For someone who possibly had one of the easiest paths to the presidency set up for him, Ron DeSantis is doing all the things he needed to do right, wrong.

Traditional conservative voters wanted to be excited about Ron DeSantis. Independents and fed-up Democrats wanted him to be tolerable. His recent tack to the hard right is pushing these crucial voters away. With about half the country identifying as Independent voters, the path to victory for any major candidate in a general election must involve […]

The Case for Canadian Moderate Conservatism

The End of O’Toole Everything happened in a flash. First, a ragtag ensemble of truckers, in the early days of 2022, arrived in Ottawa, Canada’s capital, calling for an end to vaccine mandates and, in some cases, the removal of Trudeau. Erin O’Toole, then the leader of the Conservatives and hesitant in lending his support […]

South Asians in American Politics

The rise of the right in India follows global trends of conservative influence. On the contrary, there has been a rise in South Asian Americans taking part in American politics, the prime example being Kamala Harris’ ascent to the Vice President of the United States. BPR staff writer Vidhi Prasad sat down to talk with […]