The Democrats’ Patriotism Problem?!

Whither American civil religion?

Failed and Has-Been Politicians Start New Party

The Forward Party will almost certainly go nowhere.

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The Coming Democratic Majority Isn’t Guaranteed

Ruy Teixeira finds that Hispanics aren’t yet woke.

A Recurrent Political Fantasy

Magically mobilizing nonvoters isn’t going to happen (but it sounds nice, I suppose).

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Election Results Validate Everyone’s Priors

Too woke! Not woke enough!

Fantasies of a Post-Trump Republican Party

The GOP will almost certainly survive. But in what form?

Should NeverTrumpers Become Democrats?

A considerable number of Republican have effectively left our party over Donald Trump. Should we go all the way?

Trump’s Approval Ratings and the Mueller Report

The President has tied his all-time low in one prominent poll.

Politics on Twitter vs IRL

The 2020 debate on Twitter does not represent ordinary Americans. Does that matter?

Does Media Coverage of 2020 Distort Reality?

A Washington Post columnists tries to make the case.

Gingrich, Virginia, and the Pundit’s Fallacy

Those of us who obsess over politics and policy on a daily basis in no way represent the typical voter.

Political Fantasy World

It never ceases to amaze me how many smart people manage to believe, against all evidence to the contrary, that their political philosophy has massive support.

Pawlenty and the Pundit’s Fallacy

America’s pundits have never met anyone who didn’t think Tim Pawlenty would be a good nominee.

Pundit’s Fallacy