Clinton over the hump, and Trump gets a bump July 27, 2016 (PHILADELPHIA) — After Donald Trump picked Mike Pence to be his running mate two weeks ago — that feels like
Libertarians Should Have Their Best Presidential Election Ever May 26, 2016 While presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has seemingly done a better-than-expected job of uniting the Republican rank-and-file after dispatching
Indiana: #NeverTrump’s Last Stand? April 28, 2016 One could not be blamed for looking at the Republican primary results over the past 10 days and questioning how
How Trump Could Win the Republican Nomination In Five (Not-So) Easy Steps April 20, 2016 Let’s get the easy part out of the way first. Bernie Sanders went into the New York Democratic primary with
House 2016: How a Democratic Wave Could Happen April 14, 2016 Pennsylvania’s Seventh Congressional District, which forms a misshapen U linking Greater Philadelphia in the east to the outskirts of Lancaster
On (from) Wisconsin April 6, 2016 Wisconsin’s state motto is “Forward.” On Tuesday night, the Badger State’s voters uttered it as a command to both parties’
Assessing Trump’s path to 1,237 March 24, 2016 About a month ago, after Donald Trump won the South Carolina primary and all of its delegates, we headlined a
For the anti-Trump forces, it may be now or never March 14, 2016 As we’ve suggested, the past few weeks have been defined by increasingly-loud talk of a contested convention and the possibility
Louisiana Governor: Ganging Up on Vitter October 1, 2015 In his classic biography of Earl Long, who was Huey’s brother and a three-time governor of Louisiana, A.J. Liebling described
The Real Presidential Deadlines September 10, 2015 The presidential fields on both sides are so much in flux that rumors of new candidates entering the race continue.
Kicking Off the Debate Season August 6, 2015 Welcome to Debate Day! Finally, voters and analysts will get to see one party’s field (or at least, some of
Eight Decades of Debate July 30, 2015 Next week begins what has become a regular presidential primary tradition: the debates. As a way of previewing them, we
My Old Kentucky Home: Could Matt Bevin’s Soon Be the Governor’s Mansion? July 16, 2015 These days, the Bluegrass State is looking a lot less blue at the federal level. In the last four presidential
Religion in Politics: A Look at Data from the New American Values Atlas February 25, 2015 On Wednesday, the Public Religion Research Institute released its new American Values Atlas. It is full of information regarding the
14 from ’14: Quick Takes on the Midterm November 13, 2014 After going over the results from last week, we had a number of bite-sized observations to offer — 14, to