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Democrats Have No One to Blame but Themselves for Trump
Poor candidate, poor arguments.
Against Shaming 'White Women' and 'Female Misogynists' for 2016 Election Results
Who, exactly, are these impassioned social-media screeds supposed to sway?
Snowden on Trump: Privacy Bigger than a Single Election or Government
Whistleblower doesn't worry about whether there will be a deal for his return.
Most Voters Expect Trump to be a Terrible President, But Thought Clinton Would Have Been Worse
Guys, this is bleak. We can't keep doing this to ourselves.
Donald Trump, Peacenik President?
Historian Thaddeus Russell on Trump's libertarian foreign policy.
Problem Prosecutors Lost Big on Election Night
Reform-minded challengers continued to unseat "tough-on-crime" prosecutors in targeted races across the country.
Freaking Out Over Russia—In Contact With Trump Campaign, Putin Sent Congratulations, Russians Want Peace!
Trump says he wants friendly relations with any nation that wants to be friendly.
Will President Trump Be Good For Libertarians? (A New Reason Podcast)
Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Elizabeth Nolan Brown discuss.
Trump Voters Were Four Times Less Likely To Be 'Enthusiastic' About Federal Government
Trump voters were also drastically less likely than Clinton voters to say the government should do more.
President-Elect Trump Will Likely Not Oppose Israeli Settlement Expansion in West Bank
Every U.S. president since 1967 has officially opposed settlements as an obstacle to peace.
Do #CalExit Supporters Realize Many Californians Have Been Trying to Escape Them?
A secession movement thinks (incorrectly) the state is just one big progressive playground.
A Resounding Vote Against Due Process and the Second Amendment
Washington's new law authorizing court-ordered disarmament is even worse than California's.
Colleges Canceled Exams for Students Traumatized by Trump's Election
Lack of ideological diversity left campuses unprepared to cope with reality.
Protesting Donald Trump's Election, Not Wars, Surveillance, or Deportations
Protests about personality not policy are bound to be counterproductive.
Will Trump Supporters Like What They Get?
Trade wars and debt increases loom on the horizon.
Ballot Measure Calling for Price Controls on Prescription Drugs Narrowly Fails After $125 Million Fight
Major fight between special interests ends with narrow win for "No" campaign in Prop 61. It was the most expensive ballot initiative campaign in the country.
Will President Trump Prosecute His Political Enemies? Q&A with Popehat's Ken White
Hopefully, federal "dysfunction and incompetence" will undermine any attempts at vengeance.
More Californians Voted for Ballot Initiatives Than for a Senator
More than a million didn't bother, given the 'choice' of two Democrats.
'Your Tears Are Delicious and Your Parties Will Die,' says Libertarian Party Chair Nicholas Sarwark
Sarwark sat down with Reason's Matt Welch to discuss the post-election fallout and the future of the LP.
'Your Tears Are Delicious and Your Parties Will Die,' says Libertarian Party Chair Nicholas Sarwark
Sarwark sat down with Reason's Matt Welch to discuss the post-election fallout and the future of the LP.
Washington State Carbon Tax Initiative Voted Down
Leading environmentalist groups hated its revenue neutrality
On the Plus Side, Sheriff Joe Arpaio Got Booted Out of Office
Happy trails to America's worst sheriff.
Did Gary Johnson and Jill Stein Voters Cost Hillary Clinton The Election?
Only if you ignore how many more "likely" Democratic voters went for Trump or didn't vote at all.
Democrats Abandoned the Rule of Law. Under President Trump, Will They Help Restore It?
Libertarian legal scholar Randy Barnett on what Trump's victory means for the Supreme Court and our constitutional rights.
Trump Didn't Win Because He's Trump. He Won Because Clinton Is Clinton
While many will call this a mandate for Donald Trump, it's better read as an anti-mandate for Hillary Clinton.
What the Election of Donald Trump Means for the Future of the Supreme Court
Trump's win has already impacted SCOTUS.
The Four Things President-Elect Trump Could Do to Dismantle Obamacare
Q&A with the Cato Institute's Michael Cannon
Hillary Clinton: 'This Is Painful, and It Will Be For a Long Time.'
Clinton gives her concession speech, and the Democrats face a reckoning.
Where the Third-Party Candidates Were Strongest
Which states gave Gary Johnson his best results? Jill Stein? Evan McMullin? And who did those candidates help more, Trump or Clinton?
Independent Voters, Keep an Eye on Maine's Coming Election Experiment
Initiative introducing 'ranked-choice' voting passes.
Progressive Dream of Single-Payer Healthcare Goes Down Hard in Colorado
Bernie Sanders and Noam Chomsky backed the initiative, which failed spectacularly on Tuesday night.