Outside the Beltway

Not knowing the results of an election a week later is unacceptable.

The US was not exceptional.

The guardrails may not hold this time.

Floating the idea that NC should just award its EVs to Trump.

Trump, Bezos, and the slippery slope of authoritarianism.

Each state sets its own election rules. That’s not a good thing.

“Scum” and the “enemy from within.”

RCV is now banned in the state.

A chilling feature from the Wall Street Journal.

They have a preference but may not vote.

By one vote.

The skews may offset.

Part the gazillioneth.

Mark Robinson is the latest example.

Does it really all come down to Pennsylvania?

It could all come down to Pennsylvania.

Musk finds an alpha male-dominated “republic” to be “interesting.”

An FNC report on the Alaska House race is a mess.

Because I think too much about this stuff.

Sometimes all we have is the choice of how we react to events.

A shocking if perhaps unsurprising development.

The far right won the first round. The far left won the second. It’s a mess.

The basics.

UK 2024 edition.

Weak and presidentialized.

That’s some catch, that Catch-22.

Progressive activists are preparing to “democracy-proof” the country.

Elements of democratic theory: minority edition.

Well, more than two…

Are we betraying the Founders?

People around the world are more skeptical about governing institutions.

Rural Americans are misunderstood!

Who could have seen this coming?

Partisanship and representation in conflict.

And back to thoughts on section 3.

You can lead a horse to water, but the trick is the drinking.

He’s on a winning streak not seen since Stalin.

An unserious plan by an unserious group.

A long-predicted threat has emerged.

The realignment of America’s political parties wasn’t quite what was hoped.

A fundamental flaw illustrated.

And thoughts on swapping out Biden.

And the intuition that things aren’t really working.

Cold hard facts.

Some things shouldn’t be joked about (and they often aren’t jokes anyway).

Really not much to add on this one

Normalizing Trump via poor analysis.