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Morris P. Fiorina is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and the Wendt Family Professor of Political Science at Stanford University. His current research focuses on elections and public opinion with particular attention to the quality of representation: how well the positions of elected...
Area 45: The Divided States Of America
The 2016 Election: Partisan or Cultural Divide?
Why Issue-Based Strategies Won’t Help Trump Win Re-Election
The US presidential election on 3 November will be watched closely in Europe. Drawing on recent survey evidence, Davide Angelucci, Lorenzo De Sio, Morris P. Fiorina and Mark N. Franklin illuminate the challenge facing Donald Trump in his bid for re-election. There are currently no divisive issues on which Trump stands to win more support from independents and Democrats than he stands to lose from his own support-base, while on issues for which goals are widely shared, Trump lacks credibility compared to Joe Biden.
Why Can't We All Just Get Along?
The health care bill may be passed, but the road to reform certainly painted a polarizing picture of America.
Democracy's demolition derby
It's been an education, my four decades in Washington journalism: an anniversary that prompts this personal reflection. . . .
FF Symposium: Where’s the Vital Center?
The term the “vital center” was coined of course by Arthur Schlesinger Jr. 60 years ago. . . .
Gay Marriage and the Governor's Race
State Senator Bill Brady, the Republican gubernatorial nominee-in-waiting, recently proposed five amendments to the Illinois Constitution. . . .
Views on 'big government' may shape election outcome
Tea Party movement, nation's financial woes cast Washington in bad light...
Bye-bye, Bayh
SEN. EVAN BAYH, D-Ind., dropped a bombshell in Washington when he announced on Monday that he would not run for re-election. . . .
Independents setting the political pace
Forget the red-state, blue-state construct. . . .
The Left’s Purity Test?
Erick Erickson poses a direct question to me at RedState.com this morning. . . .
The Limitations of Thinking About Red and Blue America
I want to respond to the points raised so far, but first I want to point out how irrelevant the red/blue divisions are to much of politics...
Polarized Pols Versus Moderate Voters?
A scholar disputes the notion that the American electorate is deeply polarized. . . .
The GOP's Best Weapon in 2010
Inclement political weather rocked President Obama and his party this summer...
Focus on Issues
Media coverage of the 2008 presidential primaries has helped to propel the reach of new media outlets in American and throughout the world...
The Vanishing Establishment
A little more than 40 years ago, the journalist Richard H. Rovere set off in search of that indistinct tangle of power and influence known as the American Establishment...
Could power be within Democrats' grasp?
Congressional Democrats appear close to having something they haven't known for a long time: power...
Independents Go Home
Check out this political mystery: Liberals, aka the Democratic base, are angry...
How smart is the American voter?
One of the bestselling books of the 2008 election season has been "Just How Stupid Are We?" by popular historian Rick Shenkman...
Democrats try to tighten grip on Congress
Congressional Democrats appear close to having something they haven't known for a long time: power...
Like-Minded, Living Nearby
The more diverse America becomes, the more homogeneous it becomes...