Outside the Beltway

The rare case where a clickbait headline is actually appropriate.

Some thoughts on polling and the news since 2016.

Georgia Republicans didn’t violate the Constitution or the Voting Rights Act.

Assessing her actions in 2018 in light of 2020 and onward.

Gracious concessions are the norm except when they’re not.

President Trump’s obsequious effort to please Russian President Vladimir Putin continues.

The latest CNN poll raises some questions about gender bias.

A North Carolina Congressional Election that was tainted by Absentee Ballot Fraud will be redone.

The verdict of last month’s elections was clear, but Republicans still don’t seem to get it.

Republican lawmakers in Michigan and Wisconsin are responding to their party’s losses at the Gubernatorial level by attempting to restrict the powers of the incoming Democratic Governor.

Mia Love, recently narrowly defeated in her bid for re-election, has some parting words for her party. They probably won’t listen, but they should.

In the end, the race between Cindy Hyde-Smith and Mike Espy was not even close.

Preliminary figures indicate that voter turnout in the 2018 midterms was higher than it has been for any midterm election in fifty-two years.

Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith has made several mistakes since Election Day, but she’s likely to win tomorrow’s runoff election.

The evidence that the GOP lost the midterms because of public repudiation of President Trump is overwhelming. The GOP will either accept this and learn from it, or they will not.

Sherrod Brown pulled off the only statewide Democratic victory in Ohio on November 6th. Because of that, he’s being looked at as a potential 2020 candidate for President.

Once again, Republicans in California find themselves looking up and seeing a lot of desolation. They need to find a way to bounce back.

Another part of the country that was once a Republican stronghold is now almost completely blue.

With the recounts over we can officially say that Rick Scott will be the next Senator from Florida.

Yes, there can be real problems with election activities, but that does not excuse POTUS’ lies about fraud.

The Governor’s race in Florida is over, and the Senate race isn’t far behind.

One of the last Republican strongholds in California is now completely blue.

Now that the election is over, President Trump and his sycophants in the right-wing media seem to have completely forgotten about the “invading” “caravan” of Central American asylum seekers.

Election Day 2018 saw Republican representation in the New Jersey Congressional Delegation nearly entirely decimated.

While the outcome in the Florida Governor’s Race is clear, the Senate race remains up in the air and headed for a hand recount that, in the end, is unlikely to change the outcome of the race.