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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?
Independents setting the political pace
Forget the red-state, blue-state construct. . . .
The GOP's Best Weapon in 2010
Inclement political weather rocked President Obama and his party this summer...
End of the Age of Obama
The end of the Age of Obama. It began with high hopes on a winter’s night in Iowa in 2008 and ended in disappointment on a crisp fall day nearly seven years later.
Inside L.A.'s Piñata District In The Age Of Donald Trump
Donald Trump justifies his almost daily provocations by claiming he speaks for the "silent majority" -- Americans who share his outrage about illegal immigration, but are afraid to speak up.
A Lot Of Trump's Most Vocal Opponents Will Probably Vote For Him If He Gets Nominated
Former New York Gov. George Pataki won't support fellow presidential hopeful Donald Trump, according to statements he made on Twitter and reiterated during Wednesday night’s “undercard” debate.
Trump's Win Uncovers New Deep Divides In America's Social Fabric
Deep in the heart of Alabama, psychologist Josh Klapow is getting worried. "I know people hanging up the phone on their best friends in the world."
Imagining A Successful Trump Presidency
Imagine a successful Trump presidency. That is the assignment I gave myself this week as I met with research fellows at the Hoover Institution, a free-market think tank located here on Stanford University’s campus, and with Stanford professors.
New Polling Suggests Democrats’ Impeachment Push Could Alienate Key Voters
Data exclusive to Vanity Fair shows impeachment could be a losing issue for Democrats hoping to recruit Independents in 2020. “Lots of people who don’t like Trump who are still prepared to vote for him,” says one political science expert.
Wanted: Lawmakers Who Shoulder Responsibility
Polarization Is Not the Problem
Since the early years of this century, political commentators have told the American public that the country is coming apart. Although survey data indicates that majorities of the American public believe such claims, a sober look at the data reveals a more complex picture.
What Does History Tell Us About 2018?
The Intellectual Origins Of The Trump Presidency And The Construction Of Contemporary American Politics
Fight Club
While the political parties duke it out over divisive social issues, the majority of Americans remain steadfastly in the middle. . . .
Brown poised for massive upset
Polls across the board show Republican Scott Brown about to take the Massachusetts Senate seat that has been in the Kennedy clan since JFK. . . .
Deteriorating relationships?
The average American citizen, contrary to myth, is neither very angry, nor very far to the left or the right, nor inclined to treat anyone with different opinions as a mortal enemy...
Rowdy protesters overrun health care meetings
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sent her chamber home for the summer recess with a list of talking points to respond to constituents' questions about pending health care legislation...
Walker And Rubio Are Taking The GOP Presidential Contest To Historic Extremes On Abortion
Donald Trump has been the center of attention since the first Republican presidential debate last week. But perhaps the most significant policy moment in the debates came when two other GOP frontrunners, Florida senator Marco Rubio and Wisconsin governor Scott Walker, announced their opposition to abortion without any exceptions.
How Much Will Hillary’s Low ‘Honest And Trustworthy’ Numbers Matter?
The New York Times talks to dozens and dozens of Democratic insiders and determines that anxiety among them about the Hillary Clinton email story is very, very real: Democratic leaders are increasingly frustrated by Hillary Rodham Clinton’s failure to put to rest questions about her State Department email practices and ease growing doubts among voters about her honesty and trustworthiness.
Well, That Was Dispiriting: Let's Make Trump's State Of The Union The Last Of Its Kind
Another year, another dreary, partisan State of the Union address, not to mention hundreds of "previews" and after-the-fact analyses parsing the president's every word. You can find examples of these in this paper and every other; turn on the television and you'll find talking heads debating whether Donald Trump was "presidential." Why must we put up with this every January?