Last week, Glenn Youngkin earned the Republican nomination for this year’s Virginia governor’s race. Virginia, along with New Jersey, hosts the only gubernatorial elections this year. Voters throughout the Old Dominion will also be casting ballots in legislative elections. … Virginia’s unique in that no person can serve as governor […] Read more »
UT/TT poll: Majority of Texans oppose permitless carry, would ban police chokeholds and taxpayer-funded lobbying
Texas voters have some thoughts for lawmakers on guns, policing, abortion, alcohol to go and a variety of other issues that remain pending as the Texas Legislature enters the last month of its regular session, according to the University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. Immigration and border security were the most […] Read more »
2020 Census: What the Reapportionment Numbers Mean
Today, the Census Bureau unveiled its official 2020 state population counts, determining how many House seats and Electoral votes each state will receive for the next decade. The detailed data needed to draw official district lines won’t be released until the fall. But Republicans, who only need to pick up […] Read more »
The Fate of Biden’s Agenda Hangs in the Balance
Every 10 years, after the collection of census data, states are required to redraw the boundaries of their congressional districts to ensure that they remain equal in population. The process — as readers of this newspaper know — is vulnerable to gerrymandering, in which districts are redrawn to give favored […] Read more »
Republican Wave of Voting Restrictions Swells
Voting rights activists worried this year could bring a tsunami of new voting restrictions. It’s arrived. As of last month, Republican lawmakers in 43 states had introduced more than 250 bills that would make it more difficult to vote, according to the Brennan Center for Justice at the New York […] Read more »
Gun control fails quickly in Congress after each mass shooting, but states often act – including to loosen gun laws
After mass shootings, there are more calls for gun control. Here’s one in Boulder, Colo., where 10 people died in a shooting. Jason Connolly / AFP/Getty Images Christopher Poliquin, University of California, Los Angeles Recent mass shootings at three spas in Atlanta, Georgia and a supermarket in Boulder, Colorado have […] Read more »