Midterm Elections 2018 Archive
Archives for October 2018


The FiveThirtyEight founder talks with Ezra Klein about who will win in 2018 — and how to think about 2020.


Democrats have a notably small lead, given their hopes of taking back the House of Representatives in November.


Republican congressional leaders don’t have any details.


Voters in Arkansas and Missouri will decide whether to raise the state’s minimum wage.


In ways big and small, the 2018 elections are likely to leave a lasting impression on Medicaid.


The GOP had a chance to cut taxes for the middle class last year. Instead, they went with rich people and corporations.




A new poll finds a third of voters don’t see their midterm vote as a verdict on the president.


Six important facts about the voters still undecided in the 2018 midterms.


It really comes down to whether Democrats invest in voter outreach.


Gov. Bill Walker is backing Democratic candidate Mark Begich in the 2018 election as his approval ratings sag.


Pelosi may have just given skeptical House Democrats a reason to vote for her.


A Super PAC is defending the ad, which claimed that “white Democrats will be lynching black folk again.”


Things have changed since the Cold War.


Neither party should feel too confident in what polls show right now.