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Dec 29 2018
Opinion
OPINION: America's Partisanship Is An Inevitable Evolution Of Its Democracy
America, as a former mentor of mine used to say, is a great nation full of good people who often do amazing things. We are the most generous nation on earth. We accept, even as the current crisis rages on the U.S. border with Mexico, people from all over the world who’d like, at some point, to become citizens.
Guest Writer - RightOct 06 2018
News
Partisanship and the high court: Can Kavanaugh overcome the hearings?
Brett Kavanaugh looks poised to become the newest justice on the United States Supreme Court on Saturday.
Christian Science MonitorFeb 07 2017
News
Justice Ginsburg Hits Congress for Partisanship in Stanford Talk
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lamented partisanship in Congress during a talk at Stanford University on Monday and said she hoped it would return to an era when "it was working for the good of the country and not just along party lines."
Newsmax (News)Dec 10 2016
News
Harry Reid: A sculptor of partisanship, who was also molded by it
When retiring Sen. Harry Reid was first elected to the House in 1982, Ronald Reagan was president and Tip O’Neill was the speaker. It was the much-vaunted era of bipartisan deal-making between the Republican president and Democratic speaker – political opposites, but also friends.
Christian Science MonitorJan 14 2021
Opinion
Congress Ought to Impeach, but Partisanship Only Makes Things Worse
As the House moves on its article of impeachment on President Donald Trump as the solution to all that ails our nation, there remains a tremendously consequential outstanding question still begging for clarification, one that can bring the importance and utility of this action into focus.
Why should we be doing this?
Is it because now must be the moment when we rise above naked
Eli SteinbergJun 30 2016
News
When asked to explain partisanship, Americans point to fear
Political animosity between Republicans and Democrats is at a record high in 2016. And with less interaction in both ideology and society, the majority of voters now fear one another.
Christian Science MonitorNov 25 2020
Opinion
The Republican Election Officials Who Put Process Over Partisanship
It wasn't blowhards on cable news, Twitterati members of the "Resistance," or protesters marching in the streets who ultimately prevented President Donald Trump and his Republican abettors from stealing the 2020 election.
It was people like Aaron Van Langevelde, a Republican member of the Michigan Board of State Canvassers, the four-member body responsible for certifying election
ReasonJul 14 2015
News
Rising partisanship among voters is 'nationalizing' local politics
One of the oldest cliches on American elections, attributed to the late House Speaker Thomas P. "Tip" O’Neill, holds that “all politics is local.”
Not anymore.
Indeed, just the opposite holds true: Increasingly, politics has become nationalized.
Emory University political science professor Alan Abramowitz, one of the country’s leading experts on political polarization,
Los Angeles TimesJul 14 2015
News
Want Less Partisanship? Change Who Draws the Lines
Should voters elect their representatives, or should politicians choose their voters?
While this may seem like a ridiculous question, it is time to think critically about redistricting -- the re-drawing of legislative districts. The legality of independent commissions drawing district lines is being questioned, and it is time to think critically about how our election districts are
HuffPostSep 22 2020
Background
Views of Nation’s Economy Remain Positive, Sharply Divided by Partisanship
The public’s views of the nation’s economy remain more positive than at any point in the past two decades. In addition, more Americans say President Trump’s policies have made the economy better (44%) than worse (29%), while 26% say they have not had much effect.
The public’s ratings of economic conditions turned much more favorable shortly after Trump took office in 2017, as a result
Pew Research Center