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Kamala Harris wants to tackle America’s caregiving challenge
Millions of Americans care for aging parents or partners. That number will rise. (cc) Büşranur Aydın via Pexels. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris garnered headlines...
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Poll results depend on pollster choices as much as voters’ decisions
Simple changes in how to weight a single poll can move the Harris-Trump margin 8 points. Photo by visuals on Unsplash. There is no end of scrutiny of the 2024 election polls – who is ahead, who is...
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Announcing the 2025-2026 Good Authority fellows program!
Apply by Jan. 3, 2025 to join the Good Authority team of contributors. Photo in image courtesy of © janniswerner via Canva.com. We invite political scientists interested in writing for a broad audience...
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The high stakes in Moldova’s 2024 election
Will Russian interference throw this critical election? Government building in Chișinău, Moldova, adorned with Moldovan and E.U. flags. In front stands a monument to victims of Soviet repression. Photo...
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Harris, Trump, and the ICC – what IR scholars think
Which presidential candidate would engage more with the International Criminal Court? The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands (cc) United Nations photo, via Flickr. With the...
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Georgia’s 2024 parliamentary elections were a blow to democracy
There are reports of election irregularities and the Georgian Dream party is set to control the country for another four years. Protests in Tbilisi, Georgia, in May 2024. Photo © Arianne Swieca. To...
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Black voters as saviors – and scapegoats
The data suggest it’s time to look beyond the old idea that Black Americans are a monolithic voting bloc. (cc) Amaury Laporte, via Wikimedia Commons. Race in American political life is often the...
View ArticleMisfits, ‘Hatebreeders’: The Week In One Song
A hateful final lap to the 2024 campaign. The Trump campaign’s rhetoric becomes more rancid as the election approaches, culminating in a Madison Square Garden rally laced with bigotry and anger. The...
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Who has a policy that would benefit you? More voters say Trump.
Fewer voters say this of Harris – a challenge for Clinton in 2016 but not Biden in 2020. (cc) Gage Skidmore via Flickr (images combined on Canva). Just days before Nov. 5, the 2024 election...
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How experts and the public see the proposed U.S. Steel sale
Blocking the sale to Nippon Steel unites presidential candidates – but not the public or experts. US Steel logo sign from the Homestead Works of US Steel (cc) Cam Miller, via Flickr. In the run-up to...
View ArticleOn foreign policy, has Donald Trump become predictable?
The candidate who wanted to be “the madman” has a pretty clear agenda. We are coming to the end of the third straight presidential election cycle where U.S. foreign policy watchers at home and abroad...
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