“Asymmetrical Polarization Undermined? Thoughts on the New Pew Research Center’s Report on Political Polarization”
Tom Mann blogs at Brookings’ FixGov blog.
Category Archives: political parties
“The Fix: Americans are twice as polarized as they were in 1994 on 8 out of 10 issues”
“An expert on congressional primaries weighs in on Cantor’s loss”
Robert Boatwright talks to the Monkey Cage.
Judicial Candidates Have No Constitutional Right for Party Label on Ballot
“Political Polarization in the American Public; How Increasing Ideological Uniformity and Partisan Antipathy Affect Politics, Compromise and Everyday Life”
Very important Pew report, with some very revealing graphics and statistics.
“Fix the Top Two Primary: Admirable Goals Don’t Justify Indefensible Outcomes”
“Ohio’s partisan system for electing judges OK, court rules”
Columbus Dispatch: “A federal court judge has upheld Ohio unique system of having judicial candidates run as Democrats or Republicans in primary elections, but then stripping them of partisan labels in the general election.”
Anyone have the opinion?
“OPINION: State’s top-two primary a failure”
Timm Herdt column.
“Is California’s top two primary system working?”
Daniel Stid on CA Top Two
Here, at the Hewlett Foundation Blog:
Can the top two primary reverse or at least alleviate polarization? Last fall, at the height of the government shut down, pundits pointed to California’s primary innovation as a model for the nation.… Continue reading
Sen. Cochran to Try to Turn Out the Democratic Vote
“State, Local Parties Tell FEC They Are at Risk Due to Tough Restrictions, Outside Spending”
Bloomberg BNA: “The continued existence of traditional political party committees at the state and local level is being threatened by the restrictions of complex campaign finance rules amidst competition from independent political organizations not subject to the same rules,… Continue reading
Did Democrats Put Kashkari Over Donnelly in CA?
Mark Barabak reports for the LA Times that Republicans are breathing a sigh of relief over the choice of the more moderate candidate over the tea party candidate in the CA governor’s race, to face incumbent Democratic governor Jerry Brown… Continue reading