Meredith Conroy
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Nikki Haley Is The First Woman of Color To Run For The Republican Nomination
As the first woman of color to run for the Republican presidential nomination, she’ll face unique challenges. → Read More
A Historic Number Of Women Will Be Governors Next Year
And the number of women in Congress will likely hold steady. → Read More
The Midterms Could Set A New Record For Female Governors — And Send Fewer Women To Congress
For political candidates from underrepresented groups, progress can be uneven — and the 2022 midterms could be a great example of that, at least when it comes t… → Read More
2022 Is Not Another ‘Year Of The Woman’
In the last midterm elections, Democratic women won a historic number of congressional races. Two years later, the GOP had its own “Year of the Woman.” But now … → Read More
Women Have Swung Toward Democrats Since The Dobbs Decision
Men have too. → Read More
Progressives Took A Step Back In The 2022 Primaries — But They’re Playing The Long Game
When Rep. Kurt Schrader, a seven-term incumbent endorsed by President Biden, lost his primary in May, he joined a small but slowly growing list of congressional… → Read More
Aug. 16 Elections In Alaska And Wyoming: Live Results And Updates
So long as “pro-democracy” is politicized, it’s probably going to be a losing issue for Republican candidates. Currently, it’s an issue that is owned by Democra… → Read More
We’re Monitoring How Progressive Candidates Are Doing
FiveThirtyEight is once again tracking the success of candidates endorsed by progressive groups and progressive leaders to monitor the movement’s influence with… → Read More
What Went Down During The June 28 Primary Elections
Even as more results trickle in, we still don’t know the outcome of a few key races where progressive-backed candidates are running. In Illinois’s 7th District,… → Read More
What Went Down During The June 28 Primary Elections
With Newman’s projected loss to Casten in Illinois’s 6th District, it’s a good time to check in with tonight’s progressive-backed candidates. In Illinois’s 1st … → Read More
Can Progressives Win In Texas?
As we’ve done in the last two election cycles, FiveThirtyEight is once again tracking the success of candidates endorsed by progressive groups and progressive l… → Read More
The Real Dividing Line On Abortion
There are certain divides in the American electorate that we return to over and over again to explain why people think and vote the way they do. Age, gender, ra… → Read More
May 17 Primary Elections: Live Updates And Results
As Maggie just posted, we’re still waiting to see who will win the Democratic primary in Pennsylvania’s 12th District. The progressive candidate, Summer Lee, ca… → Read More
May 17 Primary Elections: Live Updates And Results
Maggie made a good point earlier about the discourse differences among the Democrats running in Pennsylvania’s 12th. Plus, another pitch that progressive candid… → Read More
What Went Down During Ohio’s And Indiana’s Primary Elections
As Jacob mentioned, Houchin is leading for the GOP race in Indiana’s 9th District. And as I wrote at the start of the live blog tonight, 24 percent of the GOP c… → Read More
What Went Down At Biden’s State Of The Union And Texas’s Primary Election
Progressives have had a pretty good night in Texas. Casar, who is endorsed by the Sunrise Movement, Indivisible, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cor… → Read More
Democrats Worry A Lot About Policies That Win Elections. That’s Short-Sighted.
Democratic leaders, activists and strategists spend a lot of time discussing — and arguing about — policy under the assumption that the policies the party prior… → Read More
Why Being ‘Anti-Media’ Is Now Part Of The GOP Identity
There’s little question that the media is one of the least trusted institutions in Republican circles. In the past two decades, trust in traditional media has p… → Read More
How ‘Cancel Culture’ Became An Issue For Young Republicans
Many Americans don’t have an opinion about “cancel culture” — or even know what it is. Younger Americans tend to be more familiar with the term at this point, t… → Read More
Women Of Color Have Always Been In Politics. Now They Are Changing Congress.
The current Congress includes more women of color than ever before, thanks to historic wins in the 2020 election. FiveThirtyEight spoke with three political scientists about why it’s taken so long to get to this point, and how having these women in office will affect the legislature. → Read More