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“These Guys Are Weird”: How Overtly Anti-Democratic Ideology Made It From Online Forums to the Presidential Ticket

by Samuel Cobin | Oct 10, 2024 | Brown University

When now Democratic Vice Presidential Candidate Tim Walz spoke these titular words in reference to JD Vance, his opposition on the Republican ticket, the feeling resonated with many observers. Whether it was the awkward manner by which Vance ordered at a donut shop,...

Absence of a Primary in the U.S. 2024 Democratic Nomination: An Act of Democratic Erosion

by traver.24@osu.edu | Sep 13, 2024 | Ohio State University

In democracies, political parties play a crucial role in representing the will of the people by allowing voters to select their preferred leaders through competitive elections. Recently, in the United States, the Democratic Party’s decision to bypass the 2024 primary...

Is Democratic Erosion a Threat in the 2024 U.S. Election?

by slifko.8@osu.edu | Sep 13, 2024 | Ohio State University

As we start the 2024 United States election cycle, campaign commercials, political slander, and discussions about immigration, healthcare, and taxation are all common. However, there’s another contest in the background: the health of American democracy. Many analysts...

Voter Fraud: The True Threat to American Democracy?

by sfikas.3@osu.edu | Sep 13, 2024 | Ohio State University

Are American elections just one big rigged system? Though there have been numerous claims of voter fraud, it can be hard to know how truly concerned about it we should be. There is actually something a lot scarier hiding in the fraud accusations. Be careful the next...

Election Denialism: A Comparison of American and Brazilian Tendencies in Public Trust Scandals, Misinformation, and Political Violence

by Sage Foreman | Jun 5, 2024 | Arizona State University

American and Brazilian politics are intimately interconnected, and as a result have comparably similar social trends with misinformation, public trust, and violent tendencies. Following the 2020 American presidential election, there has been a rise in election...
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