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What Has — And Hasn’t — Changed Since George Floyd Was Murdered
Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited. sarah (Sarah Frostenson, politics editor): Tuesday marks the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, but where are we as a…
What’s Happening In Arizona Is Not Really An Audit Or A Recount. It’s A Partisan Inquisition.
The day after the November 2020 election, the chairs of the Republican, Democratic, and Libertarian parties of Maricopa County, Arizona, initiated a routine but important process to safeguard our democracy: a post-election audit.…
The New York Mayoral Election Is No Longer Andrew Yang’s To Lose
Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. The race for New York City mayor is tightening Let me take you back to 2013. Everyone had “Get Lucky” stuck in their heads, TikToks were called Vines, and former Rep.…
How Red Or Blue Is Your State?
Last fall, Joe Biden became the first Democratic presidential candidate to win Arizona since 1996 and the first to carry Georgia since 1992. But does this mean Arizona and Georgia are now blue states? Well, not yet — at least…
A Solid Majority Of Americans Approve Of How Biden Has Handled The Pandemic. But They Don’t…
Throughout President Biden’s first few months in office, Americans have generally viewed the coronavirus as the country’s most pressing problem. But as communities reopen, vaccination rates rise and new COVID-19 cases fall, is…
Why Some House Districts Won’t Have A Representative For Almost A Year
We may have learned in school that the House of Representatives has 435 members, but right now it has only 430 — five seats are vacant. We’re not talking about end-of-term retirements here; these five districts currently do not…
Politics Podcast: Why Republicans Didn’t Back The Jan. 6 Commission
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Tuesday marks one year since Minneapolis…
What We’re Watching In The Virginia And New Jersey Primaries
On Tuesday, Virginia and New Jersey will hold their primaries. As the only two states to hold gubernatorial elections in the year after a presidential election, they will be important indicators of the electoral environment heading…
How Much Do Americans Really Care About Bipartisanship?
Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. Poll(s) of the week Despite the country’s deeply polarized politics, President Biden has suggested he can get the GOP to work with him. But he and his fellow Democrats have…
Why Texas Democrats Walked Out
Voting regulations in Texas were already among the most stringent in the nation, but that didn’t stop Republican lawmakers in the state from trying to pass a bill that would, among other things, limit early voting hours, restrict…