HeyJaredA.J. Simmons
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From the “Great Recession” to the 2026 “Midterms of Rage” (opens the original)
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The following is an analysis from A.J. Simmons, Research Director of the Center for State Policy and Leadership at UIS. A phrase that some are using to describe the 2026 election is the "Midterms of Rage." However, the story of American politics driven by voter anger didn't begin this year. To understand this political moment, we need to go back nearly two decades to the Great Recession. The story of the last two decades isn't one of Americans steadily moving left or right. It's the story of vot
Why more candidates are running without a party label (opens the original)
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The following is an analysis from A.J. Simmons, Research Director of the Center for State Policy and Leadership at UIS. Eleven independent or third-party candidates for governor and U.S. Senate currently appear on track to clear the threshold political scientists often use to define an electorally viable campaign. That may not seem like a lot, but it already exceeds the combined total from the 2022 and 2024 election cycles. The threshold is about five percent of the vote. It's an imperfect measu
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