The 2016 election of Donald J. Trump invoked a time for reflection about the state of
American politics and its deep ideological, cultural, racial, regional, and economic divisions …

America faces daunting problems—stagnant wages, high health care costs, neglected
schools, deteriorating public services. How did we get here? Through decades of …

Efforts to reform the US campaign finance system typically focus on the corrupting influence
of large contributions. Yet, as Raymond J. La Raja and Brian F. Schaffner argue, reforms …

This book provides a candidate entry explanation for partisan polarization in Congress.
Danielle M. Thomsen draws on quantitative data to show that ideological moderates are less …

CONGRESSIONAL POLARIZATION: TERMINAL CONSTITUTIONAL DYSFUNCTION?
around congressional polarization-particularly around the likel Page 1 CONGRESSIONAL …

Income inequality and political polarization have both increased dramatically in the United
States over the last several decades. A small but growing literature has suggested that these …

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Page 1 ALIGNING CAMPAIGN FINANCE LAW Nicholas O. Stephanopoulos …

Seth Masket's The Inevitable Party is a study of anti-party reforms and why they fail.
Numerous reform movements over the past century have designated parties as the enemy of …

Does public campaign financing improve representation by reducing politicians' reliance on
wealthy donors as advocates claim, or does it worsen representation by expanding the …

While public campaign financing is often thought of as a way to “level the playing field” of
elections, I argue that such policies may have unintended second-order consequences …