Given the findings of the March 22, 23, and 24 discussions that show that the two parties likely share values, we wonder whether common values might lead to cooperation between the two parties.

March 22, 2017

We put our heads together to begin to determine two sets of values we conclude represent the ideals of the two major parties in American politics whose rhetoric, policy orientations and political philosophies dominate the American political sphere.

January 18, 2017

Discussants consider a definition of trust and determine whether and, if so, how political parties or individual candidates ought to build trust.