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Court-Packing is the Democrats’ Nuclear Option for the Supreme Court

Why an FDR plan from the 1930s is suddenly popular again.

by Dylan Matthews via Vox on July 2, 2018

Kevin Kruse vs. Dinesh D'Souza: Dixiecrat Edition

A conservative pundit questioned the prevalence of Dixiecrats switching to the GOP. Historian Kevin Kruse accepted the challenge.

by Kevin M. Kruse via Twitter on July 2, 2018

Teacher Strikes Might Hurt Republicans This Time

Labor unrest harmed Democrats in the 1960s and 1970s. This time the GOP might be the loser.

by Stephen Mihm via Bloomberg on April 27, 2018

The Hardest Job in the World

What if the problem isn’t the president—it’s the presidency?

by John Dickerson via The Atlantic on April 17, 2018

Identity Politics Can Make or Break the Democratic Party

Racial justice energized the party in the past. It can today too.

by Eric Schickler via Vox on April 16, 2018

The Party of Hubert Humphrey

The Democratic leader believed that the ordinary American was open to a message of collective responsibility and common purpose.

by James Traub via The Atlantic on April 7, 2018

The GOP's Evolution On Immigration

Republicans used to take a softer line on immigration. What happened?

by Don Gonyea via NPR on January 25, 2018

Donald Trump in the Oval Office, with a portrait of Andrew Jackson in the background.

The Man Who Put Andrew Jackson in Trump’s Oval Office

Historian Walter Russell Mead has become the favorite Trump whisperer for everyone from Steve Bannon to Tom Cotton.

by Susan B. Glasser via Politico Magazine on January 22, 2018

Political cartoon of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis pulling apart a US map while McClellan tries to hold them together.

Politics Is More Partisan Now, But It’s Not More Divisive

And anyway, agreement between the two parties has often masked serious problems.

by Julia Azari via FiveThirtyEight on January 19, 2018

Lessons from the Election of 1968

Protests, populism, and progressivism all clashed in a battle royal. But what really drives election results?

by Louis Menand via The New Yorker on January 8, 2018

The Forgotten Origins of Politics in Sports

Black athletes didn’t “politicize” American sports. They’ve been a battleground from the very beginning.

by Kenneth Cohen via Slate on January 2, 2018

Mapping the First Decade of Congressional Elections

Using maps to visualize the first five U.S. Congressional elections.

by Sheila Brennan via Mapping Early American Elections on December 13, 2017

The Ballot and the Break

Minnesota’s Farmer-Labor Party, the most successful labor party in US history, is rich in lessons for challenging the two-party system.

by Eric Blanc via Jacobin on December 4, 2017

Lincoln: The Great Uncompromiser

He fought to remake the center—not yield to it.

by Matthew Karp via The Nation on October 25, 2017

History Frowns on Partisan Gerrymandering

On the eve of a major redistricting case at the Supreme Court, a look back at what the nation's founders would have thought.

by Michael Waldman, Cliff Sloan via Washington Post on October 1, 2017

When a New York Baron Became President

In the case of Chester Arthur, the story is one of surprising redemption.

by Thomas Mallon via The New Yorker on September 11, 2017

Where Did the Term 'Gerrymander' Come From?

Elbridge Gerry was a powerful voice in the founding of the nation, but today he's best known for the political practice with an amphibious origin.

by Erick Trickey via Smithsonian on July 20, 2017

Mitch McConnell

Partisanship is an American Tradition — And Good for Democracy

Bipartisanship is the exception, not the rule.

by Aaron Astor via Made By History on July 12, 2017

The Democrats Are Eisenhower Republicans

For decades, Democrats have positioned themselves as fiscally responsible while Republicans happily hand tax cuts to the rich.

by Josh Mound via Jacobin on July 3, 2017

Why Did U.S. Postmasters Once Have So Much Political Cachet?

Bureaucracy used to work through patronage, an informal system of job-distribution by the party in power. Why did it change?

by Matthew Wills, Samuel Kernell, Michael P. McDonald via JSTOR Daily on May 24, 2017

Trying to Remember J.F.K.

On the centenary of his birth, seeking the man behind the myth.

by Thomas Mallon via The New Yorker on May 22, 2017

The Immigration-Obsessed, Polarized, Garbage-Fire Election of 1800

A madman versus a crook? Unexpected twists? Fake news? Welcome to the election of 1800.

by A. Roger Ekirch via Longreads on March 28, 2017

A political cartoon showing two figures leading donkeys in opposite directions. The donkeys are depicted with the faces of Zachary Taylor and Henry Clay.

Prospects for Partisan Realignment: Lessons from the Demise of the Whigs

What America’s last major party crack-up in the 1850s tells us about the 2010s.

by Philip Wallach via Brookings on March 6, 2017

Corey M. Brooks, Liberty Power: Antislavery Third Parties and the Transformation of American Politics. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2016.

#FEELTHEBIRNEY

The most important third party in the history of American politics is one you may never have heard of before.

by W. Caleb McDaniel via Commonplace on September 4, 2016

Upheaval at the 1860 Democratic Convention: What Happened When a Party Split

Some issues are too fundamental for a party to withstand, and the consequences can last for a generation.

via Retro Report on July 28, 2016

Delegates on the floor at the Democratic National Convention at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, August 26, 1964.

How to Steal an Election

The crazy history of nominating Conventions.

by Jill Lepore via The New Yorker on June 27, 2016

Bank in Revere, Massachusetts.

Partisan Banking and the Emergence of Free Banking in Early 19th-Century Massachusetts

The critical role that banking played in the political struggles of early American history.

by Nicholas Curott via Dissertation Reviews on April 21, 2016

The Art of the New Deal

Despite a fractured party and health concerns, FDR capitalized on name recognition to win the 1932 presidential election.

by Rebecca Onion via Slate on March 31, 2016

Carving of Confederate generals on Stone Mountain.

On Stone Mountain

White supremacy and the birth of the modern Democratic Party.

by Christopher F. Petrella via Boston Review on March 24, 2016

Bill Clinton in front of a poster that reads "New Democrats".

Atari Democrats

As organized labor lost strength, the Democratic Party turned to professional-class voters to shore up its base.

by Lily Geismer via Jacobin on February 8, 2016

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