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The Democrats: Stress fractures
May 24th 2012, 8:04 from Democracy in America
Are the Democrats as divided as the Republicans?(10)
Personality and polarisation: The big sort
May 21st 2012, 5:31 from Democracy in America
The paralysing polarisation dogging Washington may be a consequence of the geographic clustering of like personalities(160)
The Federal Election Commission: Testy gridlock
May 17th 2012, 3:05 from Print edition
No way to police an election(5)
Anti-incumbency: The bipartisan backlash
May 17th 2012, 2:36 from Democracy in America
What El Paso's congressional election tells us about the nation(49)
Defence spending cuts: The informed majority
May 15th 2012, 1:32 from Democracy in America
When given information about the defence budget, most people want to see it cut(167)
Italy’s local elections: Battered all over
May 10th 2012, 3:06 from Print edition
Most mainstream parties suffer, but the right does worst(8)
The tea party: Another moderate shown the door
May 9th 2012, 6:10 from Democracy in America
A victory for the tea-party movement, as Dick Lugar goes down in Indiana(240)
Ideas and economic policy: Accounting for less-than-perfect policy
May 7th 2012, 1:52 from Democracy in America
Paul Krugman's lazy account of America's weak recovery compares poorly to the accounts of a few economics bloggers(105)
Republican extremism: Reversing polarisation
May 1st 2012, 10:57 from Democracy in America
The Dutch show us it is possible, even in America(116)
Mexican immigration: Low tide
Apr 26th 2012, 10:01 from Democracy in America
Mexican immigration is at a historic low, but Mitt Romney is stuck with his hawkish anti-immigration rhetoric(196)
Democrats and the National Rifle Association: Choosing your battles
Apr 26th 2012, 6:20 from Democracy in America
The gun lobby's waning influence is in part due to the Democrat Party's retreat on gun control(74)
Immigration politics: The nativist millstone
Apr 26th 2012, 3:02 from Print edition
Republican policies on illegal immigration are annoying Latinos and becoming a serious handicap in the presidential election(438)
Inequality and mobility: Against equality of opportunity
Apr 20th 2012, 9:10 from Democracy in America
Republicans err when they uphold equality of opportunity; they should defend sufficient opportunity for all, instead(319)
Lexington: Enough to make you veep
Apr 19th 2012, 3:09 from Print edition
Mitt Romney is about to discover how hard it is to choose a running-mate(72)
Thailand’s politics: Looking for peace and love
Apr 12th 2012, 3:07 from Print edition
Attempts at reconciliation lead only to more recriminations(7)
Political messaging: The infrastructure of opportunity
Apr 12th 2012, 2:12 from Democracy in America
A piece of campaign rhetoric that is straightforward, comprehensible and credible, without preying on any unsavoury impulses(32)
Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney: Obama's call to culture war
Apr 6th 2012, 11:33 from Democracy in America
The president's furious culture-war attack on Paul Ryan's budget flips the script of American politics(186)
The Republicans: A little problem with women
Apr 4th 2012, 4:07 from Lexington's notebook
Mitt Romney has some ground to make up with the fairer sex(60)
Lexington: The scarcer sex
Apr 4th 2012, 3:00 from Print edition
Republican callousness is not helped by women’s reluctance to enter politics(122)
Health-care reform on trial: Full-court press
Mar 29th 2012, 3:03 from Print edition
Barack Obama’s health-care law moves to America’s highest court, and looks to be in danger. The case could transform the power of the federal government(260)
Obamacare and the Supreme court: I am starting to hate broccoli
Mar 28th 2012, 4:05 from Democracy in America
Why the slippery-slope arguments against Obamacare don't make much sense(443)
Trust in government: Big government and the narcissism of small differences
Mar 27th 2012, 1:44 from Democracy in America
The debate in America is between big and bigger government, not between none and biggest(66)
Obamacare and the Supreme Court: A guide to the health-care case
Mar 26th 2012, 11:48 from Democracy in America
All you need to know about the Supreme Court's health-care reform case, which begins today(395)
Health-care reform: Succeeding by failing
Mar 23rd 2012, 5:39 from Democracy in America
Could the defeat of Obamacare lead to a single-payer system?(248)
Polarisation and Paul Ryan's budget: Why nations fail
Mar 23rd 2012, 2:09 from Democracy in America
America may not be on the brink of collapse, but a new book lays out issues that should concern obstinate politicians(111)