CA is polling Biden 62, Trump 31.3 (538). 2016 was Hillary 61.7, Trump 31.6 (Wikipedia). So Biden's swing in CA is zero. Biden's big swings actually seem to be coming in places where there&… (View Post)

Populist has an actual meaning, and it's not always derogatory. Broadly it means things that sound good to non-experts and are opposed by experts. Often this is a bad: The reason experts support… (View Post)

If they find themselves with a minority on the court and all three branches they'll do it anyway though, no? The problem is that the system is already working a way it wasn't supposed to (p… (View Post)

So my Grand Theory of 2020 is all the unusual stuff the GOP are doing that looks dumb like effectively telling their people not to vote by post in the middle of a pandemic and riling up their opponen… (View Post)

Good way to motivate your opponent's vote instead of your own... (View Post)