Breaking down the lessons from the 2014 midterm elections.

Stanford’s Morris Fiorina, one of America’s leading political scientists, has published a new book titled, Disconnect: The Breakdown of Representation in American Politics. . . .

What the fractious political landscape means for the midterm elections.

With ideological extremism on the rise in Congress, President Barack Obama argued during his State of the Union that America must reform its elections.

Forget the red-state, blue-state construct. . . .

Inclement political weather rocked President Obama and his party this summer...

Members of Congress — with the possible exceptions of Senator Robert C. Byrd and Representative John D. Dingell — come and go...

Congressional races tend to get second-billing during presidential election years; however the contests for the House and Senate on November 8 will be pivotal in shaping the political, economic and moral future of the United States.

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.