Politics and government

  • The Conversation: ‘Did Donald Trump kill the Tea Party?’

    What are this year’s House and Senate primaries telling us about the health of our political system? Did Donald Trump kill the Tea Party? Those are two of the questions Robert Boatright, associate professor of political science, asks and answers in a contribution to The Conversation. The article also mentions his book “Getting Primaried: The Changing Politics of Congressional Primary…