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Political Twitter Is No Place For Moderates

Twitter has never been a bastion of the Queen’s English, but recent reporting has unearthed a variety of polarizing posts about American politics that are presumed to be of Russian origin, in part because some of them use awkward English. The revelations have led to recriminations against the tech platform and an invitation for the […]

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The Worst Tweeter In Politics Isn’t Trump

Three things can happen to a tweet once you send it into the world: It can get retweeted, it can get liked, and it can get replied to. Any of these can be nice, like a little food pellet from the digital universe, proof that someone out there is paying attention. But sometimes instead of […]

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Politics Podcast: Trump’s Response To Hurricane Maria

The U.S. is facing multiple crises: a mass shooting in Las Vegas, a humanitarian disaster in Puerto Rico and rising tensions with North Korea. The FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast team zooms in on how the Trump administration has responded, in particular to Hurricane Maria’s devastating effects in Puerto Rico. The crew also weighs the likelihood of […]

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Never Tweet, Mr. President

I’m not embarrassed to admit that I feel a little empty inside if I don’t have a @realDonaldTrump tweetstorm to go with my morning coffee. But I’m decidedly in the minority on this question: Even voters who like President Trump don’t particularly care for him tweeting all the time. A Quinnipiac poll in August, for […]

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