Outside the Beltway

Democrats increase their Senate margin.

Discrimination? Issues? Incumbency?

Adam Laxalt’s big lead is slowly erodiing.

Describe the sound made when a sheep explodes.

The rules for voting in America vary widely.

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

See is paying the price for her defense of democracy.

Why would a group that claims it has evidence of ballot harvesting refuse to turn it over?

Running against Trump didn’t work this year.

The political calculus of Arizona’s senior Senator is unclear.

The Lone Star State has enacted some peculiar new laws.

An interesting podcast conversation.

A completely unsurprising 6-3 decision.

Kinda, sorta, maybe, but probably not really.

Or, at least, he’s willing to kill democracy in order to save it.

Cries that American democracy is in jeopardy are not hyperbole.

A special session looms. (And how this is not like the filibuster in the US Senate).

Let’s call it what it is.

It’s not just Red states that put up too many barriers.

No, Colorado’s voting regulations are not roughly the same as Georgia’s.

Georgia Public Broadcasting provides a useful list of provisions.

It makes voting harder.

The fixes worsen the stated problem (more on Iowa and other states’ attempts to restrict voting).

Making it harder to vote in Iowa.

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.

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

A surprisingly uneventful experience.

When early voting meets tragedy.

Fear of a reprise of 2016 is still with us.

Lots of places in the US don’t make it easy.

Election Day is increasingly a myth.

Joe Biden’s chances remain extraordinarily good.

The President has hit rock bottom.

The President does not like his poll numbers.

Joementum.

Hypocrisy, lies, and dangerous rhetoric from Trump and his allies on mail-in voting.

A disgraced governor is signing a wave of progressive legislation

The inevitable has happened.

96 percent of the delegates have yet to be awarded. How can the race be down to two?

The field winnows further.

Many people have voted for candidates who aren’t running anymore.

There’s no way to catch him in a six-candidate field.

Kamala Harris’s once-promising campaign is nearing the end whether the candidate or her supporters wish to admit it or not.

Tulsi Gabbard, who managed to qualify for tomorrow’s fourth Democratic debate after missing out on the third, is threatening to boycott what may be her last chance to make her case to a national audience.

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has ruled out what would essentially be a quixotic primary challenge against President Trump.

Passing up an opportunity that other Democrats are taking, Elizabeth Warren is declining to appear on Fox News Channel. This seems like an unwise decision.

His critique is rather telling.

Begun, the 2020 campaign has.