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• slowboring.com

What not to watch tonight

Avoid the most common election night fallacies with these simple strategies
What not to watch tonight
• persuasion.community

America’s Test

Democracy is more resilient than people think. But tomorrow is a dangerous moment.
America’s Test
• slowboring.com

Scammy fundraising is a big problem

It’s tough to say anything meaningful about the midterms at this point, but Democrats should think harder about their fundraising.
Scammy fundraising is a big problem
• adamtooze.substack.com

Chartbook 480 France’s schools system may be bad, but we should all be protesting the decline in education!

Given the unrest in France triggered by student protests, it seems obvious to ask, how bad is the state of France’s education system, really?
Chartbook 480 France’s schools system may be bad, but we should all be protesting the decline in education!
• economist.com

Checks and Balance newsletter: If American voters lived under one roof

John Prideaux, our executive editor, imagines a ten-storey apartment building to explain how a polarised country can still swing wildly
• theatlantic.com

The Paradox of Midterm Fundraising

Republicans still have an overall money advantage, but cash can’t necessarily solve the challenges GOP candidates face.
• nytimes.com

Why Anger About Data Centers and Energy Prices May Not Swing Votes

In Ohio, many voters say their frustration about the increase in electricity and fuel prices and the growth of data centers won’t influence whom they vote for.
• economist.com

City-hall socialists try to make populism pragmatic

Can leftist mayors be both radicals and realists?
• slowboring.com

Your favorite cause is not the civil rights movement and neither is mine

It doesn’t make a lot of sense to imitate an extreme outlier event.
Your favorite cause is not the civil rights movement and neither is mine
• persuasion.community

After the Blue Wave

Why we still need democratic reform.
After the Blue Wave