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The Intersection’s way-too-early 2028 Democratic primary model
Yes, it's next to impossible to predict. So what?
Sep 8, 2025
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The realignment is here
The first GOP popular vote win in 20 years, the Red Wave hit everywhere, 2024 realigned the electorate as much as 2016, less secure voters moved towards…
Nov 15, 2024
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The book that explains the 2024 election
Revisiting Party of the People, one year later
Nov 6, 2024
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Patrick Ruffini
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Gallup's exit
Newsom’s underperformance, elasticity defined, open seat bonanza, the bias in past job approval, trans policy views, national pride, algorithmic feeds…
Feb 20
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Patrick Ruffini
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The permanent 40% job approval rating
Trump's ratings aren't unique to Trump
Feb 17
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Patrick Ruffini
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The realignment is here
Nov 15, 2024
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America now has more Republicans than Democrats
Dec 30, 2024
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Why this extremely viral poll result might not be real
Mar 28, 2023
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Patrick Ruffini
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Actually, you should look at margins, not vote share
Oct 12, 2024
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If AI is like the Internet, it won’t cost jobs
Debunking the AI jobs loss myth, islands of urban Trumpism, work-from-home babies and the cure for too much screen time
Feb 13
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Patrick Ruffini
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Who's more extreme in America today?
The centrist dead zone, the left keeps moving left, leaving the door open to a Congressional bid in 2030, X is not real life, the "mansplaining" every…
Feb 6
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America is moving to red states
The drivers of internal migration, big turnout expected for 2026, Elias disses Election Twitter, Chart of the Century update, hating your state, long…
Jan 30
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One year of Trump 2.0. How’s his coalition doing?
Redistricting turns Dem, the four types of Trump voter, the partisanship of sports athletes, realignment in one chart, notes from the software…
Jan 23
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Patrick Ruffini
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Some pollsters get it right
Polls sometimes underestimate Democrats, new Cook ratings, vibe-coding gone wild, AI-proofing your job, TV shows in decline, the age of information…
Jan 16
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Patrick Ruffini
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The myth of MAGA isolationism
Polymarket insiders, the Claude Code moment, AI as the new crypto, the 2020s population race
Jan 9
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Patrick Ruffini
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The narrow Dem playing field
Living in the past, it’s the phones, why you should worry less, the podcast primary, Republican boy moms, who you spend time with visualized
Dec 19, 2025
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Patrick Ruffini
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Time for Trump to go all in on Freedom Cities for the midterms
Wonks won’t build the housing we need — but a brash former real estate mogul just might
Dec 18, 2025
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Patrick Ruffini
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Democratic voters support democratic socialism 3-to-1
Young voters and antisemitism, the New Entrant GOP, the Mississippi miracle, SCOTUS poised to end coordination limits, AI progress, trust in government…
Dec 12, 2025
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