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Platner’s campaign implosion highlights the hollowness of America’s political parties

Both major parties are susceptible to being hijacked by insurgents

10.07.2026 9

Salon

Nicholas Jacobs

Graham Platner’s campaign implosion highlights the hollowness of America’s political parties and how they can be hijacked by insurgents

Graham Platner’s Senate campaign has imploded amid credible accusations of rape. A Maine political scientist looks at what happened and how the...

08.07.2026 10

The Conversation

Nicholas Jacobs

Democrats don’t get why they’ve lost most working class voters

Class-war rhetoric from Democratic candidates jams working-class voters into a prefabricated progressive agenda, an expert on rural and working-class...

02.06.2026 20

The Conversation

Nicholas Jacobs

Federal power meets local resistance in Minneapolis – a case study in how federalism staves off authoritarianism

State resistance to federal immigration enforcement in Minnesota illustrates how federalism keeps authority divided and disputed.

03.02.2026 20

The Conversation

Nicholas Jacobs

Why rural Maine may back Democrat Graham Platner’s populism in the Senate campaign − but not his party

Whether Maine’s Graham Platner wins or loses, his campaign to knock off longtime GOP Sen. Susan Collins already points to a deeper question: Can...

13.11.2025 20

The Conversation

Nicholas Jacobs