Start here: Of the 25 districts with the highest Hispanic population shares, 19 also are among the 25 districts with the lowest eligible-voter share. This is because so many Hispanics aren’t eligible to vote, either because they’re not U.S. citizens… Continue Reading
There’s basically two options here. None of them are really very good for the United States’ belief in themselves as a true democracy. Continue Reading
Dark money — and the ultimate human representation of dark money, that being the Koch Brothers — should probably terrify you. You can ultimately look at this in 1 of 2 ways, best I can tell: To have a set of… Continue Reading
Breathless 2016 discussion time! Chris Christie: goose may be cooked. Marco Rubio: possibly his time? Mike Huckabee: lurking. Bobby Jindal: always lurking. All of them: would wake up on Election Day already in a huge hole to whoever the Democratic nominee is. And all of… Continue Reading
The conservatives-getting-challenges-from-the-Tea-Party motif continues — we’ve seen it in Texas, in PA we’ve seen an unpopular Governor become a Tea Party ally, and on the Amazon show Betas we’ve seen it depicted hilariously — with Ted Stevenot challenging John Kasich in a… Continue Reading
Good rundowns here, here, and here. The big show is in the Virginia governor race, but there’s also 312 Mayoral elections, including big ones in Boston (first open ballot in 20 years), NYC (no more Bloomberg), Seattle (expected to be tight),… Continue Reading