Outside the Beltway

Open access to party labels has consequences.

There are at most eight toss-up states for the 2024 Presidential election.

And thoughts on party systems more generally.

The will of the majority can prevail even in a skewed system.

Because sometimes the comment box is just too small.

The next Congress will look a bit more like America than did the last.

Every vote counted, with refreshing results.

Can moderate Republicans take back their party?

Localities are consolidating local elections to coincide with national ones. Some don’t like that.

The lines aren’t everything, but they need more attention than they get.

One of these things is not like the other.

It would be nice if politicians and cable news outlets were more responsible.

We used to (usually) know the results on Election Night because the outcomes were clearer.

Adam Laxalt’s big lead is slowly erodiing.

A surprising factoid in a bad election for the party.

A low bar has been cleared.

Boosting weak candidates in the Republican primaries paid off.

A deep dive into why our politics are so broken.

What will it take to end the cycle of violence?

Would bypassing politicians altogether make the system more just?

A bit of a rant, I expect.

She is the shortest-tenured Prime Minister in British history.

The rules for voting in America vary widely.

A thought inspired by the PA Senate race.

It would be nice if the legislature represented the voters and whatnot.

31 of the 35 Senate races next month are noncompetititve.

And a reminder of the role of political parties.

Autocrats facing defeat have all kinds of counterproductive, dangerous ideas.

Putin provides an example for a Politics 101 class.

How well has the famous thesis fared?

More details from the Alaska special election.

No one should draw conclusions about RCV from the AK special election.

American parties are coordination problems with shared branding.

This is as close as we get to Garland saying “Eff around, find out!”

“America can survive the demagogues themselves, it’s their audience that will kill us.”

Hardball politics or dirty pool?

Capitol Hill Republicans are turning the concept on its head.

The Forward Party will almost certainly go nowhere.

Can American democracy survive its information bubbles?

A proposal by Jamell Bouie

Are plurality winners less legitimate than popular vote losers?

What should conservatives who can’t support the party of Trump do?

Assuming they had the votes, should Democrats carve out yet another exception?

The implications of modes of interpretation.

Yet another reminder of the pathologies of American institutions.

How long can the unsustainable be sustained?