#midterms2022 — Public Fediverse posts

This analysis of the polls and the #fivethirtyeight model for the #Midterms2022 is a really interesting look at how even presentation of 'statistical data' is a kind of storytelling.
The debate is over whether media and polls wrongly predicted a 'red wave'.
Nate Silver says here that getting the wrong impression is because social media has made it 'all vibes' but I think the need to frame information in narratives is a far older and more basic tendency. https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/politics-podcast-how-our-2022-forecasts-actually-did/

Far-Right Factions And Threats After the United States #Midterms2022 Elections. Article via The Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET) #democracy #misinformation #disinformation https://gnet-research.org/2023/01/03/far-right-factions-and-threats-after-the-united-states-midterm-elections/

Kurze Zusammenfassung im 🧵, zum ganzen Post geht’s hier: https://brandnewbundestag.de/us-midterms-was-progressive-in-deutschland-lernen-koennen/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=tweet&utm_campaign=blogpost
#Midterms2022 #ProgressivePolitics #midtermelection (2/7)

Well good morning #Georgia. Senate majority Democrats.

#midtermelections #midterms2022 #senate

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/12/06/us/warnock-walker-georgia-senate-runoff?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Almost Twice as Many #Republicans Died From #COVID Before #Midterms2022 Than #Democrats
Study can’t say if this impacted #midterms, but say it’s “plausible given just how stark the differences in vaccination rates have been, among Democrats & Republicans.” https://bit.ly/3AmSLdD

#uspol #Midterms2022 #Texas

Here’s why we still don’t know what went wrong in Harris County on Election Day
The state’s biggest county has no central system for tracking problems, so it still can’t say how many polling places opened late, ran out of paper or worked just fine.

https://www.texastribune.org/2022/11/18/harris-county-voting-problems/

Media Misled on Issues Important to Midterm Voters

#uspol #Midterms2022

https://fair.org/home/media-misled-on-issues-important-to-midterm-voters/

A political philosopher and expert on civic ethics looks at the big picture of the #Midterms, and says it's an exaggeration to call it an endorsement of Biden's agenda or rejection of Trump's agenda.
"U.S. democracy today is driven by partisan identity rather than policy. Elections thus are won not by changing the minds of undecided voters, but by mobilizing the party’s base."

https://theconversation.com/midterm-election-results-reflect-the-hodgepodge-of-us-voters-not-the-endorsement-or-repudiation-of-a-candidates-or-partys-agenda-194010
#Midterms2022 #News #USPolitics

My US Roundup with #NickAbbot on the UK's #LBC: Big changes afoot on Capitol Hill as #midterms results sink in.

📻: https://audioboom.com/posts/8200522-november-21-2022-us-roundup-big-changes-afoot-on-capitol-hill-as-midterm-results-sink-in

⏰ Listen live every Monday on #LBC at 1230am, or find it here on catch-up afterwards.

#Midterms2022

#Update on the race for #AttorneyGeneral in #Arizona. #Democrat Kris Mayes holds a narrow lead of ~500 votes. It's going to be a close race all the way to the end. Still confident in a victory for the #BlueWave2022.

#MidTerms2022 #Election2022 #Democracy #America #Politics

Perdemos a House :(

#Midterms2022 #MidtermElections2022