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Political parties are a feature, not a bug, of American democracy, writes H.W. Brands

After a shaky start, this function came to be fulfilled by political parties. Nowadays, parties are largely viewed as tribal, ...
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Political Parties Have Disconnected From the Public

Sign up for Trump’s Return, a newsletter featuring coverage of the second Trump presidency. One paradox of American politics is that voters are both extremely ...
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Poll: Most Americans say inflammatory political rhetoric has gone too far

Dec. 4 (UPI) --A Gallup poll published Wednesday shows that majorities of both political parties in the United States think that inflammatory criticism and cruel political rhetoric have gone too far.

Young Americans are increasingly rejecting the Democratic and Republican parties, a new poll shows

New polling from Gallup shows that Americans are increasingly identifying as political independents and rejecting the labels ...
The New York Times

America Still Has a Political Center, and It’s the Key to Winning

These are all the races for the House of Representatives last year that were somewhat close. In most places, the winner came from the party that also won the district in the presidential election.
The New York Times

Supreme Court Grapples With Whether to Lift Campaign Finance Limits

The dispute before the court involved a Republican effort to lift limits on how much money political parties can spend in coordination with candidates. By Abbie VanSickle and Shane Goldmacher Abbie ...
The Atlantic

Political Parties Have Disconnected From the Public

One paradox of American politics is that voters are both extremely polarized about politics and extremely disdainful of political parties. A record share, 43 percent, self-identify as political ...