To better understand what it’s really like to try and win an election as a woman, we spoke to women from every state who have done it — 97 women in all.

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Today, FiveThirtyEight is launching our endorsement tracker for the 2024 Republican presidential primary. And while it’s early in the primary season, former Pre… ...

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Inflation isn’t under control, and we’re heading for a recession. Except, wait: The latest jobs report indicates that the labor market is healthier than it’s be… ...

So are things worse for single men than single women? There do seem to be more single men who haven’t found what they’re looking for: The new study found that 52 percent of single young men ...

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Even with an additional senator going into 2023, the 2024 map is still so bad for Democrats that keeping the Senate for years to come will be a fairly tough order.

That Democrats have so many seats to defend in 2024 is a byproduct of past electoral success. Each class of Senate seats is up every six years, 2 so the group of seats up in 2024 was previously up ...