A Runoff Run-on: Is Georgia Really a Purple State or is it Still Red and Why Does it Matter . . . ?
So, who is going to win the Georgia senate runoff? Well, no one really knows, not even the Toteboard. (You can stop reading if you were...
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- Nov 18, 2022
- 7 min
Post-Midterm Postmortem: That Was the Election That Was
Now that the midterms are ten days in the rear-view mirror, even as a handful of House races are still undecided, it’s clear that the...
- Nov 7, 2022
- 4 min
How to Understand (and Stay Sane During) the Election Returns: A Guide to the Angst-Ridden
If you have made it this far without losing your sanity, or relinquishing your membership in the human race, you know what the...
- Nov 2, 2022
- 7 min
The State of the Disunion: One Week to the Midterms
THE SETTING: As the Toteboard has been saying since January last year – that’s twenty-two months ago – next week’s midterm elections are...
- Oct 9, 2022
- 9 min
Midterm Elections Update: The Faster They Go, the Rounder They Get
Until anything happens that changes the political landscape in a dramatic way, we are looking at a midterm election cycle that may not...
- Aug 8, 2022
- 12 min
The Toteboard's Latest Take on the Midterms
It is now exactly three months until the mid-term elections, and time once again for the Toteboard to take a look at the summer...
- Jul 27, 2022
- 8 min
Post-Dobbs Fallout: This One Goes to Eleven
A friend was recently recalling the time three years ago, when she was bit by a rattlesnake while jogging in a marginally accessible part...
- May 27, 2022
- 4 min
Primary Update: The Georgia Repudiation
As noted in the Toteboard last month, Georgia owns the singular distinction of serving as Trump’s primary (pun intended) vendetta state....
- May 8, 2022
- 13 min
2022 Midterm Elections Update!
Well, today is Mother’s Day, but it also marks exactly six months from the 2022 midterm elections, which means it’s time for the...
- Jul 2, 2021
- 6 min
If it Quacks like a Racist . . .
Now that MLB’s decision to pull the All-Star Game out of Georgia has inextricably linked baseball and voting rights, the Toteboard has...
- Feb 15, 2021
- 15 min
2022 Midterm Preview: A First Look at the Senate
Well, now that we’ve all made it through the Georgia runoffs, the Capitol riots, Biden’s inauguration, the Superbowl, the second...
- Jan 25, 2021
- 10 min
The Sorry Legacy of the Trump Era
With the inauguration of Joe Biden, the swearing in of three ethnically iconic democratic senators, the expulsion of Trump from the White...
- Jan 13, 2021
- 4 min
Once Upon a Time in Georgia
At an educational institution in GA a couple of months ago, the full faculty voted on whether or not to change an important policy, one...
- Jan 7, 2021
- 8 min
Karma is a Bitch!
Buddhist mythology depicts an elaborate network of colorful realms where beings may go in their next life, as the result of the...
- Jan 4, 2021
- 7 min
Georgia Eve: Preview From Ground Zero!
In some ways, it’s very fitting that tomorrow’s senate runoff elections and Wednesday’s counting of the electoral votes more or less...
- Dec 15, 2020
- 11 min
Election Reflection, Part III: Georgia the Jungle
Note: this is the third of a series of Toteboard post-election reflections. It’s fair to say that a couple of months ago, no one really...
- Dec 3, 2020
- 12 min
Election Reflection, Part II: How Did Everybody Do?
Note: this is the second of a series of Toteboard post-election reflections. It is now exactly one month since election day, almost all...
- Oct 6, 2020
- 8 min
Senate Update (four weeks to go)
The election is exactly four weeks away, the vice-presidential debate is coming tomorrow, and it’s time for an update on the state of the...
- Jun 9, 2020
- 6 min
2020 Senate Preview:
While the most urgent priority facing humankind right now is the removal of Donald Trump from office, it’s also pretty damn important for...
- Dec 12, 2018
- 8 min
The 2018 Midterms: Reflections From Herman's Toteboard!
Originally released December 12, 2018 Astonishingly, it has been more than a month since the midterms, but the votes have still not all...
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