Outside the Beltway

Donald Trump is doing worse with white voters than Mitt Romney did in 2012.

A Trump loss in November could lead to battles inside the GOP that could take years to resolve.

A freshman Member of Parliament was murdered today, and there may have been a political motive.

President Obama’s visit to Hiroshima left just the impression it should have.

A new poll indicates that the argument that the name “Redskins” is disparaging is not an accurate statement of how Native Americans themselves feel about the issue.

If these numbers hold up, then the GOP may as well start planning for the 2020 primaries now.

If Donald Trump is the Republican nominee, the GOP may have more to worry about than losing the White House and the Senate.

If last night’s debate is any indication, Hillary Clinton’s campaign is about to get much more aggressive in its critique of Bernie Sanders.

Despite media narratives to the contrary, I do not see this as a truly competitive contest.

The people who believe there is a ‘War On Christmas” tend to be the same ones who hold to the largely false idea that their religious beliefs are under assault due to a “culture war.”

The Supreme Court heard oral argument today in a case that could have big implications for redistricting, and the make-up of state legislatures and the House of Representatives.

Mexicans are more likely to be returning home than migrating to the United States, a new report finds.

To a large degree, the narrative you believe will govern the 2016 elections depend on which party you want to see win. But what’s the most likely outcome?

The Supreme Court has accepted for appeal a Virginia case that deal with the issue of using race and politics as a basis for drawing district lines.

Forget about Congress, the real story going forward is likely to be Republican dominance of state legislatures nationwide.

With only a handful of opposition, Paul Ryan was easily elected the 62nd Speaker of the House.

Another Republican Congressman has said that the Select Committee investigating the Benghazi attack is primarily concerned with scoring political points against Hillary Clinton.

The current Republican primary polls are “measuring a unicorn electorate” yet effect the outcome of the race.

A 1980 debate between Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush shows a different GOP.

SCOTUS has upheld the use of election commissions to draw Congressional district lines.

The latest Census data show a changing America.

It could cost you $250 to say “F- Arlington” if you happen to be in Arlington when you say it.

The Supreme Court accepted a case that will require the Justices to decide just what it meant when it established the “one person, one vote” rule for drawing legislative districts.

The sources of new immigrants to the United States are changing, but it’s unclear if that will have any impact on the political debate over immigration reform.

The Supreme Court seems likely to strike down state laws that take redistricting completely out of the hands of state legislatures.

Adapting a relic of the 20th Century to the 21st Century.

Same-sex marriage advanced in Kansas and South Carolina yesterday, and will soon be law in Montana, but the Supreme Court is what matters now,

The GOP is dominant in the Southern United States, but it’s unlikely to last as long as Democratic dominance of the region did.

In addition to gains at the national level and in Governor’s races, the GOP also saw more gains in state legislatures around the country.

The Supreme Court heard argument this week in a case involving a somewhat strange application of Federal law.

Would increasing the size of the House of Representatives be the cure for what ails Congress?

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has made an incredibly weak argument in favor of his state’s ban on same-sex marriage.

A Federal Court has given legislators in Richmond a complicated job.

The fact that a candidate like Mike Huckabee could win the Iowa Caucuses is the reason to end the Iowa Caucuses.

The GOP has a good chance of taking the Senate in 2014, but it will be by a narrow margin.

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.

The Mason-Dixon Line says it starts in Maryland, but that no longer seems to be the case.

At least on Capitol Hill, the political middle is dead and buried.

Should it matter if a candidate for office isn’t a college graduate? Georgia Republican David Perdue thinks so.

A commonly cited statistic in support of the “equal pay” argument does not stand up to scrutiny.

Is 435 the right number?

The Sunbelt continues to dominate.

Was the Jobs Report released one month before Election Day 2012 rigged? Despite a new report, there’s no evidence to suggest that it was.