After the Civil War, Black voters faced danger and violence—and they fought for political power against all odds.

The vice presidency seems like a springboard to the presidency, but the majority who ascended owe their promotion to the Grim ...

Republicans have won enough seats to control the U.S. House, completing the party’s sweep into power and securing their hold on U.S. government alongside President-elect Donald Trump.

The Democrats’ loss of the White House has provoked major soul-searching among party members. A scholar recommends a review ...

The Republican Party has a historic opportunity to continue the transformation of the Republican Party from establishment ...

There are 55 days left in the year. Today in history: On Nov. 6, 1860, former Illinois congressman Abraham Lincoln of the Republican Party was elected President of the United States as he defeated ...

There is an open space for a significant new, centrist political party, created by the pull of the progressive and Donald ...

Moderates have been largely squeezed out of political relevance. There is room for a new party, and it would have to start at ...

As mentioned in the above quote, while the first Thomas Nast Republican elephant cartoon appeared in the Harper’s Weekly ...