“Americans have not become more politically polarized”
Mo Fiorina on the Pew study.
Category Archives: political parties
“Governing in a Polarized America: A Bipartisan Blueprint to Strengthen our Democracy”
Release:
The Bipartisan Policy Center launched the Commission on Political Reform in 2013 to investigate the causes and consequences of America’s partisan political divide and to advocate for specific reforms that will improve the political process and that will… Continue reading
“When Voters Pull the Trigger: Can Direct Democracy Restrain Legislative Excesses?”
Vladimir Kogan has posted this draft on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Direct democracy is sometimes described as a “gun behind the door” that influences state policy outcomes, but little is known about how legislators react when voters actually pull… Continue reading
“Montana Republicans vote for closed primaries, for runoff elections”
“California’s jungle primary: Tried it. Dump it.”
“Another Senate dispute puts spending bills in jeopardy”
Parliamentary maneuverings and election year politics.
“‘Hall: McDaniel, Cochran primary law fight disingenuous”
Sam Hall column: “Mississippi has a law that says a person cannot vote in a party primary unless they intend to support that party’s nominee in the general election. The law is all but unenforceable and is contradicted by other… Continue reading
“Mississippi’s Black Voters Should Vote for Thad Cochran”
Jamelle Bouie makes the case.
“Top-Two Supporters File Brief in Rubin v Bowen, the Minor Party Challenge to California’s Top-Two System”
J. Christian Adams Wrongly Suggests Poll Workers Should Exclude Democrats from Voting in Mississippi Primary, Ignoring Relevant Case Law and an AG Opinion
Via Josh Marshall, comes a story at Breitbart, Former DOJ Attorney: Illegal for Democrats to Vote in MS GOP Primary Runoff. Here’s the relevant part of the article:
J. Christian Adams, a former Civil Rights Division attorney at… Continue reading
“Setting the Record Straight on a Polarizing Debate”
WaPo Editorial Suggests MultiMember Districts to Deal with Political Polarization
“Population Shifts Turning All Politics National”
“Asymmetrical Polarization Undermined? Thoughts on the New Pew Research Center’s Report on Political Polarization”
Tom Mann blogs at Brookings’ FixGov blog.