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The cost of ignoring the cost of living
No. 418 | October 2, 2026
⛽ The midterms are about gas prices and that’s pretty much it
The chart that explains the midterms probably better than any other, via Lakshya Jain:
Not only do fluctuations in Trump’s approval rating closel...
What’s real and what’s not
No. 417 | September 25, 2026
🧭 Sorting the polling signal from the noise
Ben Jacobs spoke with campaign pros who give some useful tips for separating what’s real and what’s fake in the fog of war at the end of a race. His must-read p...
The Intersection’s 2026 Polling Index
It was a few weeks ago that I wrote that polling over the summer hasn’t predicted the last few elections very well, overestimating Democrats. If we were to run an apples to apples comparison of data from that piece to polling right now, wha...
Against p(doom)
No. 416 | September 18, 2026
🧯 The case against AI doom
The capabilities of AI systems are growing by the week. I personally am experiencing it. Many of the AI workflows I’ve jerry-rigged virtually since the introduction of ChatGPT h...
The last moment of American unity
A look back at public opinion after 9/11
No. 415 | September 11, 2026
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