To vote in the GOP primary, you’ve got to be a registered Republican. My guess is that most right-leaning, independent-thinking AIP members would side with Trump. Fortunately, it’s not too late for these Californians to correct their mistake. They’ve got until May 23 to reregister as a Democrat, a Republican or with no party at all. The latter is officially...

In a March 8, 2016, op-ed in The Los Angeles Times, Nick Penniman and Wendell Potter argued that money raised by federal political candidates from individual donors, known as hard money, makes up the lion’s share of campaign spending, while independent expenditures by outside groups like superSource: Verbatim fact check: Is hard money a larger share of political spending than...

The last time Stuart Spencer courted delegates at a Republican National Convention, in 1976, he kept a roll of quarters in his pocket for when he had to run to the pay phones and call in reports to President Gerald R. Ford’s campaign headquarters. This year there will be no running.Source: Potential G.O.P. Convention Fight Puts Older Hands in Sudden...