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Lee Drutman

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It Really Is Different This Time

Two dozen experts consider the George Floyd protests in light of protests past.

by Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Keisha N. Blain, Mark Bray, Clayborne Carson, Lee Drutman, David Greenberg, Vanita Gupta, Mark Holden, Nancy Isenberg, Peniel E. Joseph, Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Michael Nutter, Omar Wasow, Will Stancil, Tressie McMillan Cottom, Walter Olson, Kay C. James, Cynthia Miller-Idriss, Heather Boushey, Corey Pegues, Christopher S. Parker, Simon Balto, Chuck Wexler, Abdul El-Sayed, Monica C. Bell via Politico Magazine on June 4, 2020
America Is Now the Divided Republic the Framers Feared

John Adams worried that “a division of the republic into two great parties … is to be dreaded as the great political evil.”

by Lee Drutman via The Atlantic
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on January 2, 2020

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Obama and Trump at Trump's inauguration.

Why Obama Voters Defected

New findings explain how Trump won them over—and why he probably wouldn’t next time.

by Jamelle Bouie via Slate on June 20, 2017

Political cartoon in which farmers' alliance groups from the north and south bury their weapons and join in fraternity.

Fusion Voting, Fusion Parties

Escaping the two-party doom loop.

by Dan Cantor via Democracy Journal on February 16, 2026

class politics graphic of voters facing off

The Politics of a Second Gilded Age

Mass inequality in the Gilded Age thrived on identity-based partisanship, helping extinguish the fires of class rage. In 2021, we’re headed down the same path.

by Matthew Karp via Jacobin on February 17, 2021

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