BALLOT MEASURE BATTLES — On Tuesday, voters in 41 states will decide on a total of 146 statewide ballot measures. That’s up from 116 from the last presidential year in 2020 and down slightly ...

For the first time in history, an American sits on the Throne of St. Peter. Pope Leo XIV – born in Dolton, Illinois, and ...

Voters are complicated. People in the American center are likely to be heterodox in their viewpoints, taking a few stances from Column A and a few from Column B. There isn’t a single issue position ...

The concept of “need for chaos” can help explain the mess that is American politics in 2024, and more specifically why the most common criticisms of Trump have failed to dent his support.

During a Senate Finance Committee hearing on June 12, 2025, Senator Bernie Sanders relentlessly presses Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on why he thinks it's a good idea to give tax breaks to the ...

Maybe everything that has happened in presidential elections since 2016 can be explained by three simple propositions: Any living human being would defeat Hillary Clinton.

Many voters are switching party allegiances during the Trump era, but the parties aren't changing in ways that reflect their preferences.

The rise of the right remade the GOP—and fundamentally changed how parties operated in American politics.

How Smithsonian Curators Visit Political Conventions to Explain the Present to the Future When scholars from the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History attend one of these gatherings ...