Politics is America’s national sport, so it’s not too surprising that political rhetoric focuses more on playing the game than on real‐​world policy solutions. While this might make for more entertaining television, viewing political discourse in this way can be a serious detriment to our society.

That’s why Cato scholars will be injecting insightful commentary and hard‐​hitting policy analysis into the national conversation throughout the 2016 campaign season, using the Twitter hashtag #Cato2016.


The coverage started with Mondays’s Voters First Forum (highlights here), and will continue today with the two national debates to be aired by Fox at 5:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. tonight.


Tune in and join the conversation on Twitter using #Cato2016.