ISIL Freedom Network: United States > Scholarly and In-Depth Studies > Politics and Political Parties

Personnel is policy: why the new president must take control of the executive branch
Source: Heritage Foundation
Author: Robert E. Moffit, PH.D.
Country: United States

"President-elect George W. Bush laid out a dream and a remarkably detailed policy agenda during his election campaign. Now he must focus on how to implement that agenda." (1/7/01)

The Merit and Reputation of an Administration
Source: Heritage Foundation
Author: Virginia Thomas and Paul Light
Country: United States

A look at why a President's appointees is a key aspect of public confidence in the government. (4/28/00)

Why policymakers should ignore public opinion polls
Source: The Cato Institute
Author: Robert Weissberg
Country: United States

"This paper shows how little polls tell us about public policy and why we should ignore the proffered guidance to policymakers." It is available in Adobe PDF. (05/29/01)

Election 2002 and the problems of American democracy
Source: The Cato Institute
Author: John Samples and Patrick Basham
Country: United States

Examination of the attitude of Americans toward big government, the declining competitiveness of U.S. elections, and some mistaken conventional wisdom about American democracy. (09/05/02)

Lessons of Election 2000
Source: The Cato Institute
Author: John Samples, Tom G. Palmer, and Patrick Basham
Country: United States

"Many people believe that Election 2000 proved only how divided the nation is over politics and policy. In contrast, this study draws six lessons from Election 2000." It is available in Adobe PDF. (01/01)

Who votes for Harry Browne?
Source: Rasmussen Research
Country: United States

"Almost no one," would be too snide an answer, so Rasmussen did a poll. Results reveal demographic and ideological makeup of voters who said they planned to vote for Browne.(10/27/00)

The problems of modern democracy
Source: CIS
Author: Samuel Gregg and George Weigel
Country: United States

Weigel argues that the erosion of religion and the "virtues" in public life is eroding the democratic tradition in such nations as Australia and the U.S. (Adobe Acrobat) (4/01)

E pluribus unum -- sooner or later
Source: Hoover Digest
Author: Michael Barone
Country: United States
E-mail: hoover@free-market.net

How race and ethnicity still affect party allegiance. (Spring, 2001)

Rankings of all 50 state congressional delegations' voting records on small business issues
Source: Small Business Survival Committee
Author: staff
Country: United States

"SBSC's scorecard rates lawmakers based on 12 key votes in the U.S. House of Representatives and 12 votes in the U.S. Senate impacting small businesses. Included in this year's ratings are votes on such issues as reducing taxes and regulations, death tax elimination, capital gains tax relief, expanding U.S. markets overseas ... and making health care more affordable." (03/02)

Analyzing Senators' support for judicial nomination filibusters
Source: CFIF
Author: Thomas J Lipping
Country: United States

Study analyzing the voting record of current U.S. Senators on all motions to invoke cloture, or end debate, on judicial nominations. Its findings are interesting. (PDF file) (8/21/03)

Diebold election machines security audit
Source: State of Maryland
State: MD, Country: United States

"The [Diebold Accuvote-TS] system, as implemented in policy, procedure, and technolgy, is at high risk of compromise." State of Maryland report specific to its voting implementation, but nonetheless instructive for other areas using Diebold systems. (PDF file) (9/03)

Has Democracy Had its Day?
Source: Acton Institute
Author: Carl Henry
Country: United States

This paper focuses on criticisms of democracy as a useful political system. It cites several arguments against democracy.

Fiscal policy report card on America's Governors, 2002
Source: Cato Institute
Author: Stephen Moore and Stephen Slivinski
Country: United States

Against the backdrop of the worst state budget crunch in years, this report presents the findings of Cato Institute's sixth biennial fiscal policy report card on the nation's governors. (Full report available as PDF file) (09/20/02)

The 10,000 commandments
Source: Cato Institute
Author: Clyde Wayne Crews Jr
Country: United States

Cato's "annual snapshot of the federal regulatory state" shows that President Bush is not the "smaller government" president he campaigned to be. (PDF file) (7/03)

Media smear Lott a lot
Source: AIM
Author: Cliff Kincaid
Country: United States

Many Republicans and conservatives ... uttered denunciations of [Trent] Lott in order to look good and win applause from the media elite. Either they were afraid of being labeled racist or they were desperate to win black votes." (1/28/03)

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