William A. Galston

Jobseekers stand in line to attend the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. career fair held by the New York State department of Labor in New York April 12, 2012. A report on Friday showed the economy created only 120,000 jobs last month, the fewest since October. The unemployment rate fell to a three-year low of 8.2 percent, but largely as people gave up the search for work. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) - GM1E84D0FT401

Using automatic stabilization programs to fight recessions and speed recoveries

William A. Galston

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

An electronic voting machine that creates a paper ballot to be scanned is shown at an early poling location for the March 3 Super Tuesday primary in Santa Ana California, U.S., February 24, 2020. Picture taken February 24, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake

The Electoral College is a ticking time bomb

William A. Galston

Wednesday, December 9, 2020

Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at an event at the Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds in Davenport, Iowa, U.S. June 11, 2019. REUTERS/Jordan Gale - RC1AFE17D7B0

Hold your fire, dueling Democrats

William A. Galston

Monday, November 23, 2020

FILE PHOTO: U.S President Donald Trump returns to the White House after news media declared Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden to be the winner of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, in Washington, U.S., November 7, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

Trump Remade His Party and the World

William A. Galston

Wall Street Journal Friday, November 13, 2020

A voter completes his ballot inside a privacy booth at a polling station inside Knapp Elementary School on Election Day in Racine, Racine County, Wisconsin, U.S. November 3, 2020. REUTERS/Bing Guan

In the popular vote, why wasn’t Biden’s victory bigger?

William A. Galston

Thursday, November 12, 2020

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden speaks to reporters about efforts to confront the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic after meeting with members of his Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., November 9, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RC2TZJ96K6IA

Can Joe Biden be a successful president?

William A. Galston

Monday, November 9, 2020

Past Policy 2020 Event

Election 2020: Driving forces and possible outcomes

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

Amid multiple crises, a divided nation

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM EDT

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump claps during a campaign rally in Carson City, Nevada, U.S., October 18, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo/File Photo

Can President Trump win an Electoral College majority in 2020?

William A. Galston

Monday, October 19, 2020

California voters cast their ballots in the March 3 Super Tuesday primary as new voting procedures and technology are used to make voting easier and more secure in Santa Ana, California, U.S., February 24, 2020. Picture taken February 24, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake

Gender in the 2020 election: Have we gotten the story backwards?

William A. Galston

Friday, October 9, 2020