From the AJC. Note this is a poll among Republicans: The poll found that at least 60% of likely Republican voters are at least somewhat confident that the November elections will be conducted fairly and accurately, compared with one-quarter… Continue reading

A few choice visuals to conclude this week in politics: Recognizing fueling of racism as a real stake of polarization Remembering the policy consequences of our myriad structural flaws–from redistricting to the Senate and filibuster

Yasha Mounk has a new piece in The Atlantic that highlights a study by the Carnegie Endowment led by Jennifer McCoy. Here’s a key passage of Mounk’s piece towards the end: “One approach that could alleviate polarization in the U.S.… Continue reading

Ned flagged this article earlier, mentioned it includes a lot of rich details, but used his post to turn to other issues. Given the controversies around the changes to Georgia’s voting laws over the last year, I thought it was… Continue reading

The Washington Post reports “after three weeks of early voting ahead of Tuesday’s primary, record-breaking turnout is undercutting predictions that the Georgia Election Integrity Act of 2021 would lead to a falloff in voting.” The story, which has lots of… Continue reading

A Washington Post exclusive reports on new emails showing Ginni Thomas’ efforts to secure a second term for Trump. This of course is part of a larger story and the questions her activism raises about Justice Thomas and the Court.… Continue reading

I’ve written this column for the Washington Post. Building upon ELB posts I’ve written recently on this topic, it argues in part: Duverger’s law does not work in party primaries. Political science has not settled on why; one theory… Continue reading

A new Report from Protect Democracy, States United Democracy Center, and Law Forward systematically surveys state legislative efforts introduced as of April 2022 to politicize election administration, including bills that attempt to give legislators more control over election… Continue reading

There have been a number of developments in the ongoing and separate investigations of the select committee and the Department of Justice this week. On the House side, new evidence indicates Representative Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.), a member of the House … Continue reading

Washington Post (and others) reporting Trump’s posturing and anti-absentee ballot nonsense. But buried way down in the article is some actual interesting information on turnout (see quote below. For more on the state of the count and likelihood of a… Continue reading

David Frum in The Atlantic has a good piece on yesterday’s decision in FEC v. Cruz. The piece concludes by arguing that the focus of campaign-finance reform these days ought to be how to put candidates and their campaigns,… Continue reading

At 6am ET, Oz leads McCormick by 2672 votes, as reported by both the New York Times and the Washington Post. The tightness of the race at this hour prompts these observations: First, this preliminary tally is yet another… Continue reading

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy reacts to FEC v. Cruz at TPM Cafe: “Predictably, Roberts Supreme Court continues its deregulation of money in politics.”

Primaries will be held today in several states, including a number with competitive Senate (Pennsylvania and North Carolina) and gubernatorial (Pennsylvania) races. All involve intra-party ideological fights. The following are useful roundups from Politico, Vox, Fox,… Continue reading