Posts by Steven L. Taylor
About Steven L. Taylor
Steven L. Taylor is a Professor Emeritus of Political Science and former College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog). Follow Steven on Twitter and/or BlueSky.
Podcast Recommendation (and a Discussion of CPB Funding Implications)
The Daily on how local NPR stations will suffer.
Newsom Flirts with a CA Gerrymandering Plan
Tit-for-tat is maybe good power politics, but is any of this good for democracy?
On Conspiracies, Epstein, and the Streisand Effect
Why I am not a conspiracy guy, but also wonder why he is shouting about the whole thing.
Thoughts on the Politics of the Texas Floods
Both the policy issues but also the way it illustrates the politics of us versus them.