First, his job approval ratings have been trending down for many months, a trend that has accelerated in recent weeks as the war on terrorism has bee…

- Thomas E. Mann

A healthy degree of party unity among Democrats and Republicans has deteriorated into bitter partisan warfare.

- Thomas E. Mann

Knowledge of the soul would unfailingly make us melancholy if the pleasures of expression did not keep us alert and of good cheer.

- Thomas E. Mann

America is an outlier in the world of democracies when it comes to the structure and conduct of elections.

- Thomas E. Mann

In addition to the decline in competition, American politics today is characterized by a growing ideological polarization between the two major polit…

- Thomas E. Mann

Presidents are elected not by direct popular vote but by 538 members of the Electoral College.

- Thomas E. Mann

A human being tends to believe that the mood of the moment, be it troubled or blithe, peaceful or stormy, is the true, native, and permanent tenor of…

- Thomas E. Mann

Responsibility for overseeing the implementation of election law typically resides with partisan officials, many with public stakes in the election o…

- Thomas E. Mann

Science never makes an advance until philosophy authorizes it to do so.

- Thomas E. Mann