Kaleigh Rogers
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Republican Politicians Are Struggling To Define Drag
Transcript Kaleigh Rogers: What is drag? It may seem like a simple question, but it’s stumping politicians across the country. Republican lawmakers in at least … → Read More
Republicans Lawmakers Are Trying To Ban Drag. First They Have To Define It.
A drag queen battle has emerged at many statehouses this year, but not the kind of lip-sync battle royale you might see on “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” So far this leg… → Read More
How The Cool Kid Of Progressive Politics Gambled It All Away
For a certain segment of the chronically online left, it was the equivalent of a blood bath. Just a few days before Christmas, the Slack channels started to dis… → Read More
In Defense Of The Mostly Pointless State Of The Union
The State of the Union is a little like New Year’s Eve. It’s an annual tradition that’s been practiced for more than a century. It can be a great moment to paus… → Read More
The Freedom Caucus Was Designed To Disrupt
At the beginning of this month, the House endured the longest contest to elect a speaker in 164 years. Rep. Kevin McCarthy ultimately was elected speaker, but o… → Read More
Kevin McCarthy Doesn’t Have Enough Fans Inside The House
Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. Many of us at FiveThirtyEight have been glued to C-SPAN this week, as we’ve watched the yet-to-be-sworn-in … → Read More
How 2022 Was A Win For Democracy
A few weeks before the midterms, I attended an election-denying group’s Zoom meeting. There had been alarming reports of a massive, well-funded campaign to plac… → Read More
The Number Of Election-Denying Republicans Defined The 2022 Midterms
This video is part of our series “The Numbers That Defined 2022.” Kaleigh Rogers: To me, one of the most significant numbers of 2022 was 47. That’s the percenta… → Read More
Can You Make Winter Less Dark?
We hate that it’s dark and hate changing clocks. Would permanent daylight saving time fix anything? What about ending daylight saving time altogether? Try your hand at optimizing daylight all year long. → Read More
How North Carolina’s Political Warfare Could Impact The Entire Country
North Carolina is no stranger to making political waves, and in the weeks ahead, the Tar Heel State’s internal battles could create ripple effects across the co… → Read More
When Democracy Was On The Ballot In 2022, Voters Usually Chose It
Or at least rejected candidates who denied the legitimacy of the 2020 election. → Read More
Why Lauren Boebert’s Race Is So Close
At a local Republican assembly in Grand Junction, Colorado, last March, I watched Rep. Lauren Boebert receive not one, but two standing ovations: One for her un… → Read More
Denying The 2020 Election Wasn’t A Winning Strategy For Political Newcomers
Doug Mastriano has been one of the most ardent supporters of former President Donald Trump’s baseless claims that the 2020 election was fraudulent. As state sen… → Read More
How 2020 Election Deniers Did In 2022 Elections
How 2020 Election Deniers Did In 2022 Elections While many Republican candidates who have denied the 2020 election results won their midterm races, some newcomers who focused their campaigns on the issue were less successful. Galen Druke is FiveThirtyEight’s podcast producer and reporter. @galendruke Kaleigh Rogers is FiveThirtyEight’s technology and politics reporter. → Read More
2022 Election: Live Analysis and Results
With Fetterman’s projected win, Oz is now the sixth Trump-backed candidate to be defeated tonight. Here are the other five: In New Hampshire, Republican Don Bol… → Read More
2022 Election: Live Analysis and Results
And in the Ohio Senate race, as Nathaniel and I predicted earlier: Vance has now overtaken Ryan. With 50 percent of the expected vote reporting, Vance has 51 pe… → Read More
2022 Election: Live Analysis and Results
We’ve had a few candidates who denied the legitimacy of the 2020 election projected to win. ABC News projects Anna Paulina Luna in Florida’s 13th District to wi… → Read More
2022 Election: Live Analysis and Results
We’ve got some early results from Ohio. First off, ABC News projects Republican incumbent Gov. Mike DeWine will remain in the governor’s mansion. In the Senate … → Read More
Few GOP candidates are willing to say 2020 was legitimate. Here’s how they’re doing in their races.
Ahead of the election, FiveThirtyEight and ABC News tracked where each Republican candidate for House, Senate, governor, secretary of state and attorney general… → Read More
Most election-denying candidates have good odds heading into Election Day
When it comes to candidates who refuse to accept the outcome of the 2020 election, some of the biggest names are also in the tightest races. Kari Lake, the Repu… → Read More