The ‘New Right’ that emerged in the 1980s can trace its roots back to the so-called ‘Old...
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The Old Right were unified by opposition to what they saw as the danger of domestic dictatorship...
Lease an anti-Semite who used anti-Jewish tropes and direct anti-Semitic references to stir up her audience. There...
With the advent of radio, the ability of politicians to engage and entertain became crucial components of...
Journalists have always wanted to be first to tell the public who won. Introduction As election night...
The elections of 1876, 1888, 1960 and 2000 were among the most contentious in American history. Introduction...
Three approaches were debated at the Constitutional Convention: election by Congress, by state legislatures, or a popular...
The prerequisites for the emergence of a public sphere were increasing levels of literacy which was spurred...
The Agora was the central gathering place for all of Athens, where social and commercial dealings took...
Blue looks good, but not by a landslide. Get out and vote because this is closer than...
Voters were threatened and even physically forced to vote a particular way. Introduction Author Edgar Allan Poe,...
Political parties in the 19th century thought of themselves as armies – disciplined, hierarchical fighting organizations. Introduction...
Early voting periods are not remotely new to the 2020 election. First Presidential Election There are many...
African Americans, women, Native Americans, and citizens between the ages of 18 and 21 had to fight...
Attacks on a candidate’s religious beliefs and affiliations have a long history in America. Teddy Roosevelt knew...
American leaders have often yielded to despair and lamented “the end” – as far back as the...
The technical qualifications for candidates are the same, but how people seek the nation’s highest office has...
Hamiltonians became known as Federalists and Jeffersonians became known as Democratic-Republicans. Hamiltonians vs. Jeffersonians After the new...
Critics argue that Congress has become the “broken branch” of government, marked by extreme partisanship and few...
The ownership of corporations and the relationship between owners and laborers were the contentious topics of the...
At the beginning of the 1880s, Democratic and Republicans candidates observed a tradition of reserve and silence...
Rumors of secret alliances, bank deals, and double-crossings were rampant in early American elections. From claims that...
To begin, a disclaimer for this article: This is not an attempt to sanitise the legacy of...
Brewminate’s running weekly forecast for the 2020 election. By Matthew A. McIntoshJournalist and HistorianBrewminate Editor-in-Chief Brewminate will be...
Marches, demonstrations, civic unrest, attacks by law enforcement and the military on protesting civilians – in 1932....
Women were key to the Democratic Party’s transformation in the 1920s and 1930s away from its socially...
The Republican Party had established itself as the party of reform in the 19th century, not the...
Women’s historic struggles to vote continue to resonate as the country debates who should vote and how....
Most political information still originates in the mainstream media, which are being transformed by new forms of...
The vice presidents of the United States are typically an unsung lot. Why would anyone write a...