Campaigns & Elections

Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, who forged a conservative revolution that transformed American politics, died on June 5, 2004 after a decade-long battle with Alzheimer's disease, U.S. media reported. Reagan is pictured waving to well-wishers on the south lawn of the White House on April 25, 1986, before departing for a summit in Tokyo. REUTERS/Joe Marquette/FILE SV - RP5DRICWQKAA

Millennials, SuperAgers and the 2020 race for president

Tuesday, June 18, 2019

Photo of the Pentagon

Democratic presidential candidates shouldn’t give in to demand they slash defense spending

Michael E. O’Hanlon and Frank A. Rose

Monday, June 17, 2019

Detroit

What do Midwest working-class voters want and need?

Thursday, June 13, 2019

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Mayor Pete Buttigieg delivers remarks on foreign policy and national security, in Bloomington, Indiana, U.S., June 11, 2019. REUTERS/John Sommers II - RC1C07366BC0

Buttigieg splits from the progressives on foreign policy

Thursday, June 13, 2019

People watch Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) speak during her campaign kick off event in New York, New York, U.S., March 24, 2019. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri - RC137D9D5970

WATCH: Brookings scholars address 21st-century policy issues ahead of 2020

Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Guests sing as they arrive for the inauguration of Cyril Ramaphosa as President, at Loftus Versveld stadium in Pretoria, South Africa, May 25, 2019. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko - RC17E4818CD0

Post-election South Africa: Top priorities for the administration

Landry Signé and Witney Schneidman

Wednesday, June 12, 2019

People come and go from the Registrar of Voters office on the final day of voter registration in the upcoming congressional elections in San Diego, California, U.S. October 22, 2018. REUTERS/Mike Blake - RC1956981AF0

Red-tape voter suppression: How new, draconian voter registration rules undermine voting rights

Vanessa Williamson and Jackson Gode

Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who is gay and married to another man, is applauded by the crowd as he speaks during the Capital Pride LGBTQ celebration at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. June 8, 2019 REUTERS/Brian C. Frank - RC124D383510

Do the current Democratic politics spell doom for charter schools?

Douglas N. Harris

Monday, June 10, 2019

2020 Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) gestures during a town hall event at Laney College prior to the California Democratic Convention in Oakland, California, U.S., May 31, 2019. REUTERS/Stephen Lam TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1245507DD0

Teacher unions may be more important than ever in 2020

Douglas N. Harris

Wednesday, June 5, 2019

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks about the formation of the Senate Democrats' Special Committee on Climate Change on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 27, 2019. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RC1E7C265D50

Poor Chuck Schumer—his best candidates want to be president, not senator

Tuesday, June 4, 2019