Exposition and analysis of polling data from 1952 to 2006 on voting in presidential and House elections.

As part of the AEI-Brookings Election Reform Project, AEI and the Brookings Institution will hold a public conference to discuss the current status of election reform efforts two months prior to the 2006 elections. After a keynote address by Congressman Rush Holt (D-N.J.), panelists will discuss the progress that has...

The overwhelming success of the Mega Millions enterprise makes it an irresistible target for something more — a way to transform American elections and along the way reduce our deep political dysfunction.

The incoming Congressional leadership has outlined legislative priorities including reducing the deficit, raising the minimum wage, repealing some tax cuts, addressing the costs of college, requiring the government to directly negotiate with drug companies to secure lower prices for Medicare beneficiaries, taking a firmer hand on trade agreements, and increasing...

Many commentators argue that uncertainty about taxes, government spending and other policy matters deepened the recession of 2007-2009 and slowed the recovery. To investigate this issue we develop a new index of policy-related economic uncertainty and estimate its dynamic relationship to output, investment and employment.

To achieve the changes they want and that voters endorsed in 2010, Republicans need to win again in 2012.