by Mayur Patel | Nov 22, 2020 | Northeastern University
President Trump is a major source of democratic backsliding in the U.S.; it is time that he accepts defeat in the 2020 election. “What they’re doing is using COVID to steal an election. They’re using COVID to defraud the American people – all of our people...
by Darcy Kuang | Nov 20, 2020 | University of Chicago
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 contenders, it is imperative that mainstream politicians unite with their...
by James Chen | Nov 18, 2020 | University of Chicago
In the wake of the 2020 election, political pundits have been shocked by the complicity of Republican voters in one of the most glaring instances of democratic erosion in American politics. Half of Republicans think that Biden won because of a ‘rigged’ election...
by Sophia Barkoff | Nov 17, 2020 | University of Chicago
Last week, President Donald Trump was voted out of office by an American populace ready to replace him. This rightly seems like a signal that the majority of Americans are ready to move past Trump’s populist claims and fear mongering tactics. Yet Trump remains enabled...
by Kyleb Bello | Oct 30, 2020 | University of Chicago
On March 19,2020 the first stay at home orders were announced in response to the Covid-19 virus[1] and within the next few weeks millions of Americans stocked up on essentials and locked themselves in their homes. Under government orders we were not to leave our homes...
