The 1888 election revealed tensions among Democrats, primarily over the tariff, that became a harbinger of the party’s struggles in 1896. The party’s inability to reconcile competing constituencies in ...

Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Allen County Public Library In the mid-19th century, election ballots were created by political parties, not the government. Local ...

Fake news started wars in the late 19th century. Today, it sways elections. I watched an election hijacking unfold while living in Bogotá, Colombia, where I was writing about the social unrest ...

Trump has embraced James K. Polk and William McKinley as avatars of his effort to return the United States to a bygone era, ...