By Lambert Strether of Corrente.
Patient readers, sorry to be a bit late. Every so often by VPN causes my browser to believe I’m in Norway, at which point search results and my mailer UI appear in Norwegian, and I have to spend a few minutes persuading my browser otherwise. More politics shortly. –lambert
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At reader request, I’ve added this daily chart from 91-DIVOC. The data is the Johns Hopkins CSSE data. Here is the site.
Resuming the upward climb, though at a lesser slope. Looks like the Midwest did it, from the regional data. I feel I’m engaging in a macabre form of tape-watching, because I don’t think the peak is coming in the next days, or even weeks. Is the virus gathering itself for another leap?
In Georgia, a Rare Campaign Where Peopleâs Eyes Arenât Glued to the Polls
Two consequential Senate races are taking place with very few public opinion surveys to help understand how voters feel.
Voting unfolded on Election Day at Lucky Shoals Park in Norcross, Ga., outside Atlanta. Two crucial Senate runoff elections early next month are likely to come down to turnout.Credit.Audra Melton for The New York Times
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Polls missed the mark across the country in November â just as they had four years earlier. So far, pollsters havenât determined with any finality what caused the failures. And in Georgia, where two Senate runoff elections are set for Jan. 5, thereâs no time to figure it out.