party loyalty

And history says they have a reason to be.

Bipartisanship is the exception, not the rule.

On the long tradition of Black third-party activism.

Over the course of U.S. history, presidential rematches have signaled momentous political upheavals.

For as long as Americans have been subjected to lousy candidates, they’ve been told to suck it up and vote for one of them.

To understand why evangelicals vote Republican, we shouldn’t focus just on Falwell; we need to look at a century or more of evangelical political culture.

Jefferson and his connection to partisanship in early America.

The collapse of the Republican Party.

The idea that justices exist outside of politics is a relatively new concept.

Two new books look at the history of Latinx Democrats and Republicans and the role each will play in the future.

How a party spent decades making itself white.

“I was shocked to learn that Hispanic conservatives celebrate Cortes’s arrival in Mexico.”

Betrayal. Paranoia. Cowardice. We've been here before.

Breaking with party unity can be costly. In the 1950's, Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine faced backlash after she condemned McCarthy, a fellow Republican.

For Nixon stalwarts on the House Judiciary Committee, defending the President became an inalterable epitaph.

Fox News shields President Trump, but his love for their conspiracies might bring him down.

Well before Watergate broke, John Ashbrook waged a primary campaign that the Right took very seriously.

Nixon created the blend of Republicanism that remains attractive to a segment of Hispanic voters.

Shared enemies and ideology matter more than Trump’s inflammatory rhetoric.

Starting the process will rein in a president undermining American ideals—and bring the debate into Congress, where it belongs.