The history of the evolution of the modern world of American politics: where it cam from, why it persists, and how it might change.

Politicians are polarized. Public opinion is volatile. Government is gridlocked. Or so journalists and pundits constantly report. But where are we, really, in m

This is a detailed analysis and description of a unique era in American political history, one in which political parties were the dominant dynamic force at wor

Where did the Era of Divided Government come from? What sustains split partisan control of the institutions of American national government year after year? Why

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