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Election Update It’s Hard To Win A Senate Race When You’ve Never Won An Election Before By Nate Silver Aug. 5, 2022, at 1:55 PM ILLUSTRATION BY EMILY SCHERER Politics doesn’t have a farm system in the way that professional baseball does. But it has a hierarchy of its own for cultivating political prospects. The…

Many Americans are dissatisfied with the Supreme Court, but there are very few ways to rein in the justices. The easiest option — expanding the court — has been unpopular for years, but in the wake of the court’s controversial decisions on guns and abortion, have Americans changed their minds? Transcript The current Supreme Court…

Pollapalooza Why Most Americans Aren’t Paying Attention To The Monkeypox Outbreak By Alex Samuels and Zoha Qamar Aug. 5, 2022, at 6:00 AM PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY DAN DAO / GETTY IMAGES Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. U.S. health officials declared monkeypox a public health emergency on Thursday, a move that frees up additional…

2022 Election When Republicans Talk About Immigration, They Don’t Just Mean Illegal Immigration By Zoha Qamar Aug. 4, 2022, at 2:52 PM PAUL RATJE/ AFP / GETTY IMAGES This past spring, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott captured headlines for his plan to bus migrants to Washington, D.C. He said he was concerned that there would be…

2022 Election Why Abortion May Be A Winning Issue For Democrats By Michael Tesler Aug. 3, 2022, at 4:22 PM The “no” vote in Kansas on Tuesday suggests voters are more aligned with the Democrats on abortion rights. Kyle Rivas / Getty Images On Tuesday, we got our first test of how potent an issue…

Congress What’s Behind Senate Republicans’ Hesitancy Toward Same-Sex Marriage? By Monica Potts Aug. 3, 2022, at 6:00 AM PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY EMILY SCHERER / GETTY IMAGES It’s hard to think of an issue on which public opinion in the United States has changed as completely and rapidly as it has on same-sex marriage.  When Gallup…

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A major QAnon supporter is on the ballot in Arizona on Tuesday. He isn’t the only election denier who could grab a nomination. Transcript Ron Watkins: President Trump had his election stolen. Not just in Arizona, but in other states, too. We must now take this fight to Washington, D.C., and vote out all the…

2022 Election What It Will Take For Lisa Murkowski To Win Reelection In Alaska By Geoffrey Skelley and Zoha Qamar Jul. 29, 2022, at 6:00 AM PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY DAN DAO / GETTY IMAGES Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. If anyone could be called a political survivor, it’s Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of…

2022 Election A Record Number Of Black Republicans Could Be Headed to Congress By Alex Samuels Jul. 28, 2022, at 6:00 AM Rep. Burgess Owens of Utah is one of two Black Republicans running for reelection to the U.S. House. Caroline Brehman / CQ-Roll Call, Inc / Getty Images In today’s Congress, Republicans are still…