Parties have been declining over the decades as control of nominations to office has shifted from party leaders to party ...

The public sees a number of specific problems with American politics. Partisan fighting, the high cost of political campaigns, and the outsize influence of special interests and lobbyists are each ...

After the Constitution was signed in 1781, Benjamin Franklin was asked whether it created a republic or a monarchy. A republic, Franklin replied, if you can keep it. In his 1796 farewell address, ...

Political party systems are the frameworks through which organised interests compete for power in democratic and non-democratic regimes alike. Their dynamics encompass the emergence, decline and ...

Are Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump really the two best candidates for America’s most demanding and important job? Hardly. Trump tried to reverse the last election. And ...

A majority of Americans believe the two major political parties do not represent them well. The parties have become more ideologically consistent, leading to extreme policies and candidates. Close ...

A popular English adage says: 'If you cannot beat them, join them.' There are various forms of political parties, namely: ideological, mass, democratic, mission, personality and broker parties, as ...

As dissatisfaction with the two-party system grows in the United States, the idea of an alternative, however unlikely, gains traction. Elon Musk’s recent call for an America Party may be unserious, ...

Are Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump really the two best candidates for America's most demanding and important job? Hardly. Trump tried to reverse the last election. And ...

Duff Conacher, co-founder of Democracy Watch, says territory’s rules around who can donate to political parties and how much ...