by Aiden Cardozo | Oct 17, 2022 | Boston University
An analysis of American democratic erosion is conducted leveraging findings from political science professors Sheri Berman and Ozan Varol. Particular attention is paid to the populist Trump presidency and Citizens United v. FEC (2010)....
by Shiqi Duan | Oct 16, 2022 | Boston University
Trump’s brand of populism created the single most politically spectacular event in the US’s history, when the pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6th, 2021 to prevent the formalization of Joe Biden’s electoral victory. The failure of the American party system to...
by Samuel Soman | Oct 16, 2022 | Boston University
Trump’s Role In Creating Anti-Democratic Norms US democracy is in jeopardy due to the Republican party’s appeasement and pandering to far right-wing populism. As a ‘right-wing populist,’ Former President Donald J Trump has acted as a demagogue...
by Alex Umiker | Oct 12, 2022 | SUNY-Binghamton
How did we get here? How did the United States come so close to the overturning of a democratic election that has guaranteed the peaceful transfer of power for almost 250 years? Infamously, President Trump refused to accept the results of the 2020 election after he...
by Rithik Shetty | Sep 30, 2022 | Ohio State University
On August 8th, for the first time, law enforcement agents raided the home of a former president on suspicion of criminal activity. The ensuing legal conflict between former president Donald Trump and the US Department of Justice has revealed the mechanisms of...
