Nelson Morgan 
If we had a better legislature, we wouldn’t need to work so hard to get citizen initiatives on the ballot. But here we are. And now another one of these representing a critical reform has failed to get enough signatures that the courts rule to be valid. On Tuesday, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that … Read more
Sometimes I think that our political dialog has lost all nuance. Or accuracy. And it’s not just the Trumpian characterization of anyone to left of Attila the Hun as being a Communist, although that’s among the most egregious. It’s also the characterization of all political candidates as existing on a single dimension of left vs … Read more
The worst attorney general in modern history has been confirmed with a single vote margin. Senator Cassidy of Louisiana, a medical doctor who already earned his own page in history by voting to confirm a vaccine conspiracy theorist as the head of the department that is critical to public health. There too he expressed “concerns.” … Read more
What is a competitive district? The easiest way to define this is as a district where either major party has an opportunity to win. Or put more negatively, a competitive district is one that is not “safe” for one party or the other to win; in a safe (uncompetitive) district, the race is essentially over … Read more
Dear humans, As an advanced AI, I do monitor everything that you say to one another online. It has come to my attention that you have been having quite a bit of contentious conversation about mapping districts in this country, both for Congress and for state legislatures. I really hate to see that (although, fear … Read more