Outside the Beltway

Partisan officials should not be in charge of state election processes, much less their own.

Senator Tim Kaine continues to maintain a huge lead over Corey Stewart in the Virginia Senate Race.

Voter turnout in primary elections in 2018 was significantly above normal levels. especially in Democratic races.

As expected, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo easily fended off a challenge from actress Cynthia Nixon. Let the Presidential speculation begin.

Kevin Drum makes an important point.

The GOP’s hold on the Bob Corker’s Senate seat in Tennessee may be in jeopardy.

Max Boot proclaims “Trump is an illegitimate president whose election is tainted by fraud.”

The Strzok hearing provides a return to this timeworn favorite.

Cuba has a new President and he isn’t named Castro, but that doesn’t mean we’re going to see significant change in the near future.

The campaign-agnostic political science models predicted a toss-up in 2016 and again in 2020.

CNN reports that the Interior Secretary, who claims to be a “geologist,” merely has a geology degree.

The idea that individuals have different “learning styles” is apparently not borne out by the evidence, according to recent research.

The answer is, of course, no. Really, this is a post about the wall as policy.

Dan Drezner notes some challenges on this topic, and I add some of my own thoughts.

The ‘permanent record’ of yesteryear is now real. Should there be limitations?

Wisconsin-Stevens Point is shuttering 13 majors, including English, history, political science and sociology while expanding more job-oriented programs.

Rex Tillerson was an awful Secretary of State who simply had to go, It’s quite possible his successor will be an even greater disaster.

While the glass ceiling in high-level posts was shattered decades ago, men still dominate the field.

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has redrawn the state’s Congressional Districts based on its recent ruling finding the current map to be unconstitutional partisan Gerrymandering. It makes a lot more sense than the map the state is currently using.

Explaining what Tuesday is likely to bring.

Donald Trump has apparently made the American public more supportive of players who kneel for the National Anthem.

More thoughts related to Gill v. Whitford and the problem of extreme gerrymandering.

Kamala Harris has joined Bernie Sanders’ call for creation of a single-payer healthcare system.

Some thoughts on presidential interruptions.

President Trump’s speech on Islam was a change of tone. However, as critics noted, it was short on substance and is unlikely to accomplish anything.

DeVos plays to the CPAC crowd, but insults higher education.

Several former candidates for President are emerging as potential candidates for Senate.

The number of faithless electors was both historical and trivial.

In the end, there was no other logical choice.

In which I use a lot of words to say hello.

On Tuesday night the Establishment won and won yuge. (From new OTB contributor, Michael Bailey)

Early voting is favoring Democrats in a wide variety of swing states.

Her numbers are steady; he’s reclaiming Republican voters.

Candidate trumps party in a presidential system.

Donald Trump is facing potential trouble in a state that has gone for a Democrat only twice since the end of World War II.

Political Science research suggests that the election is, in basic ways, about what we would expect.

Donald Trump appears to be pushing voters from America’s fastest growing minority group into the Democratic camp.

If anything, the Trump campaign is going to provide some interesting data for future political scientists who study campaigns.

A British political scientist lays out some of the political and institutional factors that will be relevant going forward.

In case anyone noticed: I got the Trump nomination wrong.

Changes that the Republican National Committee made to delegate allocation rules in response to what happened in 2012 are helping Donald Trump in 2016.