People in higher-income countries are generally less likely to say their nation’s political system needs major changes or complete reform. Americans are an exception.

Amid the United States’ celebration of the 250-year anniversary of the American Revolution, journalist Osita Nwanevu says it may be time for the country to wipe the slate clean and build a new ...

The Reform leader and populism are the big winners at the ballot box, but do these local election results hint at a bigger ...

Is the US a democracy or a republic? That’s a misleading question, writes a historian of early America. The values of ...

Most Americans say democracy in the United States used to be a good example for other countries to follow but has not been in recent years.

The arcane art of drawing legislative lines is the most powerful tool that politicians have for gaming elections.

Supporters of an Ohio constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion access cheer its passage at a watch party in Columbus on Nov. 7, 2023. The state’s voters also defeated a legislatively initiated ...

The collapse of traditional party systems is a familiar crisis across many contemporary democracies. Italian political scientist Piero Ignazi, writing in “The Crisis of Parties and the Rise of New ...

It is 21 years since Ugandans voted to return to multiparty politics. The country has gone through five election cycles since ...