Campaigns & Elections

A sign points towards voting booths during the midterm election at Philomont Fire Station, in Purcellville, Virginia, U.S., November 6, 2018. REUTERS/Al Drago - RC1C4591A6A0

FixGov

Make Election Day a national holiday

William G. Gale and Darrell M. West

Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Participants carry a large U.S. flag during a march for immigration reform in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, October 5, 2013. REUTERS/David McNew (UNITED STATES - Tags: CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY IMMIGRATION POLITICS)

FixGov

Can Biden pass immigration reform? History says it will be tough

Elaine Kamarck

Tuesday, June 22, 2021

A woman wearing a protective face mask looks on during a Latino voter registration event in Lilburn, Georgia, U.S. December 7, 2020. REUTERS/Dustin Chambers

How We Rise

Immigration and the Latino vote: A golden opportunity for Democrats in 2022

Gabriel R. Sanchez

Thursday, June 17, 2021

Demonstrators carry a national flag as they march, a year since the start of weekly protests calling for a complete overhaul of the ruling elite, an end to corruption and the army's withdrawal from politics, in Algiers, Algeria, February 14, 2020. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina

Op-Ed

Algeria’s upcoming election will not instigate meaningful change

Yasmina Abouzzohour

Friday, June 11, 2021

Reports

Demographics & Population

Turnout in 2020 election spiked among both Democratic and Republican voting groups, new census data shows

William H. Frey

May 5, 2021

Demographics & Population

Census 2020: First results show near historically low population growth and a first-ever congressional seat loss for California

William H. Frey

Monday, April 26, 2021

Nadine Seiler from Waldorf, Maryland, waves an upside-down American flag outside the White House the day after the 2020 U.S. presidential election in Washington, U.S., November 4, 2020. REUTERS/Erin Scott

Report

Ways to reconcile and heal America

John R. Allen and Darrell M. West

Monday, February 8, 2021

Unused privacy booths are seen at a voting site in Tripp Commons inside the Memorial Union building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus on Election Day in Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin, U.S. November 3, 2020. REUTERS/Bing Guan

Campaigns & Elections

In 2020, the largest metro areas made the difference for Democrats

David F. Damore, Robert E. Lang, and Karen Danielsen

Thursday, February 4, 2021

U.S. Politics & Government

A Time for Renewal and Prosperity

John R. Allen

Wednesday, December 9, 2020

Blog Posts

Yamina party leader Naftali Bennett smiles as he speaks to Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid, during a special session of the Knesset whereby Israeli lawmakers elect a new president, at the plenum in the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem June 2, 2021. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

Order from Chaos

After Bibi

Natan Sachs

Friday, June 4, 2021

A police officer walks in front of the United States Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 13, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

FixGov

How violent crime and abortion could reshape the 2022 midterm elections

William A. Galston

Tuesday, June 1, 2021

April 14, 2021 - Washington, DC, United States: U.S. Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY) speaking at the post GOP House conference meeting press conference. (Photo by Michael Brochstein/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

FixGov

Liz Cheney won’t be speaker but she could be president

Elaine Kamarck

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

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Events

2021

May

Past Event

Mexico’s midterm elections: The future of the López Obrador presidency and US-Mexico relations

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Elections and crises in Somalia and Ethiopia

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

A conversation on the past, present, and future of Black political power in the South

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST

Online only

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Related Books

Blue Metros, Red States

By David F. Damore, Robert E. Lang, and Karen A. Danielsen

2020

Trump’s Democrats

By Stephanie Muravchik and Jon A. Shields

2020

Cover Des democrates en Amerique Celia Belin

Des Démocrates en Amérique: L’heure des choix face à Trump

By Célia Belin

2020

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Experts

Darrell M. West

Vice President and Director - Governance Studies

Senior Fellow - Center for Technology Innovation

@DarrWest

Kathryn Dunn Tenpas

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Governance Studies

@kdtenpas

William A. Galston

Ezra K. Zilkha Chair and Senior Fellow - Governance Studies

BillGalston

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Multimedia

FILE PHOTO: Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Jill Biden holds the Bible during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2021. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Podcast Episode

Biden’s inauguration, Trump’s impeachment, and the politics ahead

Elaine Kamarck and Fred Dews

Friday, January 22, 2021

India

Biden, Bihar, and US-India bonhomie

Tanvi Madan, Sadanand Dhume, and Milan Vaishnav

Grand Tamasha

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

A general view of the White House in Washington, D.C.

U.S. Foreign Policy

Recalibrating America’s role in the world under a Biden presidency

Marvin Kalb and David Dollar

Monday, November 9, 2020

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