Seth Masket
Seth Masket
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Party insiders aren’t supposed to be picking nominees based on the strength of stump speeches.


Party leaders and activists are growing increasingly active in steering nomination contests in House and Senate races.


Clinton and Romney are very similar, to a certain point.


What an election model tells us, and what it leaves out.


The appearance of the American president having loyalty to a foreign adversary is dangerous.


It’s still unclear how much the party vetted him before his 2008 nomination.


The moral hazards of mentorship in The Last Jedi.


Two political science cake bakers on the rights running up against each other in the Masterpiece Cakeshop case.


Comparing this week’s votes with the 2016 elections shows the key to Democrats’ victories.


Digging into the peculiar case of downscale Midwestern whites.