The Last Mugwump
John HaskellAn independent take on parties and politics
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The Democratic party is in deep trouble, and it barely knows it
Progressives candidates are having a moment in the sun. Their selling point in contested primaries: a willingness to go further and faster than mainstream Democrats by pushing for free childcare and college tuition, Medicare-for-all, a Gree...
Is proportional representation the answer? There are downsides
There has been something of an upswell of interest in proportional representation (PR)1 if the substack-chattering-class (here and here, there are others) is any indication. And, as advocates of PR assert, there is a crisis in the political...
The logic of party coalition-building: Where the parties are, what they need to do
In a two-party system, coalition-building is a tricky business. In theory, at least, it is possible to break down what needs to happen in order to build and maintain a successful one. It goes like this:
- Each of the various constituenc...
Breaking down the 2028 presidential race
As noted in the last post, one of the differences between a congressional primary and the presidential is that with the congressional a party can identify niche candidates for specific constituencies. Obviously you can’t do that when you’re...
Maybe voters aren't as locked in as many people think
The Pew Charitable Trusts came out with a new study of political types in the U.S.: Beyond Red and Blue. It is, in short, the best thing going for understanding public opinion in a more nuanced way than simply focusing on the partisan divid...
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I am a political scientist who is interested in Congress and the party system, with other interests ranging from the function and dysfunction of the academy to contemporary literature.
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