Southern Arizona General Election 2020 early results – updated

Since this is an unprecedented year (with the COVID-19 pandemic) and lots of people predict close races, I will not be reporting on the Southern Arizona General Election results in detail, with vote tallies. Depending on the situation on November 3rd, I may just list who’s leading (at the moment), in the Democratic attempt to … Read more

Republican Voter Suppression Is Entangled With Virulent Trumpism

As the 2020 general election process comes completes the voting phase of its protracted course, I have been left like most of my fellow Democrats, wondering about what’s next, and hoping that the course forward will be in the hands of the voters without undue interference. A column by opinion writer Catherine Rampell in today’s … Read more

Election Day: Vote Like Your Life Depends On It, Because It Does

It’s finally here! Election Day. If you have not yet voted, go vote like your life depends on it – because it does. Indicative of nothing, Joe Biden was the first presidential candidate to sweep the general election vote in Dixville Notch since the midnight voting tradition began there in 1960. In midnight vote, Biden … Read more

My Hesitant 2020 Election Prediction: 1980 Upside Down

I’ve had this hunch for months, but have held off going public with it, for fear of doing anything to contribute to a feeling of overconfidence. I suspect others have had the same feeling. I even fought against being overconfident myself. I increased my level of contributions several hundred percent. I spent time canvassing, a … Read more