Survey Says is a weekly series rounding up the most important polling trends or data points you need to know about, plus a vibe check on a trend that’s driving politics. Texas already ...
States test the limits of their rules as midterms near. The courts are watching. By Carrie Levine for Votebeat Redistricting — the art of drawing the district boundaries that ...
A Texas judge blocked former Texas Democratic Rep. Beto O’Rourke from supporting Democratic Texas lawmakers who fled the state to deprive Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) of his needed quorum to pass a ...
Two Supreme Court Justices Invited an Outright Assault on Democracy. Now It’s Here, Slate, May 14, 2025 America Needs More Judges Like Judge Myers, The Atlantic, May 7, 2025 We’re Getting ...
Texas Republicans are increasing pressure on Democratic lawmakers who fled the state to block a GOP redistricting plan. In interviews and a podcast appearance, Gov. Greg Abbott ...
Yesterday, the three-judge district court in the Alabama congressional redistricting litigation declined to bail-in the State to the VRA’s preclearance regime. You can find the district ...
Since President Donald Trump began his march to the top of the Republican Party a decade ago, his backers have offered one simple reason for their support: because he fights. That’s how the ...
I’ve written about two big election stories this week, the newly ignited redistricting wars starting in Texas and the Supreme Court’s strong signal that it could ...
Two Supreme Court Justices Invited an Outright Assault on Democracy. Now It’s Here, Slate, May 14, 2025 America Needs More Judges Like Judge Myers, The Atlantic, May 7, 2025 We’re Getting ...
I have written this piece for MSNBC Opinion. It begins: A sudden war over redistricting has broken out in Texas and looks to spread across the country, with ...
Texas has become the center of a national dispute over redistricting after the latest electoral map heavily favored Republicans, stripping the Democrats of five seats. In an appearance on Fox ...
Texas Democratic legislators have fled the state to block the GOP's efforts to gerrymander their way to victory; Democratic groups are calling for mid-cycle redraws of congressional ...
