“Kentucky’s Rand Paul caucus problem”
Joshua Spivak at The Hill.
Category Archives: political parties
“What a Kentucky Presidential Caucus Would Mean For Overseas Voters”
Schmitt on Reform Skeptics and Romantics
Mark Schmitt has written a thoughtful piece about democratic romanticism in the recent edition of the journal Democracy (http://www.democracyjournal.org/36/democratic-romanticism-and-its-critics.php). In it, he identifies “an increasingly influential group of scholars and journalists” who form a “school of skeptics” about… Continue reading
“Spare Annapolis the dysfunction of D.C.”
David Lublin oped in the Baltimore Sun.
“Iowa caucuses are a poor proxy for America”
Rick Ridder oped.
See also my 2012 Slate piece, Kill the Caucuses!
Senator Tim Scott Calls for “De-Coupling” Voting Rights Legislation and Selma Commemoration
WOW:
Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., an honorary co-chairman of the Selma trip and the only African-American Republican in the Senate, said voting rights and the commemoration of Selma should be “de-coupled.”
“The issue of voting rights legislation and the… Continue reading
“Is There A Connection Between California’s Recent Low Voter Turnout And The Top-Two System?”
“Special delivery: Time to consign undemocratic boss-driven special elections to history”
NYDN.
“Conniving by crossover voters is more myth than threat”
“Obama: Eliminate The Senate Filibuster”
Special Issue on Top Two Primary from CJPP
Here:
Current Issue, Volume 7, Issue 1, 2015
Articles
Introduction: The California Top Two Primary
Sinclair, Betsy
The Top-Two, Take Two: Did Changing the Rules Change the Game in Statewide Contests?
Kousser, Thad
Why Voters May Have Failed to … Continue reading
“Top-two primary system hasn’t worked as proponents promised”
LAT:
Has it worked? In short, no, not yet.
New academic research, published Sunday by the California Journal of Politics & Policy, found that voters were just as apt to support candidates representing the same partisan poles as they… Continue reading
“Democrats Exercise ‘No’ Power in Senate to G.O.P.’s Dismay”
“Using Race (Again) in the Struggle for Political Mastery”
Michael Curtis:
After their victories in 2010 state legislative elections, Republicans reapportioned a number of state legislatures. They drew districts so that, for later elections, a minority or slim majority of Republican voters for Congress or the state legislature could… Continue reading