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¿Qué es la ciencia política?
El estudio científico de la política se conoce como ciencia política. Es una ciencia social que estudia la gobernanza y las estructuras de poder, así como el examen de las actividades políticas, las ideas políticas, el comportamiento político y las constituciones y leyes relacionadas. La política comparada, las relaciones internacionales y la teoría política son las tres subdisciplinas de la ciencia política moderna.
The United States Is Backsliding
This is not speculation — it is the documented conclusion of the world's leading democracy watchdogs. Freedom House, the V-Dem Institute, and the Economist Intelligence Unit have all downgraded the United States. In 2026, V-Dem stripped America of its liberal democracy status for the first time in over 50 years. The Polity data series went further — it no longer classifies the U.S. as a democracy at all.
The damage is tangible and measurable:
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Voter suppression — Hundreds of laws restricting ballot access have passed since 2010, disproportionately targeting Black, Brown, and low-income voters
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Gerrymandering — Congressional maps are drawn to guarantee outcomes, not reflect the will of voters
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Attempted election subversion — The effort to overturn the 2020 election and the January 6th attack on the Capitol were not isolated incidents — they were the open face of a broader authoritarian movement
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Executive power grabs — The Trump administration has systematically weakened the civil service, weaponized the Justice Department, and defied congressional oversight
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A captured judiciary — A Supreme Court shaped by partisan manipulation has expanded presidential immunity, gutted voting rights protections, and shredded checks on executive power
American democracy is not already lost — but it is under direct assault. The first step to saving it is seeing it clearly.