Two months ago, it loked like the republicans wanteg to sweep the in terms. Now it's not entirely sure. The economist is launching its own model designed to predict the outcome of november's midterms. And we'll also find out how to tell good polls from bad with the guy who literally wrote the book on the subject.
Our model, built to predict the outcome of this year’s midterm elections, tips Republicans to take the House and Democrats to retain control of the Senate. The model’s architect discusses how and why he built it, and our polling guru explains why polls matter. Why there’s no nuclear-arms race in Asia—yet. And Egypt wants the Rosetta Stone back, but it’s not that simple.
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