Outside the Beltway

Two Duke University academics make an incredibly weak, ultimately unpersuasive, argument in favor of eliminating midterm elections by changing the length of Congressional terms.

Something to keep in mind about the structure of Senate elections.

Freedom of choice.

Rebranding alone isn’t going to fix what’s causing the GOP to lose ground among a whole host of demographic groups.

Early numbers seem to suggest that it depends on which state you’re looking at.

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

There’s nothing wrong with choosing not to vote.

The odds say that the GOP will end up with a Senate majority in the 114th Congress when all the votes are counted, but if it doesn’t happen then there’s likely to be quite a battle inside the GOP.

At this rate, it’s unlikely the House will file any kind of lawsuit against President Obama until 2015, assuming it ever files anything.

Important numbers in recent polling suggest big problems for Democrats on Tuesday.

Politicians on both sides of the aisle like to tell people they’re just “average Americans,” but they’re lying and the American people seem to have figured out that they’re lying.

Republican Senate candidate Ed Gillespie picked an odd issue on which to start his closing argument to Virginia voters.

Things are looking good for the GOP to take over the Senate, but there are still several right races that could tip the balance one way or the other.

In many states, there aren’t really any races at all this year even if both parties have candidates on the ballot.

It’s been three months, but there’s been no action on the lawsuit that the House of Representatives said it was filing against President Obama.

An idea whose time has come? Not really.

Polls continue to show that most Americans are largely tuning the midterms out.

Early voting is a still new idea in the United States, but one that has quickly spread to a majority of states. But, is it a good idea?

There’s at least a 50-50 chance we won’t know who controls the Senate until weeks after Election Day.

Despite conventional wisdom, there remains little incentive for the GOP to change its position on immigration reform.

As usual, politicians and pundits are helping to create a climate of fear and concern about Ebola that is not justified by the facts.

To a large degree, the Democratic Party’s supposed advantage among women voters appears to not exist this year.

For the ninth time since 1974, the next Governor of Maine will likely be elected with less than 50% of the vote.

Another pre-election stay ruling from the Supreme Court.

The Roberts court has been very good on First Amendment issues, but it needs to address the First Amendment issue right outside its front windows.

My ongoing crusade to spark thought and discussion on the quality of representation in the US Congress.

Democrats are starting to worry that low turnout could turn a good year for the GOP into a very good year.

Bill Scher examines “How Republicans Lost the Culture War.”

A victory for opponents of Voter ID in Texas, but it’s not likely to stand up on appeal.

Opponents of Voter ID laws should not get too excited over the fact that the Supreme Court has stayed Wisconsin’s law from going into effect for now.

The nastiest campaign ad of the 2014 cycle is here, and Wendy Davis should be ashamed of it.

Individual polls are likely to be volatile, so don’t pay too much attention to them.

Will the President back track on his promise of further action on immigration if the GOP wins the Senate?

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

An unsurprising decision from the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

If the GOP wins the Senate in November, their majority could prove to be fleeting.

Combining politics, an incessantly sensationalist news cycle, and a virus that scares a lot of people can’t end well.

After a disappointing August, the jobs report for September showed the same good numbers we’ve seen for much of 2014.