Will it be a blue wave -- or a whimper? Here's what the evidence says for the 2018 House midterm elections
- Written by Daniel Palazzolo, Professor of Political Science, University of Richmond
“If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary,” wrote James Madison in the Federalist Paper #51.
Lacking angels, Madison asserted that elections were one of the U.S. Constitution’s checks on political power. “A...