by Tyler Eld | Oct 18, 2020 | Suffolk University
Who is voting in the 2020 presidential election? Will voter norms continue this year, or will things change? In this blog post, I talk about my experience with politics as a college student and how the youngest voting generation is approaching the 2020 US presidential...
by Andrea Gustafson | Apr 8, 2020 | Boston University
Many scholars have argued that American democracy has been slowly decaying, culminating in the election of populist Donald Trump. Political scientist Robert C. Lieberman et al write, “Trump has openly derided many of the core institutions of democratic governance: the...
by Elly Rundqwist | Feb 21, 2020 | Boston University
In a wide view of American politics, the presidency of Donald Trump has seemingly allowed the country’s state of democracy to fall into a decline. Even prior to his impeachment trial, the world placed the country’s politics under a microscope- whether it was news...
by Andrea Gustafson | Feb 12, 2020 | Boston University
While the polarization of modern American politics was displayed in the nearly partisan impeachment of President Donald Trump, the current democratic primary race to decide who will face Trump in the 2020 elections demonstrates just how extreme American polarization...
by Saadia Ali | Feb 11, 2020 | Boston University
As the American president finished delivering his 2020 State of the Union Address, the highest-ranking member of the opposing political party got to her feet and ripped the President’s speech into pieces. Her display constituted a nonverbal accusation of illegitimacy;...
