by Thomas Mills | Dec 31, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog |
Yesterday, I took a first look at turnout from the 2020 election. What keeps haunting me is the discrepancy between Democratic and Republican turnout. In the past two election cycles, Republicans have outpaced Democrats by more than six percent. Had that gap been...
by Thomas Mills | Dec 30, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog |
A twitter feed run by a conservative numbers guy is out with an early look at the numbers from the 2020 election. In a year with record turnout, Republicans outpaced Democrats and unaffiliated voters. GOP turnout was a staggering 81%. In contrast, Democrats voted at...
by Thomas Mills | Dec 14, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog |
The Supreme Court delivered a stinging rebuke to Donald Trump and his lawyers. In a unanimous decision, the court declined to hear the case that Trump thought would overturn the election. It wasn’t just a rejection of Trump; it was a message to the Republican...
by Thomas Mills | Dec 11, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog |
The party of Reagan is dead, killed by a would-be authoritarian and his anti-democratic cabal of Republican elected officials. The members of the GOP who oppose Donald Trump’s attempted coup are harassed, threatened, and mocked in clear violation of Reagan’s...
by Thomas Mills | Nov 25, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog |
The 2020 election is going to take a long time to untangle. Donald Trump got soundly defeated by Joe Biden, losing the popular vote by more than 6 million votes and the Electoral College 306-232. However, Democrats lost nine House seats and need to sweep the two...
by Thomas Mills | Nov 24, 2020 | 2020 elections, Editor's Blog |
Well, it’s over. With the certification of votes in Michigan, Donald Trump has lost the election and has ordered his administration to cooperate with the transition. He hasn’t conceded and right-wing networks like OAN are reporting that he still has a good chance of...
