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In the midterms

From the Upshot, what is the needle? and other questions about live election forecasts. Andrew Van Dam on gun control, tariffs and the issues that have literally fallen off the map in the midterms. Midterm elections: How politicians know exactly how you’re going to vote. Jennifer Cohn on voting machines: What could possibly go wrong? This is what democracy looked like: Alicia Cheng on a brief history of the printed ballot. Ari Berman on how voter suppression could swing the midterms. Voters like a political party until it passes laws. National politics has taken over America: Democrats are finally investing in state-level elections — but candidates in those races face big obstacles in trying to get voters to care.