Hans Noel
Hans Noel is an associate professor of government at Georgetown University. His research is on political coalitions, political parties and ideology, with a focus on the United States. He is the author of Political Ideologies and Political Parties in America, and a co-author of The Party Decides: Presidential Nominations Before and After Reform. He is interested in the implications for understanding parties through focusing on how their policy demands relate to coalition building and coordination.
Latest articles by Hans Noel
A good event for the upper tier of candidates, a bad one for Biden, and a forgettable one for the ones you’ve already forgotten.
Hans Noel and Seth Masket discuss the pitfalls of electability arguments, and what might make for good evidence.
States as states do need representation in the federal government. Under the Constitution, they have far too much.
Elections are the first step. What we care about is who is in and who is out of the government.
Yes, Democrats did favor Clinton for the nomination. But getting involved like that is not a mistake.
But that doesn’t mean what you think it means.
Democrats now have the incentive change the system. There are many moving parts.
What is the case that Democrats actually, in reality, have “abandoned” the working class?
If the convention is ever contested, we would care a lot about who the delegates are.
Proportional representation and a shorter calendar would yield better conventions — and be more democratic.