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Can Democrats find enough defectors to vote their way?

You can’t repeat the elections past

The purple-state problem

The Morning after Michigan

Blue Chip Quality Polling

The remaining primary risks for Democrats

Democrats saw Graham Platner as the key. The data said otherwise.

A generic Democrat is no guarantee in Maine

Maine, Michigan scramble the Senate picture

Remembering Alan Greenspan and Glen Bolger

Democrats still need the majority of toss-ups to go their way

For Republicans, is it about the environment or the exposure?

Ohio poll could portend trouble for Republicans

The Paxton-Platner connection

Where are the Republicans who might vote for a Democrat?

Underneath the weirdness, this midterm is playing to type

Have Republicans already bottomed out?

Why American politics could benefit from a landslide

Party defections are mostly a thing of the past

For all their troubles, Republicans won't suffer from exposure

Why you shouldn't overread the drop in Trump's approvals

Democrats' rage is misplaced

Age comes for us all—even politicians

A massive midterm wave isn't forming yet. Here's why.

A question for Maine Democrats: Do you feel lucky?

Can the parties crack their bases' code during the primaries?

Quantifying voter enthusiasm with eight months to go

Heads or hearts this year? Voters will begin to tell us next month

Statewide officeholders find themselves in primary peril this year

Democrats' list of priorities for the fall

The three kinds of midterm campaigns

Why Peltola's entry may not change the Senate math

Don't overestimate Venezuela's impact on the midterms