Experts say deepening polarization is eroding confidence at home and weakening Washington's ability to provide stable global ...

Bob Perls argues that partisan primaries fuel political polarization and suggests adopting Alaska's open primary model.

A political experiment conducted across nine separate democratic countries worked everywhere but one place: the United States. Political polarization—the growing divide between political groups, where ...

Societies are becoming further divided and more polarized. Numbers of conflicts are increasing, as are threats of political violence. Differences of opinion are normal in all societies, but ...

In recent years, political polarization has received considerable attention, not least as an explanation for developments in the United States. Researchers and commentators have warned about what is ...

Reimagining a political system’s future effectively begins with the system’s foundation: how the populace chooses the people who will represent them and make collective decisions. The U.S.

Listening to someone who disagrees with you on a controversial topic, but shares basic values, might not change your mind—but it could moderate an extreme position, reducing polarization, new Cornell ...