US politics Articles

The Republican Brain: The Science of Why They Deny Science – and Reality Chris Mooney Wiley | 336pp  | £17.99 Understanding why the US elected George W Bush not once but twice will fascinate Europeans for years to come. Understanding how to stop something similar...

The president’s first term has been better than critics from right and left claim Back in the November edition of Progress magazine I argued that the likely outcome of the 2012 election was an Obama victory as long as unemployment was heading in the right direction....

As the dust settles from Super Tuesday, there was a clear delegate winner on the night. Mitt Romney took the lines share of delegates on offer with five clear victories and a single point win in Ohio. He now stands 200 delegates above his nearest rival, Rick Santorum....

Barack Obama’s mandate in 2008 was misunderstood by many liberals. Can a new populist message save his bid for re-election, asks Robert Philpot Barring an upset on ‘Super Tuesday’ early this month – and there have been plenty of those already in this primary season –...