Julian E. Zelizer

Julian E. Zelizer is the Malcolm Stevenson Forbes, Class of 1941, Professor of History and Public Affairs at Princeton University and a fellow at the New America Foundation. He is the author of The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society.

A television at the White House shows Al Gore giving his concession speech

The US Has Dealt With Contested Elections Before The US Has Dealt With Contested Elections Before

How different is this election from earlier tumultuous ones in American history?

Jul 4, 2024 / Julian E. Zelizer and Karen J. Greenberg

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders

Is the Era of Small Government Over? Is the Era of Small Government Over?

For decades, Democrats have been running away from their own shadow. In Election 2016, they’re finally embracing who they really are.

Feb 16, 2016 / Julian E. Zelizer

How Much Do We Learn From the First Cut of History? How Much Do We Learn From the First Cut of History?

One year later, the blockbuster Game Change can be read as much for how little election narratives explain about history as for the story of the 2008 campaign.

Sep 8, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Julian E. Zelizer

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