For those of us who follow politics, the past three years have been dizzying. Opponents and proponents of President Donald Trump would likely agree that the pace of news coming out of Washington is unprecedented. Some of this is a function of social media. But much of it — as tell-all memoir after tell-all memoir and inside reporting indicates — has been the nature of the Trump administration and its tendency to flout norms and partake in activities that range from “not normal,” to possibly illegal.
Could absence of party line lead to primary election surprises?
In the first year where neither major political party is using the “party line” on election ballots, some changes are already evident, says Julia Sass Rubin, the Rutgers University professor whose research helped fuel the court challenge to the line. Both Democrats...