Thomas J Rudolph

  • "Mounting evidence suggests that 'affective polarization' leaks into social situations that previously existed beyond the reach of partisan politics, according to research co-written by Thomas J. Rudolph, the Lincoln Distinguished Professorial Scholar of Political Science at Illinois." Read the...

  • Republicans and Democrats “simply do not like each other to an unprecedented degree.” That was one striking conclusion of Illinois political science professor Thomas Rudolph  and co-author Marc Hetherington in their 2015 book “Why Washington Won’t Work.”...