Biggest problems and greatest strengths of the US political system ...
2023年9月19日 · More than eight-in-ten adults say that each of the following is at least a somewhat good description of the U.S. political system today: Special interest groups and lobbyists have too much say in what happens in politics (84%). About six-in-ten (63%) think ordinary Americans want to make the political system work well.
Republicans and Democrats face a crisis of confidence
2024年2月14日 · Stanford Report sat down with Kuo to learn more about the discord between political parties, candidates, and voters and what these fissures may mean for the 2024 election. Kuo sees several factors that have led to political parties’ waning support among the American public, including reforms made in the early 1970s.
Internal conflicts and power struggles have become hallmarks of …
2023年10月11日 · From Columbus to Phoenix to the halls of Congress, the Republican Party has been stuck in a prolonged internal conflict, with power struggles and primary challenges becoming as much of a GOP staple as tax cuts and tough-on-crime rhetoric.
More Democrats fear the party’s image isn’t just damaged
2024年11月10日 · In interviews with 16 elected officials, party leaders and strategists, Democrats from both wings of the party agreed they have stopped knowing how to talk to the working class, once the very...
Why power in Congress is now so precarious | CNN Politics
2023年6月20日 · Just in the past few weeks, a revolt by a small band of House conservatives effectively denied the Republican majority control of the floor for days. At the same time, a Supreme Court voting rights...
Opinion | How to Fix America’s Two-Party Problem - The New …
2025年1月14日 · Most of us, politicians and voters alike, have spent our whole lives in this broken system. But imaginations can expand, and conditions that seem unchangeable can change. They often do in a crisis ...
The next phase in the House GOP power struggle is beginning
2024年6月11日 · Major Republican leaders and donors have notched some key victories in their ongoing war against far-right insurgents who threaten the ability to govern as a unified party. But even those...
Minnesota's high court will weigh intervening in a partisan struggle ...
1 天前 · ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Supreme Court will hear arguments Thursday on whether it should wade into a partisan power struggle that has roiled the state House for over a week, with Democratic lawmakers boycotting the state Capitol to try to prevent their Republican colleagues from exploiting their temporary one-seat majority.. Although the standoff is …
How political parties have changed over time | FSI - Stanford …
2024年2月14日 · Survey after survey has found that Americans are increasingly falling out of favor with the country’s two political parties – a trend likely to continue in what Stanford political scientist Didi Kuo is describing as a “brutal” campaign season.
‘A Crisis Coming’: The Twin Threats to American Democracy
2022年9月17日 · The United States faces two distinct challenges, the movement by Republicans who refuse to accept defeat in an election and a growing disconnect between political power and public opinion.