Thomas E. Mann
Thomas E. Mann
Thomas E. Mannis the W. Averell Harriman Chair and a senior fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution, a non-partisan think tank based in Washington, D.C. He primarily studies and speaks on elections in the United States, campaign finance reform, Senate and filibuster reform, Congress, redistricting, and political polarization...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSociologist
Date of Birth10 September 1944
CountryUnited States of America
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presidential unity approval
But presidential approval also became a surrogate measure of national unity and patriotism.
party majority congress
With the parties at virtual parity and the ideological gulf between them never greater, the stakes of majority control of Congress are extremely high.
president supportive voters
While Republican voters have remained universally supportive of their President, Democrats and Independents are returning to a more naturally critical stance.
philosophy science
Science never makes an advance until philosophy authorizes it to do so.
successful numbers perspective
In the House, Republican prospects have been buoyed by several successful rounds of redistricting, which have sharply reduced the number of competitive seats and given the Republicans a national advantage of at least a dozen seats.
party healthy unity
A healthy degree of party unity among Democrats and Republicans has deteriorated into bitter partisan warfare.
party two political
In addition to the decline in competition, American politics today is characterized by a growing ideological polarization between the two major political parties.
cheer knowledge expression
Knowledge of the soul would unfailingly make us melancholy if the pleasures of expression did not keep us alert and of good cheer.
beer upset soul
Beer soothes the upset soul.
beauty artist path
For I must tell you that we artists cannot tread the path of Beauty without Eros keeping company with us and appointing himself as our guide.
civilization silence speech
Speech is civilization itself. The word, even the most contradictions word, preserves contact - it is silence which isolates.
carpe-diem ideas impossible
It is impossible for ideas to compete in the marketplace if no forum for their presentation is provided or available.
party political risk
Redistricting is a deeply political process, with incumbents actively seeking to minimize the risk to themselves (via bipartisan gerrymanders) or to gain additional seats for their party (via partisan gerrymanders).
attachment political perception
Further-more, partisan attachments powerfully shape political perceptions, beliefs and values, and incumbents enjoy advantages well beyond the way in which their districts are configured.