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Three months out, Biden looking good

Both national and state-by-state polling in the US are telling the same story: the Democrats have a clear lead, and if it holds up then regional differences won't matter.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, United States 13 Comments 5 August 20205 August 2020

From “Never Trump” to Lincoln Project

Trump's opponents within the Republican Party seem to be increasing not just in number, but also in their willingness to indict the party as a whole for how things have turned out.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Party matters, Political issues, United States 9 Comments 3 August 2020

Death of a contender

Black conservative Herman Cain, once a proto-Trumpist presidential candidate, succumbs to the coronavirus. Perhaps it will be a wake-up call to some other Republicans.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Party matters, Personalities, Political issues, United States 3 Comments 31 July 202026 January 2022

No convention for Florida

Donald Trump and the Republicans bow to the coronavirus inevitable and decide to call off their old-style convention. It's not clear that it would have helped them much anyway.

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Will there be a 51st state?

Democrats are set on making Washington DC into a new state. It makes political but not constitutional sense.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Constitutional law, Electoral law, Political issues, United States 23 Comments 1 July 202026 January 2022

No more Bleeding Hearts

A libertarian blog folds, but its project is more important than ever.

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Charles Richardson Ideas, Media, Personalities, Political issues, United States 2 Comments 11 June 202026 January 2022

Hong Kong and Tiananmen

Another anniversary of China's 1989 uprising passes, with the future of Hong Kong hanging in the balance.

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Charles Richardson East Asia, Ideas, Political issues, United States 2 Comments 4 June 20204 June 2023

Revisiting the “fascism” debate

Is there something inappropriate or counter-productive about linking Donald Trump and his allies to "fascism"? Samuel Moyn thinks there is, and has a story to tell about how historical comparison works and what it is for.

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Charles Richardson Ideas, Political issues, United States 4 Comments 21 May 202026 January 2022

Update on approval ratings

Most world leaders, including our own Scott Morrison, are enjoying high approval ratings during the Covid-19 crisis. Donald Trump, however, is not doing so well.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, United States 5 Comments 19 May 202015 June 2020

Enter the Libertarian, again

Ex-Republican Justin Amash puts his hand up for the Libertarian Party presidential nomination, again raising the question of how a strong Libertarian candidate might affect the election.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Party matters, Personalities, United States 1 Comment 12 May 202026 January 2022

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