Dissident Politics

Pragmatic politics focused on the public interest for those uncomfortable with America's two-party system and its way of doing politics. Considering the interface of politics with psychology, cognitive biology, social behavior, morality and history.

Friday, July 31, 2026

A poll that might be meaningful

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Context Polls are sometime misleading. The farther away the election, the less predictive the poll. Polls can miss because of sampling error...
Wednesday, July 29, 2026

The Frustration Files: Trying to explain the authoritarian threat to people who see threat

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Source Poll data indicates that most Americans believe there is serious threat to American democracy. Despite that understanding, most still...
Tuesday, July 28, 2026

The role of racial bigotry and racism in MAGA politics and policy

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Context A NYT Magazine article ( not paywalled ),  What the Crackup of the Heritage Foundation Says About the Post-Trump Right , raises the...
Sunday, July 26, 2026

Update: Trump & global warming

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Trump likes to pardon polluters who  break environmental laws Trump has repeatedly rejected climate change, calling it a hoax, con job, or ...
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