Outside the Beltway

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.

The host of a weekend show on MSNBC is angry that the network wants her to talk about the presidential race.

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are battling today for votes in a caucus whose outcome could go either way.

Observations, questions, and some toastosity.

Some thoughts and questions as we finally hit the start of the process. (And the return of the Toast-o-Meter)

Donald Trump’s plan to exclude Muslims from the United States is provoking condemnation, and confusion, around the world.

Seemingly disproving yet another round of predictions of his imminent demise, Donald Trump continues to dominate the race for the Republican nomination.

Well this could be a game changer.

For the first time since Chang Kai-Shek escaped across the Taiwan Strait, the leaders of the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of China will meet this weekend.

RNC Chairman Reince Priebus suggested that Iowa and New Hampshire shouldn’t get used to their place at the top of the primary calendar. He’s right, but fixing the crazy system that put them there isn’t going to be easy.

International relations prof mostly assign readings by male scholars. Female profs are slightly less likely to do so.

Trump illustrates the weak nature of our parties.

Any discussion of the Iran deal has to be about realistic alternatives, not fantasies.

A new polls seems to show that Republicans are still clinging to their opposition to marriage equality in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell.

Lincoln Chafee began his bizarre run for the Presidency in the strangest way possible.

The New York Times really, really wants a horse race for the Democratic nomination.

Some people in the media can’t seem to get it through their heads that speech they consider hateful is entitled to as much protection as speech that they support.

Pundits and political scientists agree that, if the 2016 presidential election were today, we’d have a much better idea who would win.

An Oberlin College student makes it clear just why she needs an education.

For better or worse, Marion Barry was a fixture in D.C. politics for much of the 40 year period of home rule that began in 1975.

Should the Legislature take back legislating from the Executive?

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

A political earthquake in the Sunflower State that could have a big impact on the battle for control of the Senate.

Mitch McConnell’s campaign was forced to do a shakeup thanks to a scandal that could envelop Ron Paul’s 2012 Presidential campaign.

Dispelling a rising myth,

The United States is, in fact, doing the exact opposite.

There are plenty of other factors that help our two major parties retain power.

Republicans are dismissing talk of impeachment as a Democratic fundraising ploy, but it may be they are protesting just a bit too much.

Jose Antonio Vargas was brought to the U.S. at the age of 12 and never left. Now, some are suggesting he should be deported as soon as possible.

Parties do not own voters, and the job of campaigns is to attract voters.

Once again, President Obama’s attempt to communicate a foreign policy vision falls short.