In this important Washington Post story about early voting, I was heartened to see this passage:
While polls show that Democrats are more likely to vote by mail this year, there are signs that many are abandoning those plans and… Continue reading
At the New Republic, from Jeff Sheshol, one of the leading scholars of the political battle over FDR’s Court-packing plan:
When Roosevelt finally struck against the court, at the start of his second term, his party held 76… Continue reading
The confirmation battle over Judge Amy Coney Barrett is bringing the issue of Court-packing into public discussion for the first time since FDR’s failed effort in 1937 — as Adam Liptak’s NYT piece today reflects. If this issue gains traction… Continue reading
The Chicago Tribune takes a deep dive into this issue, interviewing 60 Black local elected officials, religious leaders in Detroit, Milwaukee, and Cleveland.
Among the more than 3,000 counties nationwide, the three with the largest drop in Democratic votes between… Continue reading
With all the attention focused on the election, this story about an impressive bipartisan congressional report on how to fix Congress, with 97 recommendations, is not likely to get the attention it deserves. This line stood out to me: “That’s… Continue reading
In 2016, one of the early signals of Donald Trump’s impending victory were the unexpected, extremely long lines to vote in Luzerne County, PA. Politico examines where matters stand in Luzerne County on the eve of the 2020 election:
In… Continue reading
Tom Edsall published another terrific piece synthesizing political scientists’ analyses, this time on what both political parties might look like after this election. For reasons readers of this blog will know, I was particularly struck by these comments from Sean … Continue reading
Here’s a detailed story from local news in PA about where things stand in the legislature about changing the law to permit the processing of absentee ballots before Election Day.
“It’s been frustrating, observing that there haven’t been really any… Continue reading
The Rolling Stone covered the PA event that Michael Morley, Ned Foley, and I did on why PA is ground zero for potential ballot-counting issues and what the state can still do to minimize these issues.
The sub-heading to the… Continue reading
This is from The Spectator in the UK. I know nothing about the credibility of the U.K. Information Commission that undertook this three-year study, nor do I endorse The Spectator’s rhetoric. But I think readers will want to be aware… Continue reading
From the Philly Inquirer:
“If state leaders want to run the risk of negative national news coverage during a presidential election in a battleground state with the anticipated high turnout, then they should do nothing,” Jeff Snyder, a Republican… Continue reading
Governor Pritzker of Illinois has been pushing a ballot measure that would change the state from a flat-rate income tax to a graduated one. The Governor, heir to the Hyatt Hotel fortune, has contributed an eye-opening $56.5 million to the… Continue reading