Americans have been jaded about their leaders for decades.

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No matter who wins the presidency, it’s clear that Donald Trump shapes culture and government. From David Mastio: ...

So in addition to the outcome of the election, here are some of the questions that we’ll be looking at on November 5, in ...

The Campaign Collection in the Political History Collections includes voting booths, ballot boxes, and ballots from the 18th to 21st centuries; and campaign banners, buttons, novelties and apparel ...

If the public turns a blind eye to the Chinese government’s actions within our borders and to the broader implications of ...

No matter where, however, this part of the state feels like the centre of the American political universe ... intentioned but really wrongheaded government interventionist, big New Deal-style ...

Watson was the most charismatic leader of the late-19th-century political thunderclap that came to be known as American populism ... The federal government saved banker bonuses and shrugged ...

In Democracy in America, his seminal 19th-century study of the American ... directly in the government of society, should therefore be considered as the first of their political institutions ...

Bad Bunny, a native of Puerto Rico, is no stranger to politics ... Puerto Ricans also want the government to crack down on wealthy American tax dodgers who have been speculating in real estate ...

The Electoral College is the unique American system of electing presidents. It is different from the popular vote, and it has an outsize impact on how candidates run and win campaigns. Republicans ...