Voters are complicated. People in the American center are likely to be heterodox in their viewpoints, taking a few stances from Column A and a few from Column B. There isn’t a single issue position ...

In a 2021 study in the Journal of Politics, researchers found that when a person in one political party was asked what they think of someone in the other party, their answer was pretty negative.

One in two adults is estranged from a close relation today. Of those estranged over politics, almost half say the break occurred within the last year.

And so I think part of the challenge — for not just Democrats but American liberalism — is how do you rebuild a higher-trust society, one where people can buy in to a redistributive program?

Why the Almanac of American Politics remains an essential read amid today’s fractured political climate Despite a polarized nation, the 2026 edition continues to offer trusted, comprehensive ...

He had complained, in one of his many memoirs, about the “arrested development” of American politics, stuck in the “psychodrama of the Baby Boom generation”.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to Northwestern University political science professor Jeffrey Winters about what some have called the oligarchy shaping American politics and society.

Is Political Polarization Unique to the US? Political scientist James Adams studies how people feel about others in their own and opposition political parties.

America's pattern of calcified politics makes for repeated high-stakes elections fought in apocalyptic tones, with neither party willing to yield an inch.