Teri Kanefield
Seems not everyone has heard of Sadopopulism (Timothy Snyder’s term) Trump voters have always suffered from his policies. They suffer from tax policies that makes them poorer. They suffer when they don’t have health care. They suffer from cuts in Read more…
November 14, 2020
Several people on Twitter asked me about this: Trying to steal the election by means of “faithless electors” is a plan doomed to failure. Electors are not state employees or bureaucrats. Each party, ahead of the election, chooses its slate Read more…
November 12, 2020
Questions from the “Ask Teri” button in blue. Others from Twitter. Q: I’m already hearing chatter, both online and with friends, that Kamala Harris isn’t a viable presidential candidate for 2024. Do you have ideas on how can we move our Read more…
November 11, 2020
First, the Great Election Day Con. Then, I’ll answer questions from Twitter followers and questions that came from the “Ask Teri” button on my blog. I: The Great Election Day Con I expanded my thoughts about what is happening with Read more…
November 10, 2020
The Republican Party represents a minority of Americans (white reactionary Christians). It’s largely homogenous. The Democratic Party includes: Everyone else. More specifically the Democrats include: Latino communities in California Cubans in Florida Southern small-town African American communities Big, diverse cities Read more…
November 8, 2020
🎉🥂🎉🤸 Tomorrow, we get back to work. We have those two senate run-off races in Georgia, then lots of healing and repairing. Apologies to people who have sent me questions. It’s been a crazy week. I’ll try to get to Read more…
November 7, 2020
We’re almost on the other side. As I write this, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona, Nevada, and North Carolina are counting votes. It definitely wasn’t what we hoped for. A Biden win (which seems highly likely) stops the slide to autocracy. But Read more…
November 4, 2020
Remember when Trump said that if we “get rid of ballots” there won’t be a transition of power? Looks like a few Republicans took that to heart. They’re not stopping with absentee ballots. They’re going after any ballots in Democratic-leaning Read more…
October 31, 2020
People have been asking more questions about election law and what’s going on with all those Supreme Court cases. I coauthored a primer on election law with Steve Vladeck, a law professor at the University of Texas at Austin School Read more…
October 30, 2020
Last night two things happened thirteen minutes apart. At 4:30 pm California time, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a decision in the Wisconsin dispute over whether late-arriving mail-in ballots should be counted. Kavanaugh’s concurrence raised some eyebrows. Read more…
October 27, 2020
