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2 midterm elections that brought on new eras in US politics

Two 19th-century elections are a reminder that a sizable midterm shift, like the one expected in November, can signal long-lasting changes in American...

23.09.2026 10

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Robert A. Strong

For 80 years, the president’s party has almost always lost House seats in midterm elections, a pattern that makes the 2026 congressional outlook clear

As the 2026 midterm elections edge closer, most people know the party that controls the White House is likely to lose seats in Congress. They usually...

19.01.2026 60

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Is American history reminding you of dark, tumultuous periods from the past? Consider the Gilded Age of the late 19th century

A scholar of American politics submits the 20 tumultuous years between the presidencies of Ulysses S. Grant and William McKinley in the late 1800s.

10.11.2025 10

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What America’s divided and tumultuous politics of the late-19th century can teach us

There are lessons from history for today’s divided America. Political division in the second half of the 19th century produced more problems than...

10.11.2025 20

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George Washington’s worries are coming true

President George Washington warned in his 1796 Farewell Address about dangers that lay ahead for the US – warnings that seem startlingly...

08.09.2025 20

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Robert A. Strong