America's most (and least) popular politicians in 2026

38 Most Influential Bluesky Posters of 2026

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38 Most Influential Bluesky Posters of 2026

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Midterm elections 2026: list of historic firsts, diverse winners - Fast Company

From the first Muslim American U.S. senator to the first Native American woman governor, American voters set a long list of precedents on Tuesday.

Unpopular leaders punished at the polls in 2022 election

Scott Morrison and Barnaby Joyce were the most unpopular leaders of any party since 1987, new analysis of the 2022 federal election from The Australian National University (ANU) shows. The findings come from the joint ANUpoll/Comparative Study of Electoral Systems survey of more than 3,500 voters, which examined Australians' political attitudes before and after the 21 May vote. Study co-author Professor Ian McAllister said the findings show leaders were more important than in previous elections.

AI and crypto groups were among the biggest players in this year’s primaries. Here’s how they did.

Newly created super PACs mostly got their candidates — but also lost some high-profile races.

In Shift From 2024, Young Men, White Youth, and Non-College Youth Vote Democratic in 2026

Today’s young voters are the most diverse generation in American history, and their choices at the ballot box in the 2026 midterms reflect that diversity. As in other recent elections, young women and young people of color were more likely to vote for Democratic candidates. At the same time, unlike in 2024, white youth and young men also gave Democrats strong support and helped lead to the overwhelming Democratic vote choice from youth.

Midterm Political Ad Spending Hits Record $11.21 Billion

Political ad spending for the 2026 midterms has hit a record $11.21 billion, surpassing the 2024 presidential election cycle, according to AdImpact.

Billionaire wealth jumps three times faster in 2025 to highest peak ever, sparking dangerous political inequality | Oxfam International

                      Billionaires 4,000 times more likely to hold political office than ordinary people

2026 midterms become most expensive election cycle ever

More money has been spent in the 2026 election than in any other election cycle to date, even surpassing past presidential election years, according to AdImpact.

2026 Donations Map

See which campaigns, candidates, and parties are fundraising the most, and where their donors hail from.

Analysis: Donald Trump’s top 25 lies of 2025 | CNN Politics

It was hard to pick only 25. But it was easier than it used to be.

Tucker Carlson

Tucker Carlson is a veteran television personality who emerged in 2016 as one of the most influential figures of the authoritarian, anti-democracy, right-wing movement that rose to prominence around the political career of former President Donald J. Trump. Carlson’s propaganda, which obsessively portrays white men as being victims of a corrupt, feminist, multicultural system, often mirrors the talking points found in fringe internet spaces where extremists congregate. He injects these talking points into his commentary on current events, giving extremists both an audience and a TV-ready polish that would be otherwise difficult to obtain. Carlson is undoubtedly the most listened-to pundit the anti-immigrant movement in America has ever seen and is regarded as a heroic figure to white supremacists and other admirers of fascism. Outside of Trump himself, arguably no single figure has proven to be more influential in radicalizing the right in the 21st century.

An Examination of Ranked Choice Voting in the United States, 2004-2022

From the perspective of social choice theory, ranked-choice voting (RCV) is known to have many flaws. RCV can fail to elect a Condorcet winner and is susceptible to monotonicity paradoxes and the spoiler effect, for example. We use a database of 182 American ranked-choice elections for political office from the years 2004-2022 to investigate empirically how frequently RCV's deficiencies manifest in practice. Our general finding is that RCV's weaknesses are rarely observed in real-world elections, with the exception that ballot exhaustion frequently causes majoritarian failures.

Social Media and Politics from 2023-2025

I examine the political identities, extremity, and polarization of US adults across platforms over a 2-year national survey.