Darcy Kuang

Suburban White Women, Polarization, and Democratic Erosion

It has long been established that party polarization can contribute to democratic erosion. As Steven Levitsky and Deniel Ziblatt have pointed out, when extremists emerge as serious electoral...

USPS Crisis as a Case of Stealth Authoritarianism

University of Chicago

In the 2016 U.S Presidential election, approximately 33 million voters cast their ballots by mail, which accounted for one quarter of all ballots cast. With the COVID-19 pandemic, an unprecedented...