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<title><![CDATA[Nathaniel Rakich - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/34264.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Nathaniel Rakich]]></description><category domain="34264">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[Dems Just Lost Their Big Redistricting Advantage in NY]]></title>
							<link>https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/new-york-just-cost-democrats-their-big-redistricting-advantage/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2022 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nathaniel Rakich</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t count your chickens before they hatch '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and don'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'t count your congressional districts before all the redistricting lawsuits are finished.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' On Wednesday, the New York Court of Appeals ruled that the congressional map New York Democrats enacted back in February was a...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Some Good News for Democrats in Redistricting]]></title>
							<link>https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/where-america-lost-and-gained-population-could-throw-democrats-a-redistricting-lifeline/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nathaniel Rakich</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With the release of block-level data from the 2020 census, we now have a much clearer picture of how and where the U.S. population has grown '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and shrunk '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' over the past 10 years. And while Republicans are largely setting the terms of the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' redistricting process'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' that will...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What the Early Vote in Georgia Can - and Can't - Tell Us]]></title>
							<link>https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-the-early-vote-in-georgia-can-and-cant-tell-us/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nathaniel Rakich</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Through Monday, more people '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' 2,337,477 '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' have officially voted in Georgia's upcoming Senate runoff than in any other runoff in Georgia history.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[CA's New Senator Will Make History. But Can He Win In 2022?]]></title>
							<link>https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/californias-new-senator-will-make-history-but-can-he-win-a-full-term-in-2022/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nathaniel Rakich</author>
							<description><![CDATA[With Sen. Kamala Harris about to become Vice President Kamala Harris, California is getting a new U.S. senator for only the second time in 25 years. On Tuesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' announced'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' that he would appoint Democratic Secretary of State Alex Padilla to Harris'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s soon-to-be...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Pennsylvania Could Decide the 2020 Election]]></title>
							<link>https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-pennsylvania-could-decide-the-2020-election/</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nathaniel Rakich</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Right now, Pennsylvania looks like the single most important state of the 2020 election. According to'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' FiveThirtyEight'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s presidential forecast, Pennsylvania is by far the likeliest state to provide either President Trump or Joe Biden with the decisive vote in the Electoral College:...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Minnesota May Be Next Midwestern State to Go Red]]></title>
							<link>https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-minnesota-could-be-the-next-midwestern-state-to-go-red/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nathaniel Rakich</author>
							<description><![CDATA[In the fabled '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'blue wall'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' the collection of historically Democratic states that'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' pundits (wrongly) assumed'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' gave Hillary Clinton an Electoral College advantage in 2016 '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' Minnesota is the cornerstone. The Democratic candidate has won Minnesota in'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 11 straight...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Florida Could Go Blue in 2020]]></title>
							<link>https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/why-florida-could-go-blue-in-2020/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nathaniel Rakich</author>
							<description><![CDATA[This is the second in a series of articles examining the politics and demographics of 2020's expected swing states.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Arizona Became a Swing State]]></title>
							<link>https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-arizona-became-a-swing-state/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2020 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Nathaniel Rakich</author>
							<description><![CDATA[For years, Arizona was to Democrats what Lucy'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s football was to Charlie Brown. Despite candidates from Barack Obama to Hillary Clinton investing in the state, no Democratic presidential candidate has carried it since Bill Clinton in 1996. In fact, no Democrat won a statewide...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[What Happens if Buttigieg Wins Iowa?]]></title>
							<link>https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/what-happens-if-buttigieg-wins-iowa/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2019 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Nathaniel Rakich</author>
							<description><![CDATA[What does a world in which Mayor Pete wins the Iowa caucuses look like?]]></description>
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