Posts by Steven L. Taylor

Steven L. Taylor
About Steven L. Taylor
Steven L. Taylor is a Professor Emeritus of Political Science and former College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog). Follow Steven on Twitter and/or BlueSky.

Sunday Morning Tabs

There is a bit of a theme.

Helene and the Election

Will voting be disrupted in parts of GA and NC?

Alabama Marked “Safe” from Ranked-Choice Voting

RCV is now banned in the state.

SaturTabs

Trump’s Xenophobic Lies about Hurricane Relief

This is fascistic rhetoric.

Vance Says Trump Won in 2020

Here’s the video.

Perhaps They Used Jewish Space Lasers?

MTG is at it again.

A Good Jobs Report

More jobs were added than expected.

Dockworkers’ Strike Suspended

A tentative agreement has been reached.

A Photo for Friday

“Bee Seeing You”

Smith’s Newest Filing

More on Trump’s attempt to subvert the 2020 election.

Trump’s Doesn’t Care About US Soldiers

Yet another example.

The Power of the VEEP

Vance is no Mike Pence.

The Devastation in North Carolina

And the grotesqueness of the Trumpian response.

“One Violent Day”

I think we should take Trump seriously and literally.

Monday’s Forum

Sunday Tabs

There is, unfortunately, a bit of a theme.

Sunday’s Forum

So, Is This What “Conservative” Academics Looks Like?

The New College of Florida invites a white supremacist to campus.

Well, at Least it is Probably Right Twice a Day

The grift just keeps on griftin’ along.

Saturday’s Forum

A Photo for Friday

“Wing”

Friday’s Forum

It’s the Stupid Racism

Stupid is as stupid does.

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More on the “Undecideds”

The persuadables and the irregulars.

Thursday’s Forum

Nebraska Electoral College Change Thwarted

By one vote.

Wednesday’s Forum

Campaign Tales from the PA Trail

Everyone’s favorite state.

Mike Lee’s Ambition

And his corruption.

Tuesday’s Forum

Good Polling for Harris

But it is all still close.

Monday’s Forum

Sunday’s Forum

Lindsey Went up to Nebraska

He was looking for a vote to steal.

Saturday’s Forum

The EC Doesn’t Work the Way Some People Claim

Part the gazillioneth.

More Tales of Candidate Selection

Mark Robinson is the latest example.

A Photo for Friday

“Distant”

Friday’s Forum

Trump-o-Nomics

Or, more accurately, Trump-o-Nonsense