Seth Masket
Seth Masket
Seth Masket is a professor of political science at the University of Denver, specializing in political parties, state legislatures, and campaigns and elections. He is the author of “The Inevitable Party: Why Attempts to Kill the Party System Fail and How they Weaken Democracy” (Oxford University Press, 2016).
Latest articles by Seth Masket
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.
Democrats are trying to learn from 2016 and prevent the same problems in the nomination race.
Hans Noel and Seth Masket discuss the pitfalls of electability arguments, and what might make for good evidence.
If polarization really is a problem, we should focus on what is actually associated with it rather than what’s easy to change.
Reformers are trying to change the way presidents are elected without formally changing the Constitution. It’s not the first time.
John Hickenlooper is a pragmatic two-term governor with a record of bipartisan accomplishment. Is that what the party wants?
It’s still early, but the Democratic Party is showing some power.
Interviews with Democratic activists find them mostly uncommitted for 2020 but considering a pretty narrow group of candidates
Democrats will do more coordinating in picking a 2020 candidate than Republicans did for 2016.
Under a different GOP president, Republicans likely would have kept the House.