Elon Musk’s Latest Terrifying Foray Into British Politics

For the past week, British public life has reverberated with the impact of Elon Musk’s tweets—percussive, repetitive, basically vile—calling for the overthrow of the elected government and weaponizing a national scandal relating to the rape of young girls in impoverished English towns. It’s been hard to keep your head, andContinue Reading

Immigration politics hit the Hill

Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here. Congress’ first bill of the year could foreshadow how much political reality may affect the thinking of Senate Democrats.Continue Reading

Politics Podcast: Good Or Bad Use Of Polling … Extended Cut

This is a special end-of-meteorological-summer installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast. Galen Druke speaks with pollsters Kristen Soltis Anderson and David Byler in an episode made entirely of “good or bad use of polling” examples. They consider why GOP primary candidate Vivek Ramaswamy polls differently depending on survey methodology, whatContinue Reading

74-Year-Old Democrat Who Ran Against AOC Offers Infuriating Defense

Democrats lost the White House, the House, and the Senate—but that’s apparently not enough cause for them to rejigger their playbook. Earlier this month, Representative Gerry Connolly bested New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to become the ranking member on the House Oversight Committee. It was a battle of establishment DemocraticContinue Reading