The public sees a number of specific problems with American politics. Partisan fighting, the high cost of political campaigns, and the outsize influence of special interests and lobbyists are each ...

Majorities in most of the 25 countries surveyed say their political system needs major changes or complete reform. About eight-in-ten adults or more in Argentina, Brazil, Greece, Kenya, Nigeria, South ...

Political alienation is a profound sense of estrangement or disconnection from the political system and its processes. It manifests in various ways, including apathy, distrust, and a feeling of ...

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - 2025/03/08: A protestor outside a Tesla showroom in Manhattan holds a sign that reads "Block fascism now". Protests outside Tesla businesses across the country ...

"Many residents feel abandoned by a political system that asks for their vote but rarely their voice." ...

We are weeks away from the U.S. presidential election—and every other lawn in my Berkeley neighborhood has been taken over by political yard signs for school board positions, our hotly contested ...

A popular English adage says: 'If you cannot beat them, join them.' There are various forms of political parties, namely: ideological, mass, democratic, mission, personality and broker parties, as ...

Few presidential candidates embrace the environment as a primary election issue, while parties with openly green agendas often fail to get seats in national legislative bodies. Increasingly fragmented ...

Are Joe Biden and Donald Trump really the two best candidates for America's most demanding and important job? Of course not. Among other concerns, both men are well past their prime. So why, then, are ...

Much like an overexploited ecosystem, the increasingly polarized political landscape in the United States — and much of the world — is experiencing a catastrophic loss of diversity that threatens the ...