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Two Republicans, Susan Wright and Jake Ellzey, were the top vote-getters in Saturday’s jungle primary in Texas’s 6th Congressional District. They will compete i… → Read More
There’s been a recent flurry of studies and analyses that take a deeper look at the results of the 2020 election. These examinations don’t contradict our early … → Read More
In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew discusses what we’ve learned from President Biden’s first 100 days in office and his first address to a joint session of Congress. → Read More
In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, Galen Druke and Perry Bacon Jr. speak with political scientist and pastor Ryan Burge about Americans’ declining religious affiliation and how that trend is shaping our society and politics. → Read More
In 2020, the number of Americans who belong to a church, mosque or synagogue became a minority for the first time since tracking began, according to a recent Ga… → Read More
In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight politics podcast, the crew talks about the politics of reparations for slavery after a Democratic proposal in the House advanced out of committee for the first time since it was first introduced in Congress in 1989. They also discuss the appeal of celebrity candidates and what it tells us about our politics. → Read More
The idea of the celebrity politician isn’t going away just because former President Trump is out of office. Caitlyn Jenner says she’s in the process of deciding… → Read More
The political media has long been both powerful and controversial — no surprise, as it essentially plays the role of referee in American politics. But how the … → Read More
Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. Poll(s) of the Week Only 47 percent of American adults said they were members of a church, mosque or synago… → Read More
Typically, after losing a presidential election, a political party will undertake an intense intra-party debate over why it didn’t win and how the party needs t… → Read More
In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew discusses the potential sticking points of the Biden administration’s infrastructure plan and debates whether to consider it a bipartisan initiative, given that many Republican voters support it but Republican lawmakers do not. The team also looks at how the Republican Party has reacted after its recent electoral losses. → Read More
Senate Democrats need all 50 members of their caucus to band together to pass bills that don’t have any GOP support. So, in theory at least, any senator could c… → Read More
From November 2020 to January 2021, the story of the state of Georgia was pro-Democratic: Democratic candidates for president and the U.S. Senate all won. But m… → Read More
A majority of Americans, about 55 percent, approve of President Biden’s job performance so far, whereas about 39 percent disapprove. Those are pretty good numbe… → Read More
In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, Galen Druke speaks with senior writer Perry Bacon Jr. about his recent reporting on the ideas that have gained currency on the left — and how the right has responded to them. → Read More
This is the second in a two-part series on the ideas related to race, status and equality influencing the current political divides in America, you can find par… → Read More
Many Americans probably don’t know exactly what terms such as anti-racism, “cancel culture,” “racial equity,” “white privilege” and “systemic racism” mean. And … → Read More
President Biden will soon sign into law a $1.9 trillion bill intended to boost the economy and help the U.S. deal with the effects of the novel coronavirus pand… → Read More
Republicans in the U.S. House last week unanimously opposed President Biden’s economic stimulus bill, even though polls show that the legislation is popular wit… → Read More
In this episode of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew looks to the past weekend’s Conservative Political Action Conference for indications of where … → Read More