Outside the Beltway

The usual suspects are not playing along.

Either democracy is sacred, or it’s not.

A lot to think about, not a lot of conclusions.

We may be a little closer to ending the tyranny of the Electoral College.

The votes for President and the ballot measures don’t seem to line up.

It’ll be days before we know the final 2020 results but a resounding repudiation is unlikely.

Damn straight.

A surprisingly uneventful experience.

The degree to which the country is divided is truly shocking.

A brief video that puts the US in broader context.

Monmuth’s latest.

Contrary to the assertions of some, this isn’t going away.

The expectations game will be especially tricky this year.

The man is unwell.

Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!

Trump needs them both.

Some thoughts on voter enthusiasm and EV scenarios.

Predicting a Biden wave.

More on a dangerous and disturbing incident in Texas

Trump has pulled ahead in some individual polls but Biden continues to have a commanding lead.

Just when you thought the 2020 campaign couldn’t go any lower.

When early voting meets tragedy.

The ongoing pathetic attempt to create a scandal around Hunter Biden.

Will he be a uniter or a divider?

The iconic actor best known as the original movie James Bond is dead at 90.

A FiveThirtyEight-inspired message from the Democrats doesn’t compute.

The iconoclastic journalist is out at the publication he founded.

Fear of a reprise of 2016 is still with us.

It isn’t unidirectional.

A defensible distinction could give way to a Constitutional crisis.

Some guy you never heard of is the guy.

Two prominent media pollsters are hedging their bets.

Sigh.

Rethinking what qualities we should be looking for in Supreme Court Justices.

A whole ‘nother board came to a sane conclusion.

The Army is finally getting its World War II uniforms, one base at a time.

The data on Sweden and Covid-19 don’t fit the media narrative.

The two parties learned different lessons from the last contested election.

Disconnected representation in action.