Outside the Beltway

With just over six months to go before the 2018 elections, the storm clouds are starting to gather for the Republican Party.

Tim Pawlenty is attempting a comeback in Minnesota. It won’t be easy.

Yet more troubling news about the proposed citizenship question on the 2020 Census.

New York and nearly two dozen other jurisdictions have filed a lawsuit seeking to bar the Trump Administration from asking about citizenship in the 2020 Census.

If you recall your grade school civics, you already knew this.

California has pushed back quickly against the Trump Administration’s decision to include a question regarding citizenship in the 2020 Census.

Critics warn this move would lead to a drastic undercount of Hispanic voters, impacting Congressional districting, federal programs, and more.

If the polls are any indication, Democrats may fall short in their bid to take back the House in November.

Challengers to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s ruling on Congressional redistricting suffered two big setbacks in court yesterday that suggest that they’ve reached the end of the road legally.

Tomorrow’s Special Election in Pennsylvania isn’t looking good for Republicans, even if their candidate manages to eke out a win.

The President provided a contender for most ignorant tweet this morning, as he makes a proposal that would disrupt the global economy.

We form stereotypes about generational cohorts when they’re very young and then freeze them.

Daniel Triesman offers an explanation as to “Why the poor don’t vote to soak the rich.”

Salary-based definitions distort the conversation. And lifestyle-based definitions are a moving target.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has redrawn the state’s Congressional Districts based on its recent ruling finding the current map to be unconstitutional partisan Gerrymandering. It makes a lot more sense than the map the state is currently using.

The Supreme Court has declined to stay a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling requiring the legislature to redraw the state’s Congressional District map.

Another win for forces fighting partisan Gerrymandering.

A Federal Court in North Carolina has issued a stinging ruling against the partisan gerrymandering undertaken by the Republican legislature in that state.

The battle for control of the Virginia House of Delegates remains up in the air as both sides continue to dispute the outcome in one district.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a second case dealing with political Gerrymandering.

Democrats, Republicans, and Independents came out for an an election that can only been seen as a strong rebuke to President Trump and the Republican Party.

And even moreso when they are consciously created by the winner.

The Supreme Court appears split on the question of whether or not partisan Gerrymandering is unconstitutional.

Catalonia voted overwhelmingly for independence from Spain, but it’s not at all clear that the vote will amount to anything.

A new study shows that Baby Boomers no longer account for the largest segment of voters in the United States.

Hillary Clinton is blaming everyone she can for her loss, except the most obvious suspects.

An important redistricting decision was handed down by the Supreme Court today.

Polling indicates that voters find the Democratic Party to be even more out of step than the Republican Party.

Members of Congress and the Senate are once again facing down angry constituents, but it’s unclear whether it will translate into anything substantial in 2018.

It seems as though 2016 has taken many more celebrities lives than past years.

As things stand, Democrats will have a hard time winning back control in the Senate in 2018.

To the surprise of nobody who paid attention, Nancy Pelosi won re-election as leader of the House Democrats.

Alabama’s Jeff Sessions will become the nation’s top law enforcement officer. That’s not a good thing.

In what seems like a replay of the primary battle between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, some top Democratic Party leadership positions may be in jeopardy.

While not quite the great unskewing of argument past, here is an example of why non-experts need to avoid critiquing polling.

Donald Trump is doing worse with white voters than Mitt Romney did in 2012.

A Trump loss in November could lead to battles inside the GOP that could take years to resolve.

A freshman Member of Parliament was murdered today, and there may have been a political motive.

President Obama’s visit to Hiroshima left just the impression it should have.

A new poll indicates that the argument that the name “Redskins” is disparaging is not an accurate statement of how Native Americans themselves feel about the issue.

If these numbers hold up, then the GOP may as well start planning for the 2020 primaries now.

If Donald Trump is the Republican nominee, the GOP may have more to worry about than losing the White House and the Senate.

If last night’s debate is any indication, Hillary Clinton’s campaign is about to get much more aggressive in its critique of Bernie Sanders.

Despite media narratives to the contrary, I do not see this as a truly competitive contest.

The people who believe there is a ‘War On Christmas” tend to be the same ones who hold to the largely false idea that their religious beliefs are under assault due to a “culture war.”

The Supreme Court heard oral argument today in a case that could have big implications for redistricting, and the make-up of state legislatures and the House of Representatives.

Mexicans are more likely to be returning home than migrating to the United States, a new report finds.

To a large degree, the narrative you believe will govern the 2016 elections depend on which party you want to see win. But what’s the most likely outcome?

The Supreme Court has accepted for appeal a Virginia case that deal with the issue of using race and politics as a basis for drawing district lines.