Outside the Beltway

Arguably the most surprising Senate race of 2014 was in Virginia, and it’s not over yet.

Everything old is new again.

Some have argued that there is an historical bias against political parties holding on to the White House for more than two terms. As with most commonly held ideas, that simply isn’t true.

It’s hard for a party to win four straight presidential elections. The Democrats may pull it off.

A new poll suggests that Republicans could be losing a constituency that is very key for them in the nation’s third most populous state.

GOP Whip Kevin McCarthy of California won the vote to replace Eric Cantor as the new GOP House Majority Leader. The question is who replaces McCarthy.

Another victory for the GOP establishment in its battle against the Tea Party.

Does the office of Vice-President serve any useful purpose anymore?

The Democrats have a big advantage in the Electoral College, at least for now.

New York has joined nine other states and the District of Columbia to vote to for an Electoral College bypass.

Much like the Tea Party, David Frum wants to make the GOP tent smaller.

The one Republican currently polling anywhere close to Hillary Clinton is, unfortunately for the GOP base, Chris Christie.

As expected, President Obama’s latest “pivot” to the economy is less than meets the eye.

Former Justice O’Connor seems to regret the fact that the Supreme Court got involved in the 2000 election. Her regrets are misplaced.

Republicans at the state level are still trying to cook the books in the Electoral College

Virginia has decisively killed a bill that would have awarded the Commonwealth’s electoral votes to the winner of gerrymandered congressional districts rather than the statewide winner.

Some proposed reforms just need to be ignored.

Six weeks ago, we held a non-binding referendum asking Americans who they’d like for president. Yesterday, the real election was held.

Democrats are approaching an “Electoral College lock.” Republicans are trying to pick it.

Pennsylvania Republicans want to do the right thing for the wrong reason.

Elections put the players in office. They don’t dictate the outcome of the game.

Barone tells some tales to make himself feel better.

Republicans used to dominate California. Now, they’re barely a factor in the state’s politics.

The Democratic Party appears to have a lock on a substantial part of the Electoral College. That poses a problem for Republicans.

If you’re a white Southerner who gets most of his information from Fox News and Rush Limbaugh, you probably don’t know a lot of people who voted for Barack Obama.

There are still votes to be counted, and the Romney campaign has yet to concede, but the race is over and Barack Obama has been re-elected.

Will Ohio’s Provisional Ballot’s be 2012’s version of the Hanging Chad?

The 2012 Election promises to be close in the Popular Voter, but President Obama still retains an Electoral College advantage.

The OTB gang give their best guess at the outcome of the 2012 presidential contest.

Making note of some of the predictions and such as we approach November 6th.

Mitt Romney has ground to make up if he’s going to catch the President and there’s not much time left to do it.

A week out from the election, President Obama is a heavy favorite to win re-election. But the major press continues to pretend otherwise.

Congressman Steve Israel has proposed an amendment to the Constitution to award 29 bonus electoral votes to the popular vote winner.

The arguments in favor of major changes in the way we elect our President are unpersuasive.

No, the electoral college does not encourage the candidates to pay special attention to the small states.

All eyes on Northern Virginia.

National numbers can overstate regional preferences.

We could be headed for another extremely close election where the Electoral Vote and the Popular Vote disagree with each other.