Outside the Beltway

If current trends holds, Democratic candidates are going to have a problem turning out voters in November.

Down to the wire in Mississippi.

Public cynicism about politics at its very best.

A pattern continues.

Do Voter ID laws really suppress voter turnout? The evidence from at least one state doesn’t prove it.

Polls in Virginia don’t open for another 48 hours or so, but the end result has become fairly apparent when you look at the polls.

Some interesting polls out of Virginia today, but McAuliffe is still the clear leader in this race.

Mayor Booker is now Senator-Elect Booker.

Reports of the death of the Voting Rights Act have been greatly exaggerated.

A new theory circulating on the right asserts that IRS targeting of Tea Party groups had an impact on the 2012 elections by diminish the Tea Party’s effectiveness. It’s mostly nonsense.

There are risks to Republicans in blocking immigration reform, but there are also incentives for them to block immigration reform. Getting past that contradiction to passage isn’t going to be easy.

2012’s election represented a significant change in voting patterns in the United States. What’s unclear is if the change is a permanent one.

Republicans are going to get trounced among Latino voters tomorrow, and they only have themselves to blame.

Younger voters are starting to become as cynical as the rest of us.

All eyes on Northern Virginia.

The arguments of the people claiming that every single poll showing Mitt Romney is unfairly biased do not stand up to scrutiny.

Should people be able to vote six weeks before Election Day?

There’s a large group of people out there that like the President, but they’re probably not going to vote.

Victor Davis Hanson thinks President Obama plans to win the back the White House by alienating the white man.

Another study shows that voter ID laws negatively affect a lot of Americans.

The candidate of the Muslim Brotherhood is the next President of Egypt, but the political future of Egypt itself remains quite murky.

Barring an upset, Scott Walker looks likely to survive his recall election tomorrow.

Some thoughts on the voter registration/voter turnout debate.

The polls are open in the South Carolina.

Things are tightening up among the Republican candidates in the Palmetto State.

Ron Paul is doing well right now solely because of the unique characteristics of Iowa and New Hampshire.

A new poll appears to show Newt Gingrich surging in New Hampshire, but there are several caveats to take into account.

Despite the seeming odds against him, the Electoral College map is very favorable for President Obama.

Ensuring the integrity of the voting process is a worthy goal, not evidence of discrimination.

More than any other time in the past, the GOP is now firmly under the control of its most conservative members.

Another survey shows that Americans don’t know much about their own history, but does it really matter?

What happens if Southern Sudan’s independence referendum succeeds?

Ok, so we’ve been talking about the Tea Party for months. What will that label means once we actually have elections and move on to the governing bit?

The GOP is headed for big gains on Tuesday. The only question now is how big they’re going to be.

Making it easier for people to vote doesn’t necessarily mean that more people will vote.