Conor Lamb’s Victory Is Not a 20-Point Swing
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. I don’t want to throw cold water on Conor Lamb’s apparent victory tonight, but I do want to point out one little thing: when a congressional seat opens up and there’s no longer an incumbent, that can produce a 10-point swing all by itself. Back…
Are You Ready For a Recount?
Brian Cahn via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Here’s where we are in the Pennsylvania 18th district special election: the Democrat, Conor Lamb, is ahead by about 1,000 votes with nearly all votes counted. However, there are still about 3,000 absentee ballots left to be counted in three red…
The Parents of Seth Rich Are Suing Fox News Over Murder Conspiracy
Richard Drew/AP Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The parents of Seth Rich, the 27-year-old Democratic National Committee staffer who was shot to death in 2016 and whose killing was twisted into a vast and winding conspiracy by the far right, have filed a federal lawsuit against Fox News, a Fox News reporter,…
Which Party Has Been Better for the White Working Class?
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. While we wait for Pennsylvania election results… Over at Vox, Sean Illing interviews Robert Wuthnow, a Princeton sociologist who has talked to hundreds of people in small towns across the country and recently published The Left Behind: Decline and Rage in Rural America. Why, Illing…
Democrat Leads in District Trump Won by 20 Points
Republican Conor Lamb at a campaign rally with President Donald TrumpKeith Srakocic/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The vote-counting stretched into Wednesday morning in Pennsylvania, where Democrat Conor Lamb narrowly leads Republican Rick Saccone in a congressional district that President Donald Trump carried by 20 points. Our own Clint Hendler…
Political Polling Is Still In Good Shape
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Are political polls getting worse over time? Nate Silver says no: Not to say there aren’t challenges; declining response rates are a big issue. But if you’re citing Brexit or 11/8/16 as examples of failure—when polls were off by only a few points, well within…