Outside the Beltway

Can Democrats do anything?

Wildly unpopular policies in hyperpolarized times.

None of this is good for the quality of our democracy (not that it was great to begin with).

Thinking about the evolution (or is it devolution) of the GOP since the 1990s.

Are Red and Blue states even part of the same country anymore?

Most of the world knows that PR is a better way to elect legislatures.

Here we go again.

Tit-for-tat is maybe good power politics, but is any of this good for democracy?

Trump asks Texas to further gerrymander the state.

This one was in Tuskegee, AL (and this isn’t a photography post).

He was looking for an election to buy.

Not a lot of true competition on my ballot in Alabama.

Looking at the US South.

Democrats are helping the Republican Speaker tame his nihilist wing.

A long-overdue reform is meeting resistance.

A never-ending saga of politicians choosing their voters.

A David Brooks column inspires some thoughts.

I know it when I see it.

The ongoing Republican debacle and what it says about representative democracy in the US.

It really is rife with problems.

Good news with a cautionary note.

A surprising ruling on the Voting Rights Act.

When winning is the only acceptable outcome.

The will of the majority can prevail even in a skewed system.