Michael Barone

National convention seating arrangements are the prerogative of the presumptive nominee. (Phil Klein/Washington Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

Guess which delegates are seated in Siberia?

Michael Barone · July 18, 2016 3:18 am

Trump supporters and others at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland speak up on what percentage of the popular vote they think Trump will get in November. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)

Beltway Confidential

Guess Trump’s November percentage: Chapter 1

Michael Barone · July 18, 2016 2:57 am

It's the first time Trump has led in the survey since tracking started in June. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Will Trump’s OPM campaign prevail over Clinton’s standard tactics?

Michael Barone · July 16, 2016 2:00 pm

At a funeral service in Dallas July 12 both George W. Bush and Barack Obama delivered excellent speeches — until Obama went on at greater length to suggest once again that black men are being gunned down by racist police and that this problem could be solved somehow by gun control legislation. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Events roil the 2016 campaign

Michael Barone · July 14, 2016 12:06 am

New polls suggest that Hillary Clinton will have a hard time matching President Obama's margin among young voters as a percentage of the total electorate. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Q polls show Clinton weakness among young voters in Fla., Pa., Ohio

Michael Barone · July 13, 2016 4:38 pm

The 2012 conventions were not as memorable as many have been in the past. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Beltway Confidential

Memories of national conventions past

Michael Barone · July 11, 2016 8:05 pm

Since 1972 both parties have been tinkering with their rules, with not entirely satisfying results. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Will the national conventions change the delegate selection rules — again?

Michael Barone · July 10, 2016 4:01 am

There is serious evidence that violent crime did in fact rise in calendar year 2015. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s pants not on fire when he said ‘crime is rising’

Michael Barone · July 7, 2016 5:35 pm

Democratic turnout has been declining during the Obama years. Hillary Clinton's non-indictment isn't likely to boost it back up. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Hillary Clinton’s non-indictment may not help her

Michael Barone · July 6, 2016 11:19 pm

The game is rigged in America today, and big government is doing the rigging. (AP Photos)

Beltway Confidential

Many voters abandoning both parties’ nominees

Michael Barone · July 6, 2016 7:29 pm

Applicants accepted because of their race will benefit. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Racial discrimination on campus likely to go on forever

Michael Barone · July 3, 2016 4:01 am

Michael Gove surprised many people when he came out for Brexit earlier this year, and he surprised even more people when he came out against Boris Johnson this morning and announced he was running himself. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

More astonishing news from Britain

Michael Barone · June 30, 2016 5:01 pm