Above: Michigan’s governor/secretary of state/attorney general will have “trifecta” control of the Michigan legislature for the first time in 40 years after a citizens initiative created an independent redistricting commission to create competitive fair districts. Despite Democratic gains in 2018 and 2020, turning Arizona into a “purple state,” The so-called Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission earlier … Read more
If you are sitting at home biting your nails down to the quick, and refreshing the Arizona election results like mad, you might consider Xanax, or, better yet, helping Democratic voters cure defects on their mail-in ballots. Mission For Arizona is running phone banks and (especially critical) canvasses to help Arizona Democratic voters cure defective … Read more
Ballots are still being counted in many races, but the overall national gestalt of midterm ’22 is clear: this is the weakest performance by the out party in the past two generations. There are a few main reasons, IMO, for the GOP’s historic misfire: They attacked women’s fundamental constitutional right to autonomy and full equality. … Read more
I have argued for years that, just once, as a thought experiment we should hold an election without any polling reported by a lazy media addicted to “horse race” reporting based upon that polling. Far too much polling is based upon “narrative” polls designed to create a media narrative, and the feckless media plays along … Read more
In Arizona, who you elect as Governor and Attorney General, and who you elect to the state legislature, will determine whether women are to be second class citizens without the liberty to make their own health care decisions for themselves, including having autonomy over their reproductive health to decide for themselves whether and when to … Read more