The Big Sort : 2004 election

No, We Didn’t: America Hasn't Changed as Much as Tuesday’s Results Would Indicate

Bill Bishop — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:22:00 GMT

One week after a historic presidential campaign that ended with the election of a man who billed himself as a post-partisan candidate of a unified America, this country is more divided than it was four or eight years ago. Or, less abstractly, while some...(read more)

How Running a Campaign Is Like Building a Megachurch

Bill Bishop — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:47:00 GMT

The model for the modern political campaign is the evangelical megachurch. This isn't a partisan observation. Both George Bush in 2004 and Barack Obama adopted the basic organizing techniques that many ministers have been using since the 1970s to grow...(read more)

The Stuff in Your Bedroom Signals How You Vote

Bill Bishop — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:46:00 GMT

When Sam Gosling studied the differences between liberal and conservative college students, he and his colleagues went snooping for cleaning supplies. In the dorm rooms of conservatives, they found more cans of Ajax and ironing boards. In an unpublished...(read more)

Which Side Is Trying To Steal the Election? The Other One.

Bill Bishop — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:39:00 GMT

My wife coined the term prespiracy to describe a conspiracy that had not yet occurred. It's a future conspiracy imagined into reality. Well, the prespiracies have started. Republicans are convinced ACORN has hijacked the election by registering legions...(read more)