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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...
Impeachment Debate Reflects Growing Partisan Split, Analysts Say
The House Democratic majority’s vote last week to impeach President Donald Trump — and the Senate Republican majority’s expected acquittal next year — reflect a deep partisan divide in America that research shows has grown to near-peak levels.
When It Comes To Polarization Across The Globe, America Leads The Way
America’s widening political divide stands out above other nations, according to a new cross-country polarization study by Stanford University economists.
‘Why We’re Polarized,’ By Ezra Klein: An Excerpt
The first thing I need to do is convince you something has changed. American politics offers the comforting illusion of stability. The Democratic and Republican Parties have dominated elections since 1864, grappling for power and popularity the whole time.
Is Political Science Dying?
While the campus grievance mongers cry for Justice! and continue their drive for power and safe spaces, I note an extraordinary story in the latest issue of Stanford, the bimonthly magazine of the Stanford Alumni Association.
The New American Center
America is broken. The middle class, once the largest and most robust American cohort, now struggles for economic survival. Employment is rising, in terms of jobs growth, but salaries are not keeping up with cost of living and federal benefits that Americans pay into and count on, such as Social Security and Medicare.
The Parties Are Polarized, Not The Public
Americans today are living in a highly polarized time. Elected officials are at each other’s throats, and it seems like Congress can’t agree on anything. However, it’s politicians who are driving this era of polarization, not the American public. With the primaries underway and the 2020 election on the way, it’s time politicians stop blaming one another and work together for America’s sake.
Finding Common Ground: America Can Do It, Can Stanford?
On Sept. 19, 2019, 526 Americans of all walks of life gathered in a resort ballroom in Dallas, Texas. For the first time in our nation’s history, a statistically representative sample of registered voters — with a near identical distribution of gender, age, income and geographic origin to all registered voters — stood in one room.
Making Sense Of The 2016 Election
A few Stanford political experts are gathering in cyberspace to help people make sense of the 2016 election.
Political And Electoral Instability
American politics feels more divided than ever. Are we at an unprecedented point in history? Are there lessons to be learned from prior periods in American politics?
Analysis: Exodus Of Republican Voters Tired Of Trump Could Push Party Further Right
A surge of Republicans quitting the party to renounce Donald Trump after the deadly Capitol riot could hurt moderates in next year's primaries, adding a capstone to Trump's legacy as president: A potentially lasting rightward push on the party.
Courting the Anxious Cubicle Man
He’s faceless, forlorn, the personification of despair in portrayals from Kafka to “Dilbert..."
Polarization In America: The Role Of Media Fragmentation
Recurrent failures in the U.S. government’s executive and legislative branches to agree on spending during Barack Obama’s presidency resulted in a downgraded credit rating and a government shutdown.
Study: When It Comes To Polarization Across The Globe, America Leads The Way
Researchers seek to understand why America's political divide has grown faster and larger than those in eight other democracies
The Majority-Minority Myth
Identity politics, which supposedly boost the Democrats’ electoral chances, aren’t the sure bet they might appear. Why? Because Americans’ identities are steadily blending into each other.
A Fact-Based Review Of American Political Theory
Conventional political wisdom tells us the United States is suffering from a hitherto unseen level of partisan strife paralyzing the nation and preventing our lawmakers from solving our problems.
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.
Stanford Policy Experts, Professors Unpack Midterm Election Outcomes
Stanford-affiliated policy experts and political science professors gathered in the Hoover Institution’s David & Joan Traitel Building on Thursday to discuss the 2018 midterm election outcomes, voter turnout, gerrymandering and increasing polarization in America’s political landscape.