: political parties

“Split Definitive: How Party Polarization Turned the Supreme Court into a Partisan Court”

May 7, 2014, 5:27 pmpolitical parties, political polarization, Supreme CourtRick Hasen

Neal Devins and Larry Baum have posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Starting in 2010 the Supreme Court has divided into two partisan ideological blocs, with all the Court’s Democratic appointees on the liberal side and its… Continue reading

“Viewpoints: Top-two primary system is eliminating diverse political expression”

May 6, 2014, 11:14 amballot access, political parties, primariesRick Hasen

Michael Feinstein SacBee oped.

“CFI’s Launches New Project on Money and Polarization in the 2014 Congressional Primaries”

May 5, 2014, 7:05 amcampaign finance, political parties, political polarization, primariesRick Hasen

Press release: “Today, as the congressional primary season heats up, the Campaign Finance Institute is announcing the public launch of its Project on Money and Polarization in the 2014 Primaries. This first step includes a new web tool through… Continue reading

“Republican Civil War Peaks as Primaries Test Tea Party”

May 5, 2014, 6:51 ampolitical parties, political polarization, primariesRick Hasen

Bloomberg reports.

“Liberal donors eye new long-term investments in states and new voters to boost Democrats”

May 4, 2014, 9:06 pmcampaigns, political parties, political polarization, redistrictingRick Hasen

WaPo: A group of wealthy liberal donors who helped bankroll the Center for American Progress and other major advocacy groups on the left is developing a new big-money strategy that could boost state-level Democratic candidates and mobilize core party… Continue reading

Must-Read Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel Analysis of Political Polarization in Milwaukee and Wisconsin

May 4, 2014, 4:31 pmpolitical parties, political polarizationRick Hasen

Stark.

“Reps. Mike Honda, Tom McClintock find reelection no longer a lock; California’s relatively new ‘top two’ primary system means the incumbents face challengers who may have stayed away before”

May 3, 2014, 11:30 ampolitical parties, primariesRick Hasen

The LA Times reports.

“Moderate Candidates’ Campaigns are Expensive–Very Expensive”

May 2, 2014, 1:06 pmcampaigns, political parties, political polarizationRick Hasen

Anne Kim writes for the Washington Monthly.

“No, the South isn’t turning purple anytime soon”

May 1, 2014, 12:32 pmpolitical parties, political polarizationRick Hasen

Aaron Blake writes for WaPo.

“Voter Turnout in Primary Elections”

May 1, 2014, 10:11 ampolitical parties, primariesRick Hasen

New report from Eric McGhee of PPIC: California’s new top-two primary system did not produce the increase in voter turnout that many had hoped for in 2012. But it did appear to engage independent voters. Examining primary voting trends over… Continue reading

“What if the tea party decides to walk away from the GOP in 2016? It could happen.”

April 25, 2014, 9:01 pmcampaigns, political parties, political polarizationRick Hasen

The Fix explores.

“Hardening Partisanship in State Legislatures”

April 23, 2014, 5:06 pmalternative voting systems, political parties, political polarizationRick Hasen

FairVote blog. [corrected link]

This Does Not Bode Well for Congress’s Updating of the Voting Rights Act

April 23, 2014, 3:28 pmpolitical parties, political polarization, Voting Rights Act, VRAARick Hasen

At I have been writing, the only real chance of the Voting Rights Act Amendment (which would restore a form of preclearance regime) making it out of the current session of Congress appears to be if the bill… Continue reading