Outside the Beltway

Canada has more parties than the US, but still suffers representation problems due to FPTP elections.

Really, they owed (and still owe) us better behavior.

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

Thoughts on how we think.

Legislatures and school boards politicize what our kids are taught.

A chance for a real investigation? Ruined legitimacy?

It’s not perfect but it beats our usual approach to picking winners and losers.

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

Cries that American democracy is in jeopardy are not hyperbole.

Even the smartest designers can’t anticipate all the flaws with the rules they write.

The saga continues.

Could this be the straw that broke the camel’s back?

The GOP is actually pretty healthy at the moment, despite some public rhetoric to the contrary.

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

On fiscal policy and historical comparisons.

The trends over the last half century are really something.

The long shift of population from the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt continues—with the unusual exception of California.

Jimmy Carter’s Vice President and the 1984 Democratic nominee has died at 93.

National Review’s Kevin D. Williamson advocates for less democracy in America.

How well do single-seat districts lead to representation? (And of what?)

Judges are pressuring prosecutors to strike deals, most of which will be for misdemeanors.

Our insistence on relying on an 18th Century understanding of electoral systems is our ongoing bane (if one values representative government).

Any “fair” drawing of districts will yield a GOP advantage over time.

America’s institutions are undemocratic but only some of them are a product of the Constitution.

Most agree that it was good theater. But it’s not clear what they’ve proven.

Mitch McConnell is testing out his spine again.

Voting ourselves out of this mess is not so easy

Policy wonks are seeing a refreshing return to the normal order. Some believe that’s a bad thing.

Will there be in-fighting? Yes. A break-up? No.

The GOP will almost certainly survive. But in what form?

The live coverage of Wednesday’s assault on American democracy underplayed its seriousness.

As we assess Trump’s role in all of this, it is important to think through what he did (and did not) do.

It’s finally officially official.

A startling number than may understate the problem.

The President who promised to “Make America Great Again” has made her a laughingstock. And worse.

They’re actually going to go through with it.

A look back at the last time there was a challenge to a slate of electors.

It will be symbolic, but the symbol will be an anti-democratic one.

Our long national farce is over.

Too little, too late.

Biden wins again.

January 6th, when the electoral votes are counted.

There won’t be a Lincoln Party. It isn’t sustainable.

Peaceful protests were once again followed by nighttime clashes.

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

The phone tour continues.

Wherein I respond to a ridiculous comparison.

Not of governance.

That’s unpossible!