Outside the Beltway

Top Republicans worry that their party’s response to the President’s executive action will alienate Latinos. However, there’s little they can do about that.

On a preliminary examination, the President’s executive action on immigration appears to be within the boundaries of applicable law. However, as with other exercises of Executive Branch authority, it raises some important concerns about the precedent that it sets.

Fresh off his third statewide win in four years, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker appears to be getting ready to run for President.

Based on the available evidence, there’s very little evidence that Voter ID laws had a significant impact on the midterm elections.

An adviser close to Hillary Clinton is talking about expanding the Electoral College map in 2016, but even without such an expansion the GOP faces an uphill battle.

Some of his party’s leaders want the president to save them.

If the President now believes he can act unilaterally on immigration reform, why did he spend the last five years saying that he couldn’t?

Another round of election losses is leading Democrats to contemplate the direction they should take going forward.

The process that seems likely to lead to a Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage has begun.

Outdated rules? It sure seems like it.

Post-election polling shows that the majority of Americans want the new GOP majority in Congress to work together with the President. Republican voters have a very different view.

The Ukraine crisis, which never really went away, is back,

Mike Huckabee seems to be making the moves necessary to run for President again, For reasons only he can understand.

After the 2010 elections, several newly Republican state legislatures flirted with the idea of changing the way their state allocates Electoral Votes. The outcome of last weeks elections raises the possibility that this could happen again.

The GOP’s big wins last week seem to be just guaranteeing that this year’s battle between the Tea Party and the “establishment” will continue.

A popular idea that does nothing useful while simultaneously violating the Constitution.

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

President Obama’s threat to take action on immigration if Congress doesn’t act by the end of the year ignores political reality,

Republicans performed better among Latino voters this year than they did in 2012, but that doesn’t mean they’ve solved their problems.

Voter Turnout was lower this year than in any midterm since the one held eleven months after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

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.

Support for legalizing marijuana continues to grow slowly but surely.

Looking into uncontested and partially contest House districts from the 2014 cycle.

Despite the conciliatory language after Tuesday, it’s unlikely that much will change in Washington in the next two years.

Mission creep.

States may not add to Federal requirements for voter registration, the Court rules. Which makes perfect sense.

There’s more to life than politics. Unfortunately, there are many Americans who don’t seem to recognize that fact.

Dana Milbank (“Obama’s big immigration mistake”) thinks so.

Trying to explain one of the biggest surprises of Election Night 2014.

Tuesday’s Republican wave didn’t change the fundamentals.

Increasing the minimum wage proved to be popular at the ballot box Tuesday, unsurprisingly, However, it did not help Democrats on the same ballot.

This year was an especially acute case of no competition in Alabama.

Another setback for the radical fringe of the “pro-life” movement,

Despite speculation, both Angus King and Joe Manchin will stay with the Democratic caucus. And that makes sense for both of them.

Political scientists tend to be less dramatic than commentators.

What happened Tuesday? And what does it tell us about 2016?

The GOP added to its majority in the House, giving it the biggest majority it has had since Truman was President.

Arguably the most surprising Senate race of 2014 was in Virginia, and it’s not over yet.

After spiking in the wake of the Newtown tragedy, gun control has faded back into obscurity as an issue voters care about significantly.

Always as many military personnel identify as Independents as with the GOP.