Perspectives on Politics

Upending the New Deal Regulatory Regime: Democratic Party Position Change on Financial Regulation By Richard Barton, Syracuse University Why did congressional Democrats upend the financial regulatory regime they had maintained since the New Deal? I […]

Who Supports Political Violence? By Miles T. Armaly, The University of Mississippi, and Adam M. Enders, University of Louisville The last few years have witnessed an increase in democratic “backsliding” in the United States—a decline […]

Why Do Issues “Whose Time Has Come” Stick Around? Attention Durability and the Case of Gun Control By Kristin A. Goss, Duke University and Matthew J. Lacombe, Case Western Reserve University In any healthy democracy, […]

Voice and Balancing in US Congressional Elections By Till Weber, University of New York If the median voter wrote the Constitution, every Tuesday would be Election Day. Consider the case of the United States: Halfway […]

Under the Veil of Democracy: What Do People Mean When They Say They Support Democracy? By Hannah S. Chapman, University of Oklahoma, Margaret C. Hanson, Arizona State University, Valery Dzutsati, Southern Illinois University, and Paul […]

The Realignment of Political Tolerance in the United States By Dennis Chong, University of Southern California, Jack Citrin, UC Berkeley Political Science, and Morris Levy, University of Southern California Studies conducted between the 1950s and […]

Party Types in the Age of Personalized Politics By Gideon Rahat, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Democracies in general and political parties in particular have undergone political personalization in recent decades. The power balance between politicians […]

Partisanship in the #MeToo Era By Mirya R. Holman, University of Houston, and Nathan P. Kalmoe, University of Wisconsin-Madison Partisanship structures mass politics by shaping the votes, policy views, and political perceptions of ordinary people. […]