The new year brings a mixed picture for women’s political representation – the highest glass ceiling in American politics remains intact, but female governors and state legislators are setting new ...

Polarization is Merriam-Webster's word of the year. If we learned anything about the politics of the nation in 2024, it is that we are more polarized than ever. All year, it was tempting to write ...

A new analysis of voting patterns in the last election suggests that the party is woefully unprepared for the path forward. A campaign sign for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz outside a polling location in ...

Postelection autopsies are missing the forest for the trees. Former Vice President Kamala Harris. As Democrats sift through the wreckage of 2024, they’re starting to conduct a familiar procedure: the ...

Monday on the RealClearPolitics radio show -- weeknights at 6:00 p.m. on SiriusXM's POTUS Channel 124 and then on Apple, Spotify, and here on our website -- Andrew Walworth, Tom Bevan, and Carl Cannon ...

The Obama-Romney race in 2012 was the last in a familiar pattern in U.S. politics, which has since become defined by Donald Trump’s conservative populism. By Nate Cohn The 2012 Obama-Romney race was ...

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In the past decade, billionaires have been more empowered than ever before to spend money to influence American elections. The 20 most prolific donors on the Forbes billionaires list have collectively ...