Amid the discussion of the amendments on Florida's ballot this election season, a specific one is grabbing the attention of residents — whether to make school boards partisan elections instead of ...

If there is one thing we all can agree on, it’s that Americans with strong political opinions can’t seem to agree with anyone on the other side of the partisan divide. Polarization runs deep.

Welcome to Understanding Congress, a podcast about the first branch of government. Congress is a notoriously complex institution and few Americans think well of it, but Congress is essential to our ...

Voters will be asked in the upcoming general election to weigh in on whether school board member elections should be switched from nonpartisan to partisan. Official ballot language: Amendment #1: ...

National Guard soldiers are seen in silhouette as they keep guard in front of the Capitol Building and near the Washington Monument in Washington on Jan. 19, 2021. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty ...

Janet Protasiewicz celebrating her election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court. It was the most expensive judicial contest in the nation’s history, costing more than $45 million. Her election shifted ...

Once upon a time, people really did vote for person over party. As recently as the 1970s, a voter’s preferences were only loosely moored to partisanship. But those days are over. Here in 2018, the ...

The radical differences in Democratic versus Republican responses to the recent school shooting in Tennessee serve as a stark reminder of the deep political divisions gripping America today. On this ...

“As partisan media becomes more central to politics, we will need to think about it with more nuance, seeing it as more than a menacing rival to professional journalism.” In the middle of the 20th ...

The 5-4 decision will have significant political impact across the country. Choosing to keep the courts out of the politics of gerrymandering, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Thursday ...

How can the partisan divide be bridged when conservatives and liberals consume the same political content, yet interpret it through their own biased lens? Researchers from UC Berkeley, Stanford ...