The growing hyper-partisan polarisation that divides the country cannot be good for its democratic well-being.

President-elect Donald Trump won across the map — improving on Republican margins nearly everywhere and delivering on his ...

“Trump,” you wrote, “is as American as apple pie.” The results of this election seem to confirm the idea that, far from the ...

Americans love games of chance, but history shows they're a poor substitute for a robust investment in public goods.

The warning signs were hiding in plain sight, even at the Democrats’ ecstatic four-day August convention in Chicago that felt ...

Readers discuss the rancor and mistrust and suggest ways to come together. Also: Floods in America; support for youths; the ...

Kamala Harris' resounding loss to Donald Trump in the 2024 election means many things to different people, including the fact ...

Statewide efforts to adopt open and nonpartisan primaries, as well as ranked choice voting, failed in this year’s election, ...

The unusual stability of our constitutional system means we don’t think of our political orders in those terms — that’s for ...

"If you voted for Trump, I hope that peace never finds you," the singer-songwriter wrote. "You have to live the rest of your life with the knowledge and guilt of what you’ve done." ...

As we reflect on our recent election, it’s clear that while one party won, both sides and the American public, ...

African nations have diverse political systems mainly hinged on the failed liberal democracy imposed upon us by imperialist powers, from one-party states to multiparty democracies, each with its ...