Did you know that “the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November” is not the only day that you can vote? Voting for state and local elections, along with special elections for federal, state, and local offices, can happen throughout the year. These...
March 8 is International Women’s Day, a day dedicated to “celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women.” International Women’s Day is also a call for action to accelerate women’s equality and equity in...
Equality by Nick Youngson, CC BY-SA 3.0, Alpha Stock Images The Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Project is gearing up for its next annual survey of the politics of 202 countries across the world. Since 2014, I have been invited to contribute to the award-winning V-Dem...
Image of the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, by TapTheForwardAssist, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons “Democracy is a system in which parties lose elections.” These are concise words of wisdom from one of my favorite political scientists, Adam Przeworski, in his...
New York Times, “U.S. Senate Election Results: Democrats Win” Does the Georgia runoff election for the last remaining US Senate seat matter? Considering that Senator Catherine Cortez-Masto’s recent win in Nevada means that the Democrats control 50 seats in the US...
