A successful representative democracy is dependent on the expression of the citizens’ interests and views in society through “popular sovereignty”. This idea is the foundation of any working democracy …
Fake News and Election Politics by Anjali Nahata
“It is now clear that social media and intensely partisan television and radio broadcasts disseminated a massive number of messages during the 2016 Presidential election campaign designed to demonize …
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How the 2020 census is serving to consolidate authoritarian power in the U.S. by Guilherme Soares
The main goal of the census in the United States is to count people, Plain and simple. Regardless of race, ethnicity, age, location, or any of countless other categorizations that people like to talk …
Beating Populist Rhetoric: The Democrats’ Guide to the 2020 Election by Alexa Keith
On February 3, 2020, the Iowa caucuses will be held, the first step in finding the Democrat who will challenge Donald Trump for the presidency. As of April, 2019, 21 Democrats have declared their …
Who Will Stand Up for Congress? by Ronen Schatsky
The Trump presidency has alarmed lots of people about the power of the executive branch. Democrats and even some Republicans are expressing serious concerns that the President is overstepping his …
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Patronage Politics and Democracy: A Mutually Exclusive Pair? – by Matthew Sparks
The fundamental idea of clientelism, at first glance, naturally seems to be a rather undemocratic practice, considering that such patronage-networking effectively encourages outright vote-buying. …