Elections

Politics

Filter By:

Type

Fellow

Research Team

Use comma-separated ID numbers for each author

Support the Hoover Institution

Join the Hoover Institution's community of supporters in advancing ideas defining a free society.

Support Hoover

Analysis and CommentaryPolitics

Senators Hail Their Emperor, But Trump's No Shoo-In For A Second Term

by Niall Fergusonvia Boston Globe
Monday, February 10, 2020

The eventual Democratic nominee will have at least some chance of beating Trump.

Analysis and CommentaryPolitics

New Hampshire – And Same Old Anxiety For Democrats?

by Bill Whalenvia Forbes
Monday, February 10, 2020

Unless one of the Democratic presidential candidates does something truly suicidal in the next 24 hours – i.e., fly in Joaquin Phoenix to discuss the anthropological arrogance of cow’s milk with Connecticut River Valley dairy farmers – here are some New Hampshire primary focal points.

InterviewsPolitics

Lanhee Chen On Armstrong And Getty On-Demand (27:40)

interview with Lanhee J. Chenvia Armstrong and Getty
Friday, February 7, 2020

Hoover Institution fellow Lanhee Chen discusses the political climate as well as the 2020 presidential race.

In the News

How Old Do You Have To Be To Vote? These Teen Activists Are Changing The Game

quoting David Davenportvia Elite Daily
Friday, February 7, 2020

Amira Tripp Folsom believes in change. The 18-year-old activist from Portland, Oregon, is passionate about discussing issues that affect teens across the country — like climate change, systemic racism, and school policing — and what she thinks should be done about them. "We should have a say in the things that happen to us," Tripp Folsom tells Elite Daily. That's why she's pushing so hard to lower the voting age to 16.

FeaturedPolitics

Democrats Should Be Thinkin’: Ditch Iowa For The Land Of Lincoln

by Bill Whalenvia Forbes
Thursday, February 6, 2020

As I write this, 3% of Iowa’s vote is still unaccounted for (I’m reminded of a past election in San Francisco, when missing ballot boxes turned up floating in the bay) and the chair of the Democratic National Committee wants a recanvass of caucus results.

InterviewsPolitics

Bill Whalen On The John Batchelor Show

interview with Bill Whalenvia The John Batchelor Show
Wednesday, February 5, 2020

Hoover Institution fellow Bill Whalen discusses which Democratic presidential candidates were damaged the most by the mistakes in Iowa.

In the News

Iowa Caucus: Fallout From Delayed Results After App Meltdown

quoting Lanhee J. Chenvia ABC 7 News
Tuesday, February 4, 2020

The presidential candidates may have already moved onto New Hampshire for next week's primary, but officials in Iowa are now dealing with the fallout after a major snafu with reporting the results.

FeaturedPolitics

Iowa Caucuses Did One Thing Right: Require Paper Ballots

by Herbert Linvia The Conversation
Tuesday, February 4, 2020

As the confusion that was the Iowa caucuses unfolds, there will be a lot of questions about what happened and how to avoid it in the future.

In the News

How Multiple System Failures Produced Debacle In Iowa Caucus

quoting Herbert Linvia Bloomberg
Tuesday, February 4, 2020

The Iowa Democratic Party will face tough questions Tuesday about how the technology and structure it designed for transparency and efficiency at its caucuses instead delivered neither.

Analysis and CommentaryHealth Care

Lanhee Chen: Don’t Be Fooled By The “Public Option”

by Lanhee J. Chenvia Townhall Review
Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Presidential candidates Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg and Mike Bloomberg all claim they’re proposing a moderate, less disruptive approach to health-care reform called the “public option”—a government policy offered as an alternative to private health insurance.

Pages