In the 2016 election, Donald Trump won 60% of the American Catholic vote. This year, it will be difficult for him to obtain a similar score, and that could have immense consequences.
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Trump uses more religious terms in his set-piece addresses than any other president in the last 100 years.
Biden and Trump are both preparing for a court battle in November. But when the Electoral College produces no clear winner, it’s the House of Representatives that’s supposed to select the president.
Political conventions used to pick presidential nominees in private. Now the public picks the nominee and then the party has a big party at the convention, writes a scholar of US elections.
There are many more ways to elect a president than the US method – and several alternatives beyond the popular vote.
Bernie Sanders is the antithesis of a political showman who says one thing today, another tomorrow. Perhaps, in the end, that was his undoing.
African American voters are indispensable to any Democrat strategy. Given party affiliation is increasingly split down racial lines, is the best tactic to get out the black, anti-Trump vote?
Hillary Clinton got the most individual votes from US citizens in 2016, but Donald Trump won the most electoral votes.
Hillary Clinton arguably lost in 2020 because she took workers for granted. Will Democrats make the same mistake again?
The 2020 US election could set a record for ugliness and division. Two previous elections provide important context for what that division can mean.
Providing the first empirical analysis of the court’s performance in high-profile cases between 2004 and 2016, our research indicates that its independence from the government remains intact.
The number of candidates in presidential primaries has skyrocketed since the 2016 election. Divisions inside political parties and easy ways for candidates to raise money are among the reasons why.
Both the government and the opposition still consider Papua as a problem caused by a lack of economic development and which has nothing to do with politics.
We contacted four academics to provide analysis of the candidates’ visions and program planning. They all concluded that nobody won the debate.
No concrete measures to eradicate corruption were offered by the two candidates – Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and Prabowo Subianto – in the latest presidential debate.
Joko “Jokowi” Widodo may claim that he is not a human rights offender like his rival, Prabowo Subianto, but his track record during his tenure may indicate otherwise.
Incumbent President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo may have won hearts among potential voters by building roads, airports and ports, but his opponents can still bring him down with other issues.
Leftist former President Lula da Silva is the clear favorite in Brazil’s 2018 presidential race, leading his closest rival — a firebrand conservative — by 15 points. The only problem: He’s in jail.
Can Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Mexican politics’ long-time left-wing rabble rouser, finally win the presidency?
Paraguay remains divided over whether to allow former presidents to run for reelection, and time is running out to decide who can – and cannot – declare their candidacy for the 2018 election.
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