Elaine Kamarck
Senior Fellow @BrookingsGov & Founding Dir. Center for Effective Public Management. Senior Editor at #FixGov blog. Superdelegate to the DNC. RTs≠Endorsements
Last synced from Twitter 120d ago
Election 2020: Driving forces and possible outcomes
On October 27, Governance Studies at Brookings will host a webinar to discuss the driving forces and possible outcomes of the 2020 election.
Cracks in the Republican Party establishment are getting bigger
Elaine Kamarck writes that blowback as a result of early re-openings by Republican governments, Republican support in the Senate for renaming military bases commemorating Confederates, and other divisions show the president's grip on his party...
What happens if Trump and Biden tie in the Electoral College?
If the Electoral College is tied, the president will be selected in the House, with each state having only one vote. Which party has the majority of each state's delegation will be key.
Was the first debate of 2020 also the last?
Elaine Kamarck writes that the first 2020 presidential debate was so chaotically dominated by cross-talk that it raises the question of whether more debates should be held.
Does Trump owe Russia? The Supreme Court’s ruling on the president’s taxes may eventually give us answers
Elaine Kamarck writes that a key component of whatever the public is able to learn from the president's financial records will be his ties to Russia. Would that explain his consistent advocacy for a friendlier stance toward Vladimir Putin?
Voter fraud fears and mail worries grab headlines, but the wait will be the worry in 2020
Elaine Kamarck and Christine Stenglein write that although the USPS can handle high vote-by-mail turnout and the chances of any significant fraud are vanishingly small, the 2020 election will present a challenge as mail ballots are counted and the...
Elaine Kamarck
157d
Low rates of fraud in vote-by-mail states show the benefits outweigh the risks
Elaine Kamarck and Christine Stenglein write that a database of voter fraud convictions gathered by the Heritage Foundation shows that vote-by-mail states have had few cases of fraud, which in turn impacted very few votes.
Joe Biden’s convention was about the content of our character
Elaine Kamarck writes that the DNC revolved around the character of the presidential candidates, not their policy positions--a break from past conventions and a mark of the unusual times in which this election takes place.
Five things the Democratic Party needs to do in its convention this week
Bill Galston and Elaine Kamarck write that the Democratic Party needs to use the convention to appeal to a broad swath of voters, continue the momentum following Kamala Harris's addition to the ticket, and inspire confidence in Joe Biden's fitness...
The evolution of the US vice president
Elaine Kamarck discusses the vice presidency and offers thoughts on Joe Biden's selection of Kamala Harris as his running mate. And, Sarah Binder on what's happening in Congress.
This is not your grandfather’s vice presidency
Elaine Kamarck writes that Joe Biden's selection of Kamala Harris as a running mate underscores the major shift in the office of the VP from a ticket-balancer to a governing partner.
1
Elaine Kamarck
Whatever her role turns out to be, we can safely predict that Harris will continue to define the modern vice presidency.
197d
Election night? Think again—election month might be more like it
Elaine Kamarck writes that it will be crucial not to call the election before all ballots are counted, which could take up to a month. More people are voting absentee and there are differences between in-person and absentee voters that could...
Voting by mail in a pandemic: A state-by-state scorecard
Ranking all 50 states on pandemic voting preparedness.
Disinformation, social media, and foreign interference: What can go wrong in the 2020 elections?
On July 28, Brookings will host a webinar examining the potential problems in the 2020 elections.
Are American elections pandemic-proof? A state-by-state scorecard
A new scorecard developed by Elaine Kamarck, Yousef Ibreak, Amanda Powers and Chris Stewart shows how prepared each state will be to help voters vote safely from home. lserin
Elaine Kamarck
How prepared will the country be for voting by mail this fall? We scored every state. brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/20… pic.twitter.com/EHfx6qn5D5
225d
Picking the Vice President
How Picking the Vice President Has Changed—and Why It Matters During the past three decades, two important things have changed about the U.S. vice presidency: the rationale for why presidential can…
Elaine Kamarck
Joe Biden is selecting a VP using criteria that are relatively new in U.S. history. In my new ebook from @BrookingsPress, I explain how the process has changed and why it matters.
233d
1
Elaine Kamarck
In my new ebook from @BrookingsPress, I write about how picking the vice president has changed, and why it matters.
233d
Picking the vice president
Elaine Kamarck writes that presidential candidates have gone from a strategy of balancing the ticket with their vice presidential pick to selecting a governing partner. This has lessened the conflict between presidents and vice presidents, and also...
Elaine Kamarck
In recent history, presidents have gone from choosing someone to balance the demographics of the ticket to launching a governing partnership. My latest for @brookingsgov.
233d
Elaine Kamarck
Presidents went from thinking only about the ticket when choosing a VP to looking for someone they would actually govern with. My latest for @BrookingsGov
233d
In the Republican Party establishment, Trump finds tepid support
Elaine Kamarck writes that support for President Trump from the Republican establishment has remained strong for the past three years, but that reelection strategy guidance urging candidates not to praise him, as well as renewed attacks from "never...
Get rid of the White House Coronavirus Task Force before it kills again
Elaine Kamarck writes that the White House Coronavirus Task Force should be disbanded. She draws on the example of 9/11 and the formation of DHS to show that large-scale crisis response can't be managed from the White House, and should reside with...
Webinar: How to reform American government
The United States is at a major inflection point as the government struggles to contain a widespread pandemic and every facet of life has been upended. The ongoing crisis has exposed government sho…