Outside the Beltway

She’ll almost certainly be out of a job in January. Then what?

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

It’s early, but here are some key numbers as they exist now.

They’re going to wait until after the midterms to decide whether Iowa and New Hampshire stay at the front of the line.

A theory floated in Bush v Gore could radically change American elections.

Signs and portents?

It’s not all about Trump.

They’re taking their eye off the ball.

The NYT and CA41 and yet another example of telling the wrong story.

Two incumbents roared to victory despite his opposition.

When doing the right thing is the wrong thing.

Our representation problems are far, far more about structure than they are about the messaging of the parties.

Because of course it was.

He’s tanned. He’s rested. Is he ready?

The Commonwealth’s undemocratic political system is, shockingly, unrepresentative of the will of its people.

Data from Texas underscore a frequent point about primaries.

Some pundits have high standards.

Yes the riots were a disgrace but the Democrats . . . .

A new poll offers mixed results.

In case anyone was wondering (and the GOP’s prospects are good).

Democrats and Republicans are playing by different rules.

We’re three short years from the next election.

A conversation in two parts.

Three days late, $1.2 billion long.

Running against Trump didn’t work this year.

Voters are suppose to choose elected officials, not the other way around.

It does not create better deliberation.

Thinking about party evolution and behavior going into 2022.

Israel’s long national nightmare is over. Or is it?

We’re all apes. And some are willfully stupid about their public duties.

Assessing Republican strategic positioning (and the incentives in our system).

A bizarre case of bureaucratic ineptitude.

Fulfilling a campaign promise and keeping the discussion alive.

The 6th Circuit is allowing a professor fired for misgendering a transwoman to sue his state university.

Let’s not get overly dramatic about special elections.

HR1 is a national approach to expanding voter access. State legislatures are trying to both expand and restrict the vote as well.

And what GOP opposition says about the party.

Nevada is mounting a challenge to the rural, lily-white states that always go first in the presidential primary gauntlet.

Voting ourselves out of this mess is not so easy

American political parties are controlled by the primaries.

Does online performance logically devolve into rage and violence?

The best two teams in college football play for it all amid some controversy.

The party is unlikely to suffer consequences for its anti-democracy actions.

Wherein I respond to a ridiculous comparison.

More on why it isn’t going to happen.

A myriad of possible explanations.

The numbers behind recounts.

We’ve just had an election, not psychoanalysis.

Trump needs them both.

Two prominent media pollsters are hedging their bets.