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The biggest thing on the ballot today is the health of Americans
There is a lot at stake in today’s US midterm elections (Nov. 6). There are 435 seats in the US House of Representatives up for a vote, and Democrats need to add 25 to their current 193 seats to take the majority (two Democratic representati...
The US midterm elections are crucial to abortion rights
With the confirmation of conservative Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh, many abortion rights advocates fear that the right to abortion could soon be under threat. Nearly half of all Americans believe the new Supreme Court appointee would vote to overturn the precede...
The most important midterm ballot measures on abortion, marijuana, and transgender rights
The day of the US midterms is upon us, and the world is watching to see whether Democrats will be able to break Republicans’ stronghold on Congress. But voters will also be making a lot of important decisions at ...
How to track the most important races and issues in the US midterm elections
American voters are expected to turn out in record numbers today to elect 435 House representatives, 35 senators, 36 state governors, and hundreds of local politicians.
The election has been called a referendum on Donald Trump’s divisive presidency. But with Trump and som...
Eight candidates with scientific degrees that have a shot in the 2018 midterm elections
There are 435 seats in the US House of Representatives. After the 2016 presidential election, Americans with some training in science attempted to fill 48 of those, and shift the balance of the Republican-majority Congress. Thirty fai...
Fact-checking Trump’s tweets from the lead-up to the midterms
With just hours to go before the midterm elections, US President Donald Trump was tweeting up a storm about some of 2018’s most hotly contested races, as well as those the Republican party is most afraid that it may lose.
Here’s a closer look at some of the iss...
The US now has more than 56.7 million freelance workers—and they vote
Freelancers are on the rise. And they’re rising up.
A new report from Freelancers Union and Upwork estimates that there are now 56.7 million Americans freelancers, an increase of 3.7 million in the past five years.
“The s...
The economy still matters for US elections, but not in the way many people think
The US economy is doing well. GDP growth is robust and the job market is strong. Yet Donald Trump’s approval rating is low, and his party is expected to lose a lot of seats in midterm elections on Tuesday. So does that mean the economy...
