Can Donald Trump Really Be This Clueless About How Elections Work?
The president's complaints about "a major fraud" present a familiar puzzle.
The president's complaints about "a major fraud" present a familiar puzzle.
A GOP Senate could act as a powerful check on a Biden administration.
Socialism: Not so popular among those who remember it well.
A new survey from realty company Redfin finds that only 24 percent of Trump supporters and 32 percent of Biden voters support reducing zoning regulations in their neighborhood.
And other free advice to the next president of these United States.
Taking meaningful steps to reduce carbon emissions requires recognizing that the market is smarter than bureaucrats in Washington.
The president's warnings about the destructive potential of a Democratic White House should make us skeptical of the powers of the executive—not just the person who wields them.
It's too bad that Trump has discouraged them.
An election-eve primer on The Reason Roundtable
The surveillance whistleblower has a child on the way and little sign a pardon is forthcoming.
In an age of parties run by extremists, the next majority is just an election away, explains political scientist Morris P. Fiorina.
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Both candidates have serious flaws. But a Trump victory would be a much greater evil than the alternative.
Occupational licensing rules are more often arbitrary bureaucratic hurdles than they are protections for health or safety.
Plus: Biden should stop bragging about the Violence Against Women Act, Trump should stop bragging about tariffs, and more...
The Democratic nominee championed the law as a way to protect women. Instead, it hurt them.
Whether Trump or Biden wins, the Stanford political scientist says "unstable majorities" will persist in the coming decade.
That claim is wildly implausible and contradicted by the president's suggestion that COVID-19 was never much of a threat.
The Hunter Biden story has exposed the media's selective skepticism.
The former vice president's vision of an all-powerful government goes far beyond massive spending and tax hikes.
The Reason Roundtable war-games the domestic policies of the likeliest next administration.
Under the Affordable Care Act, if you liked your plan, you couldn't always keep it.
Drug courts and mandatory treatment models often lead right back to incarceration.
The president claims success based on a completely implausible worst-case scenario, while his opponent projects more than 3,700 deaths a day.
Trump plans to steal less of other people’s cash then Biden does, though neither has any serious suggestions for paying for their spending schemes.
It might be better to find something else you'd rather do on Election Day.
The U.S. incarceration rate peaked in 2008, but it's good to see two "law and order" candidates talking about clemency.
Plus: New research on sanctuary policies, the Stop Suppressing Speech Act, and more...
Trump's immigration record is uniquely appalling but he didn't do it all by himself. Before you start building cages, you should ask how your political opponents might use them.
President Donald Trump said he'd leave it to the states to decide if a minimum wage hike was appropriate.
Trump didn't offer much in terms of concrete solutions either.
The implications of this move are far from clear. But it could well be a step to avoid court-packing, rather than promote it.
Treating free expression like an instrument of power means that the fight is more about who gets punished most when politicians write new restrictions.
The Democratic presidential candidate has promised not to raise taxes on middle-income earners. That's not the full story.
In a preview of an interview that will air Sunday, Biden says he'd pick "Democrats, Republicans, liberals, conservatives" to serve on the body, which would make broad recommendations for reforming federal courts.
The 72-year-old political commentator says Biden's platform is "full of unicorns and flying ponies" but is better than "having the inmates run the asylum."
The progressive who helped usher in mass incarceration is running against the law and order conservative who let prisoners go free.
Plus: White House responds about missing migrant parents, Florida's failing foster care system, and more...
American voters deserve careful scrutiny of the candidates' positions on individual conflicts.
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The Reason Roundtable argues over what to do when Twitter prematurely suppresses oppo-dump journalism unfavorable to Democrats, and when politicians respond with retaliatory regulation.
Ilya Somin, Angela McArdle, and Francis Menton refresh their cases for Biden, Jorgensen, and Trump.
The Democratic presidential nominee cannot escape one of his major legacies.
When it comes to the two major party candidates' housing plans, libertarians are left looking for the lesser of two evils.
That so many Americans believe Biden and Trump are foreign-backed puppets is less testimony to the effectiveness of overseas scheming than to our own political culture.
Republican senators should leap at this opportunity - though, sadly, I doubt they will.
Exactly one year ago, Biden gave a clear and direct answer to this question. Tonight, he completely fumbled his response.