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September 8, 2020
Magazine
J.C. Pan
The Anti-Democratic Origins of Voter Prediction
How the Simulmatics Corporation tried to engineer an election—and paved the way for the Cambridge Analytica scandal
March 19, 2020
Magazine
Walter Shapiro
The Political Media’s Blurred Reality
How market pressures and professional hubris have undone campaign journalism
December 14, 2016
Nicole Narea
After 2016, Can We Ever Trust the Polls Again?
Data was a rare source of clarity in the 2008 and 2012 elections. In 2016, it failed catastrophically.
December 23, 2015
Rebecca Leber
Savor This Moment, Climate Activists. Next Year Is Going to Get Ugly.
The Paris deal is the last moment of hope we'll see in a long time.
December 31, 2014
Danny Vinik
11 Predictions for 2015 That Are Bolder Than Vox's
January 1, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
Eight Wonks Share Their 2014 Obamacare Predictions
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