Tag: The Upshot

A Nation of Homebodies A recent study shows Americans are spending notably more time at home, a trend that started long before the pandemic. By Ronda Kaysen and Alicia …

How One Polling Decision Is Leading to Two Distinct Stories of the Election A methodological choice has created divergent paths of polling results. Is this election more like 2020 …

Flashback: Your Weekly History Quiz, October 5, 2024 Can you sort 8 historical events? By Unknown Author from NYT (New York Times) The Upshot Read more.

Every Election Has Big Swings, Even in a Polarized Country. This One Will Too. In just the last few years, any number of issues might have led people to …

Republicans’ Electoral College Edge, Once Seen as Ironclad, Looks to Be Fading A review of the evidence that Donald Trump’s advantage relative to the national popular vote has declined …

State of the Race: A Calm Week and Perhaps the Clearest Picture Yet It’s getting easier to trust that the news isn’t driving the numbers, and we take a …

The Surprising Place Analysts Look to for Election Forecasting Washington state’s primaries have a record of predicting the national mood, making it a bellwether of sorts. By Ethan Singer …

Flashback: Your Weekly History Quiz, September 28, 2024 Can you sort 8 historical events? By Unknown Author from NYT (New York Times) The Upshot Read more.

The Problem With a Crowd of New Online Polls They’ve become cheap to produce but they underperform the competition, falling short of their original promise. By Nate Cohn from …

10-Minute Challenge: Hiroshige’s ‘Sudden Rain’ We’d like you to look at one piece of art for 10 minutes, uninterrupted. By Larry Buchanan, Nico Chilla and Francesca Paris from NYT …