Posts by Steven L. Taylor
About Steven L. Taylor
Steven L. Taylor is a Professor of Political Science and a College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog). Follow Steven on Twitter
Democratic Primary Rules and Proportionality
More proportional than the GOP, but perhaps not as proportional as one might think.
Thinking Through the Impeachment Process
Forget high language about constitutional prerogatives. This is about parties and elections.
More Withering Beto
Setting aside poking a little fun, this number of candidates is just not sustainable.
The Name-Caller-in-Chief
Trump’s penchant for behaving more like a talk radio host than a POTUS continues unabated.
On Angels, Ambition, and Institutions
More Madisonian musing on the current state of our constitutional order.
Back to Ambition Countering Ambition
Back to Fed 51 and this moment in oversight: we have to remember what ambitions drive politicians.
Partisanship, Separation of Powers, and the Limits of Oversight
As I have noted before: party trumps institutional pride. The Barr testimony is just another example.
A Reminder about Higher Ed
US higher education is made up of far more than just the Ivies and other elite schools.
Line(s) of the Day: Trump’s Immigration Politics
Trump really has no plan about the border save for demagoging the issue.
A Comparative Note on Prisoner Voting
Sanders’ suggestion is not as outside democratic norms as one might think.
Trump and Aid to Puerto Rico
A reminder that over 3 million citizens have no effective influence over the federal government.
Smoke and Mirrors on Health Care
The White House clearly doesn’t have a plan beyond attacking Obamacare to score political points.
On Closing the US-Mexican Border
Trump’s threat will not make things better (and the notion of actually closing the border is insane).
Fox Chyron: “3 Mexican Countries”
Note to the folks at Fox and Friends: Central America is not part of Mexico.
How to Make the Border Situation Worse
Trump declares he will end aid to Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador.
More on Moore
John Fund thinks I am afraid of Stephen Moore (and that I am an economist). He is wrong on both counts.
On Coverage of the Coverage of the Mueller Report
Before we draw broad conclusions of the reporting on the report, don’t we need to see the report?
More on the Pathologies of the EC
It’s the battleground states that are the issue, not small states v. large states.
New Zealand to Ban Semiautomatic Weapons
Institutions matter. (No, seriously, they really, really matter).
On Cows, Devin Nunes, and Twitter
On one level, it is rather amusing; on another is it quite insidious.
What is the Deal with Lindsey Graham?
Graham is blocking a vote on a non-binding resolution on the Mueller report.
