by Yifei Shen | Nov 2, 2017 | Boston University
On November 8th, 2016, Donald Trump officially won the Presidency of the United States, beating his opponent, Hillary Clinton, by a count of 304-227 Electoral College votes. However, Trump lost to Clinton in terms of “popular votes” by a margin of almost three million...
by Talia Brenner | Oct 31, 2017 | Brown University
In a week, a year will have passed since Donald Trump’s election. In this time, we have seen a flourishing of political involvement among the intellectual left. Pink knit hats, blue ACLU ribbons, and posters with witty slogans visually symbolize the left’s anti-Trump...
by Aidan Calvelli | Oct 29, 2017 | Brown University
In February 2017, a group of political scientists founded Bright Line Watch, a group focused on surveying experts and the public to assess their perceptions of the state of American democracy. The data from the October 5th survey is here. Bright Line Watch found one...
by Jonathan Silin | Oct 23, 2017 | Brown University
Populism is thriving across the developed world. Yet populists do not always succeed in places that seem ripe for populism. Despite sharing many of the same problems with the United States and the European Union, where populists have dominated recent elections, Japan...
by Bamikole Akomolafe | Oct 21, 2017 | University of Memphis
On the 10th of October 2017, I attended a political event that was organized by the Young Americans for Freedom at the University of Memphis. The central theme of the speaker’s speech (Dinesh D’Sousza) is as follows: Whether, America is great or stained by the...
