Outside the Beltway

We’re winding down to Election Day. Where do we stand?

Some recommended reading.

Yet another call for military intervention in domestic politics.

Institutional reform is necessary, but we can’t accomplish much in the face of tribalism.

Ok, so what should change?

The American political system is broken but it’s not fair to blame that on its architects.

The convergence of design flaws in the constitution and a flawed leader have brought us to brink of an electoral crisis.

This is not even close to the worst it’s ever been.

The latest Morning Consult numbers are more bad news for Trump.

A hundred days out, a wave election is the best bet.

It’s just not immediate.

Could a blue state governor be the future of the Republican Party?

Even Republicans are wondering if President Trump is at his “Katrina moment.”

States can punish Electors who substitute their judgment for those of the voters.

It creates a veto gate that they are almost guaranteed to control when they need it.

The writing is on the wall for simple-majority voting in the Senate.

Joementum.

President Trump is behind 14 points in the latest NYT poll.

Always look for evidence.

Because sometimes a comment starts to become a post.

The Economist gives Joe Biden an 83% chance to win the Electoral College.

The vagaries of our Presidential election mechanism gave us a surprising result in 2016. That’s unlikely this year.

What if instead of the unit rule, states doled out electoral voter based on the proportion of votes each slate of electors received?

SCOTUS and “faithless electors.”

Trump’s approach from the beginning has been reality-denying. It makes it difficult to take anything the administration proposed seriously.

There’s very little upside.

A discussion of what #NeverTrump means, on Sanders v. Trump, and some about the philosophy of voting.

Speaking of xenophobia.

We are truly exceptional in how we choose the president.

(Or not. Part 1,276,524).

Not surprisingly, we remain as polarized as ever.

Has this precedent permanently damaged the country? Or is it just politics as usual?

The Republicans are playing a different game.

There’s a very real possibility the legitimacy of the 2020 election will be contested.

Money has increasingly dominated American politics but the court case had little to do with it.

Continuing a discuss from below.

The men who gathered in Philadelphia to write the Constitution were geniuses. But they couldn’t predict the future.

A key economic statistic that rarely gets widespread public attention is showing that the manufacturing sector has been in recession for four months now.

Even as candidates like Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders continue to base their campaigns on it, Democrats appear to be growing skeptical of ‘Medicare For All.’

One political scientist says yes. A bunch of others say wait, what?

A conservative columnist explains how once-Republican states are switching sides.

Tuesday’s elections continued a trend in which Republicans have lost support among suburban voters, even in deeply red states. Guess who’s responsible for that.

Elizabeth Warren’s fellow Democrats aren’t so thrilled with her ‘Medidare For All’ plan.

As he reaches his 1,000th day in office, Trump’s lies pile up at an astronomical rate.

A conservative columnist argues the legitimacy of our system is in question.

I was a guest on the Challenging Opinions podcast.

But, our process to elect the president is highly flawed.

It’s still early in the election cycle but there’s plenty for the President to worry about.

Let’s not kid ourselves about what’s possible in the next election.

In the US, the candidate defines the party, not the other way around.