Dr Peter Finn

The 2026 midterms: what to expect on this year’s electoral calendar

Finn, Peter, 2026, LSE USAPP United States Politics and Policy Blog, Published

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The 2026 midterms: why we should be wary of what GenAI tells us ahead of next year’s elections

Finn, Peter, Bell, Lauren C., Tatum, Amy and Leicht, Caroline V., 2025, LSE USAPP United States Politics and Policy Blog, Published

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The 2026 midterms: Election Day 2025 was a good one for the Democrats

Finn, Peter, 2025, LSE USAPP United States Politics and Policy Blog, Published

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The 2026 midterms: the most likely midterm scenario may be an electoral draw where the Democrats win the House, but not the Senate

Finn, Peter, 2025, LSE USAPP United States Politics and Policy Blog, Published

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The 2026 midterms: what the government shutdown may mean for the midterms

Finn, Peter, 2025, LSE USAPP United States Politics and Policy Blog, Published

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Generative AI and the nationalisation of U.S. politics

Bell, Lauren C., Finn, Peter, Tatum, Amy and Leicht, Caroline V., 2025, Journal of American Studies, E-pub ahead of print

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The 2026 midterms: the issues that may define next year’s elections

Finn, Peter, 2025, LSE USAPP United States Politics and Policy Blog, Published

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MAHA report, GenAI, the Official Record, and democracy

Finn, Peter, 2025, Political Studies Association News, Published

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The Make America Healthy Again report shows how AI can undermine the US Official Record, and democracy

Finn, Peter, 2025, LSE USAPP United States Politics and Policy Blog, Published

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Why misleading employment and reoffending stats matter

Porter, Cody, Zloteanu, Mircea and Finn, Peter, 2025, Public Sector Focus (July/August) pp 48, Published

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Misleading percentages: the impact of statistical reporting on the offender employment post-release data

Porter, Cody, Finn, Peter and Zloteanu, Mircea, 2025, Political Studies Review, E-pub ahead of print

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The road to the 2026 USA midterm elections

Finn, Peter, 2025, LSE USAPP United States Policy and Politics Blog, Published

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9 reasons you should be wary of generative artificial intelligence tools

Finn, Peter, Bell, Lauren C., Tatum, Amy and Leicht, Caroline V., 2025, Descrier, Published

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Pete Finn on “It’s Mueller time”

Ledger, Robert and Finn, Peter, 2025, The Official Record Podcast, Published

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How to think about Trump 2.0

Finn, Peter, 2025, LSE USAPP United States Politics and Policy Blog, Published

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The 2024 elections: four takeaways from Donald Trump's second inauguration

Finn, Peter, 2025, LSE USAPP United States Politics and Policy Blog, Published

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The 2024 elections: what Matt Gaetz's failed Attorney General nomination may tell us about Trump 2.0

Finn, Peter, 2024, LSE USAPP United States Politics and Policy Blog, Published

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Why voters should care about what ChatGPT tells them about history and politics

Leicht, Caroline, Finn, Peter, Bell, Lauren C. and Tatum, Amy, 2024, LSE USAPP United States Politics and Policy Blog, Published

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The 2024 elections: Donald Trump and his Republican Party triumph after a prolonged campaign

Finn, Peter, 2024, LSE USAPP United States Politics and Policy Blog, Published

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The 2024 elections: a race for the White House nearly two years in the making

Finn, Peter, 2024, LSE USAPP United States Politics and Policy Blog, Published

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The rise and fall of Sue Gray

Finn, Peter, 2024, The Conversation, Published

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The 2024 elections: blue, red, purple, tipping point - how to read the states in this election

Finn, Peter, 2024, LSE USAPP United States Policy and Politics Blog, Published

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The 2024 elections: recent US history shows the assassination attempts against Trump are part of a longer trend of political violence

Finn, Peter, 2024, LSE USAPP United States Politics and Policy Blog, Published

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The 2024 elections: the presidential debate saw Kamala Harris play to her strengths as Donald Trump's playbook looks tired

Finn, Peter, 2024, LSE USAPP United States Politics and Policy Blog, Published

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The 2024 elections: election polls and how to read them

Finn, Peter, 2024, LSE USAPP United States Politics and Policy Blog, Published

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Assessing ChatGPT as a tool for research on US state and territory politics

Finn, Peter, Bell, Lauren C., Tatum, Amy and Leicht, Caroline Victoria, 2024, Political Studies Review, E-pub ahead of print

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The 2024 elections: milestones to November in a recalibrated election race

Finn, Peter, 2024, LSE USAPP United States Politics and Policy Blog, E-pub ahead of print

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The 2024 elections: Biden steps down as the wheels of history continue turning

Finn, Peter, 2024, LSE USAPP United States Politics and Policy Blog, Published

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The 2024 elections: how the official record of the Trump assassination attempt is unfolding in real time

Finn, Peter, 2024, LSE USAPP United States Politics and Policy Blog, Published

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During the election, the 'official record' is documenting UK history in real-time

Finn, Peter, 2024, The Conversation, Published

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The 2024 UK election and the official record: documenting history in real-time

Finn, Peter, 2024, Descrier, Published

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The 2024 elections: why this year's presidential debates are a break from tradition

Finn, Peter, 2024, LSE USAPP United States Politics and Policy Blog, Published

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The 2024 elections: Donald Trump's guilty verdict is an historic event

Finn, Peter, 2024, LSE USAPP United States Politics and Policy Blog, Published

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The 2024 elections: five takeaways from the special counsel's report on Biden, and what it might mean for the election

Finn, Peter, 2024, LSE USAPP United States Politics and Policy Blog, Published

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The 2024 elections: the road to Inauguration Day 2025

Finn, Peter, 2024, LSE USAPP United States Politics and Policy Blog, Published

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As a classic 'wicked problem', education funding presents awkward choices across the political spectrum ahead of the general election

Finn, Peter, 2024, Public Sector Focus, 50 pp 54-55, Published

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Education funding presents tough choices for school leaders and awkward ones for politicians

Finn, Peter, 2024, LSE Politics and Policy Blog, Published

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The 2024 elections: six ways to think about the 2024 US primary season

Finn, Peter, 2024, LSE USAPP United States Politics and Policy Blog, Published

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The 2024 elections: the Democratic primary calendar is a mix of compromise and political reality, setting up the party for a real contest in 2028

Finn, Peter, 2024, LSE USAPP United States Politics and Policy Blog, Published

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Fifty States or bust!

Finn, Peter and Bell, Lauren C., 2024, Podcast Series, Published

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The 2024 elections: the Republican road to the 2024 presidential election

Finn, Peter, 2023, LSE USAPP United States Politics and Policy Blog, Published

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The 2024 elections: five steps to the 2024 primaries

Finn, Peter, 2023, LSE USAPP United States Politics and Policy Blog, Published

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The 2024 elections: a new series on the contests for Congress and the White House

Finn, Peter, 2023, LSE USAPP United States Politics and Policy Blog, Published

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The 2024 Democratic Primary Calendar is not settled yet

Finn, Peter, 2023, LSE USAPP United States Politics and Policy Blog, Published

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How the 2022 midterms have set the stage for 2024 presidential election

Finn, Peter, 2023, LSE USAPP United States Politics and Policy Blog, Published

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The 2022 Midterms: Trump aside, the midterms had something for everyone

Finn, Peter and Ledger, Robert, 2022, LSE USAPP United States Politics and Policy Blog, Published

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Criminology, politics, and sociology

Finn, Peter, 2022, Criminology, Politics, and Sociology Podcast, Published

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Freedom of Information legislation and the democratic oversight narrative

Finn, Peter, 2021, Critical Military Studies (7), 3 pp 335-354, Published

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The Covid-19 and democracy podcast

Finn, Peter, 2020, Podcast Series, Published

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Transatlantic twilight? The impact of the Mueller Investigation on US-Europe relations

Finn, Peter and Ledger, Robert, 2018, Ante Portas - Security Studies (1), 10 pp 11-27, Published

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Education should be a right for all

Dixon, Paul, Favretto, Ilaria, Finn, Peter, Smart, Jackie, Spencer, Philip, Stockhammer, Engelbert, Stuart, John, Suess, Eleanor, Giaxoglou, Korina, Goldsmith, Carlie, Hallward, Peter, Hawkins, Sue, Swift, Allan, Upstone, Sara, Vallee-Tourangeau, Frederic, Wells, Julian, Wilson, Scott, Haywood, Peter, Higginbottom, Andrew, Ichijo, Atsuko, Isaac, Marina, Jensen, Meg, Kayyali, Reem, Kettyle, Ann, Lambrou, Marina, Latimer, Amanda, Linton, Marisa, Lipsedge, Karen, Malabou, Catherine, O Maoilearca, John, McQuillan, Martin, Micklethwaite, Paul, Morgan Wortham, Simon, O'Brien, Catherine, Blackburn, Robert, Botting, Fred, Brady, Mary, Osborne, Peter, Pinnock, Winsome, Piper, Jason, Choat, Simon, Chu, Jonathan, Cinpoes, Radu, Coultas, Valerie, Dines, Martin, Caygill, Howard, Chadwick, Howard, Chanter, Tina, Roberts, Mike, Rogers, David, Sandford, Stella, Searby, Michael, Siddiki, Jalal Uddin, Ponto, Maria, Raphael, Sam, Reid, Trish, Agnew, Eadaoin, Alliez, Eric and Auerbach, Paul, 2014, The Guardian, Published

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Book Review of 'Civilian warrior: the inside story of Blackwater and the unsung heroes of the war on terror' by David Cobourn and Erik Prince

Finn, Peter, 2014, Critical Studies on Terrorism (7), 3 pp 409-501, Published

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The official record: oversight, national security and democracy

(2024). Manchester, U.K.: [Published]

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The Covid-19 pandemic, A Levels, and transitions to UK Higher Education

Finn, Peter, Hill, Emily and Cinpoes, Radu (2022). Kingston upon Thames, U.K.: (Kingston University) [Published]

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Pandemic politics: Covid-19 and the 2020 US Electoral Cycle

Imiola, Madison, Finn, Peter and Ledger, Robert (2021). Kingston upon Thames, U.K.: [Published]

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Covid-19 and democracy, first cut policy analyses: country case studies

Ichijo, Atsuko, Nancheva, Nevena, Ledger, Robert, Ranta, Ronald, Cinpoes, Radu and Pettitt, Robin (2020). [Published]

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The PhD and the powerful

Finn, Peter (2020). London, U.K.: (British International Studies Association Postgraduate Network) [Published]

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GenAI Rockstars? Exploring the limits of GenAI via tour posters

Finn, Peter (2025). In: Linsey, Tim, Leung, Wayne, (eds.), Kingston upon Thames, U.K.: pp 36-37 [Published]

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Should we trust news from AI? ChatGPT and political information

Leicht, Caroline, Finn, Peter, Bell, Lauren C. and Tatum, Amy (2024). In: Jackson, Daniel, Carson, Andrea, Danielle, Sarver Coombs, Edgerly, Stephanie, Thorsen, Einar, Trevisan, Filippo, Wright, Scott, (eds.), Poole, U.K.: pp 104-104 [Published]

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'Caveats were down‘: the Canadian official record and the treatment of Maher Arar

Finn, Peter (2024). In: Finn, Peter, Ledger, Robert, (eds.), Manchester, U.K.: [Published]

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Introduction: the official record, oversight, national security and democracy

Finn, Peter and Ledger, Robert (2024). In: Finn, Peter, Ledger, Robert, (eds.), Manchester, U.K.: [Published]

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'It‘s Mueller time‘: the Mueller investigation, the official record and the rule of law

Finn, Peter (2024). In: Finn, Peter, Ledger, Robert, (eds.), Manchester, U.K.: [Published]

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Preface: defining and 'reading' the official record

Finn, Peter and Ledger, Robert (2024). In: Finn, Peter, Ledger, Robert, (eds.), Manchester, U.K.: [Published]

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Towards 24: shifts in the US election system

Finn, Peter and Ledger, Robert (2023). In: Finn, Peter, Furse, Tom, (eds.) pp 46-51 [Published]

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Democratising teaching: student votes and module case studies

Finn, Peter (2022). In: Oprandi, Paolo, Betts, Tab, (eds.), Falmer, UK: [Published]

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Grey areas and self-licking lollipops: Iraq War detention operations, impunity and complicity

Finn, Peter (2016). In: Afxentiou, Afxentis, Dunford, Robin, Neu, Michael, (eds.), London, U.K.: pp 179-201 [Published]

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'50 states or bust!‘ roundtable

Finn, Peter, Tatum, Amy, Leicht, Caroline and Bell, Lauren C.(2024). [Published]

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Towards 24: Electoral shifts in the US election system, 2022-2024

Finn, Peter(2023). [Accepted/In press]

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Democratising teaching: student votes and module case studies

Finn, Peter(2022). [Published]

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Covid-19 and democracy: country case studies

Finn, Peter(2020). [Published]

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The Mueller investigation, the official record and the rule of law

Finn, Peter(2020). [Published]

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The preservation and destruction of the official record and truth

Finn, Peter(2019). [Published]

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UK remote warfare and the future of parliamentary oversight

Finn, Peter and Molyneux, Camilla(2019). [Published]

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Freedom of information legislation and the democratic oversight narrative: cause for pause?

Finn, Peter(2018). [Published]

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Excellence in teaching by post-graduate students

Finn, Peter(2016). [Published]

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Mapping the (in)effectiveness of royal prerogative oversight

Finn, Peter(2016). [Published]

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The US, the UK, the Iraq war, detention operations, impunity and complicity

Finn, Peter(2015). [Published]

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Questionable national security policies, clean operations strategies, ethics and the importance of the 'other‘

Finn, Peter(2014). [Published]

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Beyond Abu Ghraib - military detention, abuse, Iraq and US power

Finn, Peter(2013). [Published]

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Democratic impunity: the case of the Iraq war detention regime

Finn, Peter (2019), PhD thesis [Accepted/In press]

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Exploring the 2022 US Midterms

(2023). [Published]

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