René Lindstädt

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    Fox News pushes Democrats and Republicans to be more conservative, especially around election time.

Fox News pushes Democrats and Republicans to be more conservative, especially around election time.

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Since it premiered in 1996, Fox News has become the most watched cable news network in America, pushing forward a partisan view which has been critical of President Obama and the Democratic Party. But does Fox News actually influence the way that we are governed? In new research which examines how House members vote, Kevin Arceneaux, Martin Johnson, René […]

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    Members of Congress are less loyal to their party closer to an election, making a vote to authorize force against ISIL unlikely before November.

Members of Congress are less loyal to their party closer to an election, making a vote to authorize force against ISIL unlikely before November.

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Many commentators have expressed concern that Congress has not yet taken a formal vote to authorize the use of military force against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIL). In new research, René Lindstädt and Ryan J. Vander Wielen explore why Congress is so reluctant to put issues such as this to a vote around election time. By […]

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