Outside the Beltway

Six weeks ago, we held a non-binding referendum asking Americans who they’d like for president. Yesterday, the real election was held.

Democrats are approaching an “Electoral College lock.” Republicans are trying to pick it.

Pennsylvania Republicans want to do the right thing for the wrong reason.

Elections put the players in office. They don’t dictate the outcome of the game.

Barone tells some tales to make himself feel better.

Republicans used to dominate California. Now, they’re barely a factor in the state’s politics.

The Democratic Party appears to have a lock on a substantial part of the Electoral College. That poses a problem for Republicans.

If you’re a white Southerner who gets most of his information from Fox News and Rush Limbaugh, you probably don’t know a lot of people who voted for Barack Obama.

There are still votes to be counted, and the Romney campaign has yet to concede, but the race is over and Barack Obama has been re-elected.

Will Ohio’s Provisional Ballot’s be 2012’s version of the Hanging Chad?

The 2012 Election promises to be close in the Popular Voter, but President Obama still retains an Electoral College advantage.

The OTB gang give their best guess at the outcome of the 2012 presidential contest.

Making note of some of the predictions and such as we approach November 6th.

Mitt Romney has ground to make up if he’s going to catch the President and there’s not much time left to do it.

A week out from the election, President Obama is a heavy favorite to win re-election. But the major press continues to pretend otherwise.

Congressman Steve Israel has proposed an amendment to the Constitution to award 29 bonus electoral votes to the popular vote winner.

The arguments in favor of major changes in the way we elect our President are unpersuasive.

No, the electoral college does not encourage the candidates to pay special attention to the small states.

All eyes on Northern Virginia.

National numbers can overstate regional preferences.

We could be headed for another extremely close election where the Electoral Vote and the Popular Vote disagree with each other.

Some interesting movement in early post-debate polling.

Mitt Romney continues to benefit from the first Presidential Debate, but will that last past the second debate?

Looking to Federalist 68.

Of course, these voters are walled off from the process, so they don’t matter.

Romney’s post-debate surge is being picked up in swing state polls, but will it be enough?

Will conservatives freak out if Romney loses? That’s pretty much guaranteed.

Republican problems among Latino voters could have an influence on several close races this year.

The Pew poll is no longer an outlier but the start of a trend.

Yet another in a long line of critiques of the electoral college.

Expectations are high for Paul Ryan heading in to Thursday’s Vice-Presidential debate. That’s not necessarily a good thing.

Mitt Romney has gotten a bump in the polls from Wednesday debate, but it’s still too early to say if it means anything.

Nate Silver offers a scenario where Obama and Romney each get 269 Electoral College votes.

Mitt Romney has an Ohio problem, and little time to fix it.