Business leaders around the country are uniting to urge Congress to certify a win by President-elect Joe Biden without delay, arguing that any attempt to “thwart” the process would “run counter to the essential tenets of our democracy.” On Monday afternoon nearly 200 leaders signed the short, open letter asking legislators to certify Biden’s presidency […]
Barring the sort of disputed outcome that’s become all too common in American politics these days, Tuesday will bring to a close the drawn-out, historically expensive, bitterly contested, and enormously consequential races for Georgia’s two seats in the U.S. Senate. More than 3 million Georgians are believed to have already cast their ballots in early […]
Thomas Miller believes he’s just hatched the best model yet for predicting the outcome of America’s elections. And the first contests he’s using his brainchild to handicap are the twin senatorial runoffs in Georgia, where the polls will close at 7 p.m. on Jan. 5. As the election reaches its final day, his system is […]
The outcome of Tuesday’s Georgia Senate runoff elections will shape Joe Biden’s presidency even before it officially begins on Jan. 20, setting the scope of his agenda and the pace of his nominees’ confirmations — and previewing whether Republicans can launch robust investigations into him and his family. Biden won the November election with bold […]
President Donald Trump pressured Georgia’s Republican secretary of state to “find” enough votes to overturn Joe Biden’s win in the state’s presidential election, repeatedly citing disproven claims of fraud and raising the prospect of “criminal offense” if officials did not change the vote count, according to a recording of the conversation. The phone call with […]
A group of 11 Republican senators has pledged to oppose certification of President Donald Trump’s election loss, rejecting GOP leadership who warned against attempts to undermine the election or risk splintering the party. At least three Republicans sharply criticized the effort, which a top Democratic senator slammed as a “publicity stunt” and “an attempt to […]
2020 is FINALLY over. This past year — which was often called a “dumpster fire” — was marked by the boredom of coronavirus quarantine and being bored in the house and in the house bored. At the same time, there was the anxiety of TOO much going on, with a deadly pandemic, a crucial (and […]
Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri announced on Wednesday that he will object to the certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the Electoral College when Congress meets for a joint session next week. The move will force a vote in both the Senate and House following a floor debate, which some Republican lawmakers are […]
Joe Biden’s victory in Georgia was surely the most surprising red state flip in the 2020 presidential election. Exploring the strikingly rapid transformation of Gwinnett County, the state’s largest suburban county, shows how this upset happened, while offering insights into the state’s upcoming U.S. Senate runoffs. At the midpoint of the 20th century, Gwinnett, 30 miles northeast of […]
Joe Biden’s victory in Georgia was surely the most surprising red state flip in the 2020 presidential election. Exploring the strikingly rapid transformation of Gwinnett County, the state’s largest suburban county, shows how this upset happened, while offering insights into the state’s upcoming U.S. Senate runoffs. At the midpoint of the 20th century, Gwinnett, 30 miles northeast of […]