Politics in Question
A podcast about how our political institutions are failing us and ideas for fixing them. Join hosts Lee Drutman, Julia Azari, and James Wallner, three lively experts on American political institutions and reform, as they imagine and argue over what American politics could look like if citizens questioned everything. Politics In Question is a joint venture of New America and the R Street Institute.
What are the politics of debt relief?
How does memory shape democracy?
What does changing demographics mean for parties?
Has the Senate been disrupted?
How do direct primaries impact American self-government?
Why do Americans use primary elections to select candidates for office?
Who rules America?
Why is it amateur hour on Capitol Hill?
Is American democracy in crisis?
What is the state of American Democracy?
Do white rural Americans pose a threat to democracy?
What is the right way to do politics?
Is the House broken?
Why can't Americans compromise?
Are Americans democracy hypocrites?
What does 2023 tell us about what could happen in American politics in 2024?
How can Americans bridge the urban-rural divide in their politics?
What does political polling miss?
Why are political leaders important?
What will American democracy look like in the 21st century?
Why does the House need a Speaker?
What can social movements teach us about American politics?
What's wrong with American politics and how can we make it right?
Are state legislators really accountable to their voters?
How did Trump threaten American self-government when he was president?
Where do busy people find the time to participate in democratic self-government?
What can storytelling teach us about politics?
Why Congress?
Why is it so hard to buy things with nickels? (plus questions about the debt limit debate and 2024 presidential election)
Does America have a representation problem?
Can podcasts save America?
How does public opinion influence policymakers?
Should lawmakers use the debt limit as leverage to cut spending?
What is the relationship between populism and nationalism in American politics?
How do Americans define democracy?
How do we regulate political parties?
Is America too polarized or too fragmented?
How do factions impact American politics?
What is the State of the Union?
What is conservative populism?
How do extraordinary ordinary people change the world?
How much money should Americans spend on their elections?
What does the House Speaker election say about the Republican Party?
What happened in 2022?
How do winner-take-all elections harm American democracy?
How can business help solve America's democracy crisis?
What do the 2022 midterm results mean?
How do the politics of race impact the American presidency?
Is America on the cusp of a realignment?
What can we learn from political polls?
What does it mean to be a good citizen in the United States?
What's wrong with the Constitution?
How does electoral reform happen?
Is there a generation gap in American politics?
What's wrong with primary elections?
What decisions do political parties make after losing an election?
Why are Americans so upset about politics?
Is it time to rethink how we understand political parties?
Is it a good idea to require Americans to vote in federal elections?
Is the Supreme Court's legitimacy at risk?
What will it take to change how the federal government budgets?
What if things happened differently?
Is Trumpism in decline?
What do Americans think about immigration policy?
Why did Russia invade Ukraine and what can the United States do about it?
What's stopping the United States from changing its energy policy?
Where is the Republican Party headed?
Did conservatives transform the Supreme Court?
Why is everyone talking about the Supreme Court?
Why can't the Senate pass voting rights legislation?
What will American politics look like in 2022?
Is America's constitutional order on the brink of collapse?
Should the Senate eliminate the filibuster to pass the Freedom to Vote Act?
What is thermostatic politics?
Building the Relationships for Collaborative Governance: Interview with Colorado State Senator Faith Winter
What the hell is going on with the Republican Party?
What issues should Democrats emphasize ahead of the 2022 midterm elections?
How do congressional elections fuel dysfunction in Congress?
What can Congress’s present dysfunction teach us about our politics and how to make it better?
How much conflict is too much conflict in politics?
What is affective polarization?
Should lawmakers be afraid of taking votes?
Should House Republicans fire Liz Cheney?
Is American democracy backsliding?
Can Biden transform American politics?
What does presidential rhetoric say about the state of American politics?
Why can't Congress do its job?
What are the prospects for elections reform at the federal level?
How do independent voters impact American politics?
How does conspiracism impact American Politics?
What makes American democracy work?
Who disciplines bad behavior in government?
Did the filibuster break the Senate?
Will Americans pay for government if they don't trust it?
Why do Americans celebrate presidential inaugurations?
What is the future of the Republican Party?
Will Congress change how it operates in 2021?
What is the best way to pick United States senators?
How did losing to Trump in 2016 help Democrats win the presidency in 2020?
Does it really matter which party controls Congress next year?
Can a new agency improve national elections in America?
How should Americans interpret the results of the 2020 election?
Did American democracy win on Election Day?
Do presidential debates help Americans make better choices when they vote?
Should the Democrats play hardball in 2021?
How should the United States select its judges?
How well do our political parties represent us in government?
What can we learn from other nations about pernicious polarization in the United States?
How will the debate to replace Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg end?
What did the political conventions tell us about the state of the 2020 presidential campaign?
How important is expertise and experience in Congress?
What Are the Pillars of Democracy?
How did the suffrage movement win the right to vote for all women in the United States?
When should Americans remove statues of historical figures from the nation's public square?
How is identity politics impacting the 2020 presidential election?
How do Republicans win elections?
What will a Biden presidency look like?
How will public opinion on democracy impact the 2020 presidential election?
How did the Great Migration help shape today's politics?
What will it take to achieve racial justice in American politics?
What are the politics of protest?
What values are essential in a successful democracy?
How do democratic self-governments respond to extremism?
What role do norms and values play in democratic self-government?
How does populism threaten democracy around the world?
Does incivility weaken or strengthen democracy?
Will Americans hold the government accountable for its pandemic response?
Did the media create political polarization?
The Never Trump Movement: Emergent Faction or Dwindling Group of Has-Beens?
How will COVID-19 impact the November elections?
Do ideas or interests drive our politics?
Filibuster or Filibusted?
What are the politics of the coronavirus pandemic?
Is there a better way to pick presidential nominees?
Should the House have more members?
What is unprecedented about our politics?
Do we have too much judicial review?
Did the impeachment process work?
Is American politics too contentious?
Do Americans need more parties?
Is populism a problem?
What's the deal with the separation of powers?
How should we think about impeachment?
What is a gerrymander?
Should we abolish the Senate?
Are we in a political realignment?
Can ranked choice voting save us?
Are primary elections really that bad?