Posts by Steven L. Taylor

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

Nomination Mechanisms and GOP Party Evolution?

Time to watch a bit of true American exceptionalism in action.

China on the Moon

The Ongoing Illogic of US Policy Towards Cuba

The Obama-Castro handshake at Mandela’s funeral has caused a bit of an uproar.

War! (On Christmas): What is it Good for?

(Absolutely nothing).

What’s Wrong with this Picture?

We spend more per capita than any other country in the world and yet we are outperformed on a key metric, life expectancy, by a large number of countries

Cohen Steps in it

The Recent History of Continuing Resolutions

CRs are the norm.

House GOP and District Level Margin of Victory (and its Relation to the Vote on the Budget Deal)

87.18% of the caucus is elected from safe to very safe districts and, therefore, the only real fear that they might have for their jobs would be at the primary stage.

Good Advice

More on the Political Center and Capitol Hill

There is far less overlap between the two parties in the House–and the shift has been empirically rightward.

The Wrath of Taft

Basic Assessment and the ACA

This is a good time to remind ourselves that the plural of anecdote is not data.

New Internet Meme?

I Don’t Think that Means What you Think it Means

Ted Cruz’s definition of “the American people” needs some refining.

A Quote to Ponder

American Ancestry and Identity

(And a Postscript on Recent Discussion of the South)

Radicals in Washington

If one considers oneself to be conservative, ask if the the actions of the GOP at the moment conform to that term..

Monumental Silliness

One cannot support the shutdown tactic and then be outraged that part of the government is shutdown.

This is How Legislative Blackmail Becomes a Real Crisis

Not raising the debt ceiling will create a true constitutional/legal crisis.