Twenty-nine research teams analyzed the same data, and they all reached different results. (fivethirtyeight.com)
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The Supreme Court Is Getting Less Unpopular (fivethirtyeight.com)
Polls show the Supreme Court has gotten more unpopular in recent years — but that trend could be reversing.
What Americans Think Of The Biden Impeachment Inquiry (fivethirtyeight.com)
It’s officially impeachment season again. On Tuesday, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced that he’s directing three House committees to start investigating whether President Biden benefited from his son Hunter’s business dealings overseas. McCarthy accused the Biden family of “a culture of corruption,”...
What Americans Think Of The Biden Impeachment Inquiry (fivethirtyeight.com)
Perhaps most worryingly for Republicans, most Americans don’t think an impeachment inquiry into Biden is warranted right now. A GBAO/Fabrizio, Lee & Associates poll for The Wall Street Journal conducted in late August found that 52 percent of Americans oppose impeaching Biden, and only 41 percent are in favor. More recently, a...
What Are The Swing States Of The Future? (fivethirtyeight.com)
Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited. ameliatd (Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux, senior reporter): The residents of s…
What Are The Swing States Of The Future? (fivethirtyeight.com)
Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s politics chat. The transcript below has tobeen lightly edited. ameliatd (Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux, senior reporter): The residents of s…
Aging Politicians Are Only Going To Get More Common (fivethirtyeight.com)
Presidents are getting older and older. Former President Donald Trump was the oldest person to assume office when he was sworn in on Jan. 20, 2017, and President Biden broke that record four years later. If either is elected again next year, at ages 78 and 81, respectively, they will be older than the previous record holder,...
Aging Politicians Are Only Going To Get More Common | FiveThirtyEight (fivethirtyeight.com)
Some voters, though, think we should have clearer rules about when a politician is too old to serve. Sixty-seven percent of respondents strongly or somewhat supported an age limit for serving in the Senate in a YouGov/UMass Amherst poll from June, and 58 percent of adults thought age limits for serving as president would be a...
How Restarting Student Loan Payments Could Change Millions of Lives — And The Economy (fivethirtyeight.com)
When Congress voted in May to restart student loan payments this fall — and then the Supreme Court overturned President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan in…
How Restarting Student Loan Payments Could Change Millions of Lives — And The Economy (fivethirtyeight.com)
According to other recent research, borrowers who were in distress before the pandemic may be especially vulnerable now. Those with student loan delinquencies during the two years before the pandemic used the pause to increase credit card debt and auto loan debt, according to a preprint published this May. Distressed borrowers...
At Least 8 Republicans Have Made The First Debate. Could 3 More Join Them? (fivethirtyeight.com)
An update from the article:...
Trump’s Republican Opponents Are Still Refusing To Attack Him — Even After Four Indictments (fivethirtyeight.com)
On Monday, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis issued the fourth indictment of former President Donald Trump this year, this time for activities related…
How Americans Are Reacting To The Maui Wildfires (fivethirtyeight.com)
According to a poll conducted by YouGov for The Economist from Aug. 12-15, 37 percent of Americans believed that the recent wildfires in Maui are primarily the result of climate change, while a similar share (36 percent) said these events just happen from time to time, and 21 percent said they weren’t sure. But under those...
Ron DeSantis Wants To Win Over Parents — But He’s Focusing On The Wrong Issues (fivethirtyeight.com)
Trump’s Indictments Might Be Hurting Him — Just Not In The Primary Polls (fivethirtyeight.com)
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Could A Democrat Actually Win Mississippi’s Governorship? (fivethirtyeight.com)
It may be the dog days of August, but elections never sleep. Today in Mississippi, voters head to the polls to pick their nominees for state and legislative off…
If RFK Jr. Wants To Be President, He’s Running In The Wrong Primary (fivethirtyeight.com)
Trump’s Rivals Can’t Compete With His Version Of Masculinity (fivethirtyeight.com)
A Growing Share Of Americans Think States Shouldn’t Be Able To Put Any Limits On Abortion (fivethirtyeight.com)
A Growing Share Of Americans Think States Shouldn’t Be Able To Put Any Limits On Abortion (fivethirtyeight.com)
A Growing Share Of Americans Think States Shouldn’t Be Able To Put Any Limits On Abortion (fivethirtyeight.com)
A Growing Share Of Americans Think States Shouldn’t Be Able To Put Any Limits On Abortion (fivethirtyeight.com)
LR: 3 CP: 4 - The Supreme Court’s 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization transformed the politics of abortion, turning an issue that once mattered most…...
Why A Third-Party Candidate Might Help Trump — And Spoil The Election For Biden (fivethirtyeight.com)
Why A Third-Party Candidate Might Help Trump — And Spoil The Election For Biden (fivethirtyeight.com)
…Initial evidence suggests that, in a rematch between Biden and Trump, a No Labels and/or West campaign could pull marginal support from Biden and subtly shift the election toward Trump. Whether this would actually make for a potential spoiler, though, is a different question: History — and common sense — suggest that...
The Supreme Court Had A Few Surprises This Year. That Doesn’t Make It Moderate. (fivethirtyeight.com)
