Outside the Beltway

That’s unpossible!

Why isn’t Joe Biden President already?

Why did Emily Murphy finally do her job?

Was Trump’s attempt to overturn the outcome a one-off or a sign of things to come?

More on why it isn’t going to happen.

A shameful farce continues to unfold.

They know Trump lost the election yet are aiding his outrageous assault on democracy.

Gracious concessions are the norm except when they’re not.

Gridlock doesn’t mean government stops. It just shifts who is governing.

Because he’s an idiot.

The inevitable happened, as extremist organizations descended on DC.

A myriad of possible explanations.

Revisiting predictions about what would happen if what has happened happened.

A nonpartisan official is refusing to do her duty.

Looking back on the last three decades of presidential elections. (Part 1: the popular vote).

All the major outlets are finally acknowledging the obvious.

A reminder that narratives are narratives and data are data.

The early reaction was premature.

We’ve just had an election, not psychoanalysis.

Last night amplifies a long pattern.

A lot to think about, not a lot of conclusions.

We may be a little closer to ending the tyranny of the Electoral College.

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

The expectations game will be especially tricky this year.

Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!

Some thoughts on voter enthusiasm and EV scenarios.

Trump has pulled ahead in some individual polls but Biden continues to have a commanding lead.

Fear of a reprise of 2016 is still with us.

The two parties learned different lessons from the last contested election.

A Blue Wave still looks quite likely.

Some judicial alphabet soup in dialog with my co-blogger.

He has the largest lead of any challenger since modern polling began in 1936.

What meanings might the Founders have had? How should we understand the term?

If we embrace the Founders to justify the present, let’s think about what we are doing.

I couldn’t help myself.

Joe Biden’s chances remain extraordinarily good.

Definitions are fun, right?

Whether the delusions of a madman or a deliberate scheme to poison the waters, there’s cause for concern.

Injecting data into the conversation.

A long-winded and esoteric discussion about an elusive idea.

A fundamental building block of our system makes it nearly impossible to fix.

Legitimacy hangs in the balance.

It is about finding ways to combat minority rule.

Is Trump really an outlier?

A defense of the indefensible.

President Trump is historically unpopular and has consistently trailed Joe Biden. He could still win.

The Electoral College is once again having the opposite effect of what its defenders claim.

Thinking about wildfires and electoral politics.

A game wherein one team has to score more points to win than does the other.

What is more concerning, speculation and war games, or the words of POTUS?