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What r/fivethirtyeight is talking about this week

r/fivethirtyeight has 59,016 members and 65 posts in the last 24 hours, with about 82.8 comments an hour right now. From the Redlisten index, refreshed daily.

59,016members
65posts in the last 24 hours, newest 4 min ago
82.8comments an hour right now, newest 22 h ago
967points on the top thread this week

Words coming up in r/fivethirtyeight this week

colom28senate27mississippi26election19democrats19race17state16scott15smith14votes14vote14hyde13

Top threads this week

  1. The tweet that kicked off the night

    I expected the first results to be fairly dem-friendly, but NOTHING like this

    967 points225 comments6 d ago
  2. According to CNN, Lauren Boebert loses the Colorado 4th district election to Eileen Laubacher
    957 points155 comments3 d ago
  3. Scott Colom (Democratic nominee for US Senate in the State of Mississippi) has some words for the Cook Political Report.
    918 points246 comments3 d ago
  4. VoteHub calls Kansas governor for Democrat Cindy Holscher

    It was clear she won days ago so not sure why it’s taken this long for someone to call it

    880 points81 comments5 d ago
  5. Cindy Hyde-Smith hits a HUGE nine to cut the lead down to 1,813
    831 points73 comments6 d ago
  6. Nate can lib out a lil, as a treat

    (it was a pretty good ad tho, that and the sinners ad. it's hard to make a campaign ad that's genuinely fun nowadays)

    777 points113 comments7 d ago
  7. Raphael Warnock told Democratic donors in April that the party is sleeping on the Mississippi US Senate race, and they responded with laughter

    https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/18/warnock-mississippi-senate-colom-southern-voters-01123450

    743 points212 comments6 d ago
  8. Mississippi officials when they have counted 5 votes
    694 points35 comments5 d ago
  9. [Nate Silver] I do think this week provided support for the hypothesis that Trump benefited from Democrats nominating three pretty weak presidential candidates in a row. There's a lot of talent in the party that hasn't translated to the top of the ticket lately.

    And yeah implict in this is that I'm not sure Biden's performance in 2020 was particularly better than Harris's or Clinton's once you adjust for the background conditions of the pandemic etc. Will...

    690 points531 comments4 d ago
  10. Alaska update: Peltola now up by 1.1%
    667 points122 comments3 d ago

Newest posts

  1. Pete Buttigieg and John Ossoff tops excellent/good ratings among Democrats for 2028 now - Reuters/Ipsos poll
    1 points0 comments4 min ago
  2. YouGov: Republicans now more likely to believe that America won’t be a Republic in 10 years than Democrats
    1 points0 comments13 min ago
  3. November 2026 Oklahoma Voter Registration Update: Dem +5,680, Unaffiliated +2,295, Rep +2,295
    1 points0 comments19 min ago
  4. Nvidia CEO Huang, who resigned today after reports of extramarital affairs with a Chinese spy and a subordinate employee, still enjoys strong support from within & outside his company—88% back Huang, 1% back forced ouster (232 Nvidia employees). Outside company—60% back Huang, 22% back forced ouster
    1 points0 comments44 min ago
  5. Whats the current chance the dems can get this man to run in 2028
    1 points0 comments2 h ago
  6. [Navigator Research] (10/28-11/8) Trump Approval Rating: 37% approve, 63% disapprove, remains near record low with this pollster
    1 points0 comments2 h ago
  7. [YouGov/The Economist] 2028 Presidential Primaries: Harris 20%, Ossoff 15%, Newsom 12%, Ocasio-Cortez 12%, Buttigieg 10% | Vance 40%, Rubio 33%, DeSantis 14%
    1 points0 comments2 h ago
  8. [YouGov/The Economist] Post-Midterm Poll: Trump Approval Rating - 32% approve, 63% disapprove, a new low with this pollster
    1 points0 comments2 h ago
  9. What's up with LA-5 and LA-6?
    1 points0 comments3 h ago
  10. JD Vance and the VP curse
    1 points0 comments3 h ago
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