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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...
‘You’re Likable Enough, Mitt.’
The Omnibus
- Fiscal cliff. Taxmageddon. Whatever you want to call it, Edward Lazear explains what's really at stake for the U.S. economy.
Can We Talk?: The Rise of Rude, Nasty, Stubborn Politics
To many, the angry protestors at town hall meetings, the death threats toward politicians, the inflammatory language online and over the airwaves, and the language of politician themselves are making America politics an ugly, mean-spirited, and nasty affair.
Talks from Hoover’s 2014 Fall Retreat Now Available online
The Hoover Institution recently wrapped up its fifty-fourth retreat. The three-day event, from October 19 through 21, featured talks from Hoover’s distinguished scholars and affiliates. Below are summaries of presentations from the event, accompanied by links to selected podcasts and chartcasts.
John Cochrane, Morris Fiorina, Jack Goldsmith, Stephen Haber, Victor Davis Hanson, Edward Lazear, James Mattis, Michael McFaul,Condoleezza Rice, Russell Roberts, Kimberley Strassel, John Taylor, and Eric Wakin.
Candidates Fight Over Abortion, But Public Has Surprising Level Of Harmony
Unlike the opinions of party activists and pundits, public opinion about women’s choices during their pregnancies yields surprising points of agreement across party lines. If you ask them specifics, Americans agree on quite a bit about when and why abortions should be legal. This is what one large, federally funded survey project did in 2012.
How America Got Polarized
As my wife and I waited to see a screening of "Best of Enemies," a new documentary focusing on the debates between the conservative publisher William Buckley Jr. and the liberal author Gore Vidal in the summer 1968, I overheard another guest say, "It will be nice to see a movie about a time when television was so much better at the news than it is today."
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.
Voters Don’t Seem To Care Whether Candidates Tell The Truth
Leslie Rzeznik was excited to vote for Hillary Clinton in the 2008 Democratic primary, hoping to see America elect its first female president. But this year, when her state’s primary came, the 54-year-old of Canton, Michigan, chose Clinton’s opponent, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. A key reason among many for her: “I don’t feel like she’s the same candidate she was in 2008,” Rzeznik says. “I really don’t trust Hillary.”
Americans Aren’t As Divided As You Think
Every day, America is being misled by the political parties, our political leaders and the press. We are told that the other side – whether it’s liberals or conservatives, Democrats or Republicans – are not just wrong on the issues, but full of destructive intent. The other side is full of deplorables or white nationalists or snowflakes or, worse yet, globalists. We are assured that the other side despises American values and is intent on destroying the country as we know it.
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?
America Has Held Together Through Worse Times Than Now
Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) reminded President Trump earlier this year, “America is an idea, not a race.” That idea is actually a plural of concepts based on our Constitution, our system of democratic institutions and norms, and our belief in the American Dream—the notion that regardless of where you come from, you can realize anything, go anywhere.
US Anger And Divisiveness Blamed On ‘Truth Decay’
What is it like to live in the United States today? Let’s take a look at the happenings of the past two weeks. On June 20 actor Peter Fonda encouraged Americans to “rip Barron Trump – a 12-year-old boy who may be autistic – from his mother’s arms and put him in a cage with pedophiles."
Elections: Understanding Democracy In A Divided America
Elections are a pillar of American democracy. But for many Americans today, our democratic process feels under siege. A divided electorate and intense partisanship have led to a tense public mood where feelings of polarization run deep. People are now more attached to their party affiliation than any other social identifier – like race and religion – according to Stanford scholar Shanto Iyengar. He argues that this only amplifies polarization further.
Americans Say Their Politics Don’t Define Them. But It’s Complicated.
We are all various things at once — maybe a mother, a Southerner, a millennial and a member of the middle class. Or perhaps your Twitter bio introduces you as a husband, a Texan and an engineer. In an era of acrid partisanship, how do political beliefs figure into these identities? To understand this, we surveyed Americans, asking 2,204 of them this question in a national poll conducted by Morning Consult.
How Close Is The United States To A Civil War?
At the beginning of the Cold War, the artist wife of the physicist Alexander Langsdorf came up with the image of the “doomsday clock.” It appeared in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists to illustrate the fear of many physicists—including some who had been involved in the creation of the atomic bomb—that a “technology-induced catastrophe” might be terrifyingly close. Midnight on the doomsday clock meant nuclear Armageddon.
Congress, Egged On By The Polar Extremes, Is Out Of Step With The Rest Of Us
It's been a rough few weeks for our national psyche. The trifecta of a contentious Kavanaugh fight, a pipe bomber who targeted victims based on partisanship, and a murderous anti-Semite has saddened and sapped the nation of its energy. It's enough to make a casual observer think America is inexorably divided. But that would be the wrong conclusion. There is actually positive political news around us, if only we would appreciate and draw strength from it.
Palo Alto Woman Sparks National Furor After Berating A Man Wearing A Maga Hat In Starbucks
Ask Questions That Will Reveal What Kind Of Leaders They Would Be
In a political environment of stark partisanship, the understandable tendency in presidential campaigns is to focus on the conflict between candidates. Sometimes these conflicts are around ideas, often they are of a more personal nature. The rapid-fire, continuous loop of digital media amplifies this approach, and obviously voters find it important as well to inform their decisions. But there is another metric for choosing our leaders that can be more predictive of success in the White House, particularly in times of historic challenges that transcend party differences. And that is the combination of leadership skills that make up the alchemy of a transformational presidency.