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The Journal of Democracy

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Nov 26, 2025
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Which party has been associated with the most violent incidents in 2024?

Available reporting and analyses indicate that most sources identify right-wing or far-right actors as responsible for the bulk of politically motivated, extremist violence in and around 2024; multipl...

Nov 18, 2025
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Political violence over time in the us

Political violence in the United States has risen markedly since 2016 and experts say 2024–25 represent the sharpest surge in decades, with some datasets showing roughly 300 cases between the January ...

Jan 16, 2026
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How did trump win the presidency

Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016 by securing a narrow Electoral College majority despite losing the national popular vote, flipping several Midwestern “blue wall” states that decided the Electo...

Dec 20, 2025

ifficult political times?

The United States today faces political stressors that scholars and journalists trace to long-standing structural shifts—polarization, institutional strain, and the media-technology environment—rather...

Nov 16, 2025

Are there examples where term extensions led to democratic backsliding or strengthened institutions?

Term extensions — especially removal or weakening of term limits — have repeatedly appeared in documented cases of democratic backsliding where executives consolidated power by changing rules or using...

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