by Shivanni Babu | Nov 18, 2020 | University of Chicago
As the aftermath of the presidential election continues to unfold, many citizens both in the United States and abroad are nervous about the fate of the American democracy. Trump’s refusal to accept the legitimacy of the election results counteracts centuries of norms...
by Giacomo Ramos | Nov 18, 2020 | University of Chicago
There is growing research on how belief in false information can damage democracy by promoting dangerous demagogues. As a response, companies like Facebook and Twitter have been creating new tools to track and flag posts that contain fake news. Nevertheless, this...
by Molly Portwood | Nov 18, 2020 | University of Chicago
When Joe Biden was announced the President-elect of the United States, sitting President Donald Trump promptly filed multiple lawsuits in states regarding how elections were held and how ballots were counted… all of which have come up unsuccessful for him. Moreover,...
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 Preeya Patel | Nov 17, 2020 | University of Chicago
One of the specific criteria of populist leaders according to Jan-Werner Müller is antipluralism. He writes, “[Populists] claim that they and they alone represent the people.” [1] Instead of recognizing “the people” as a diverse set of groups with different identities...
