Journalist, Director of The American Communities Project at @michiganstateu. Based in DC, but still a Detroiter at heart.
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Dante Chinni retweeted
He may be the leader of the Catholic church, but Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV is still a registered voter in Illinois and requested a mail ballot for the midterm elections.
chicago.suntimes.com/pope-le…
Dante Chinni retweeted
NEW CNN Senate polls:
MI
El-Sayed 49
Rogers 42
TX
Talarico 49
Paxton 43
ME
Jackson 49
Collins 45
KS
Hamilton 49
Marshall 45
cnn.com/2026/10/29/politics/…
Just a reality check as Election Day nears. The sitting president’s approval is in the mid-30s. At this point if there is NOT a big wave favoring the party out of power impacting races all over, that’s the bigger story.
Dante Chinni retweeted
Save the date for the live post-election version of the #ScienceOfPolitics:
Tuesday, Nov 10th at 3pm eastern
My Campaigns & Elections co-authors John Sides, Daron Shaw, and Keena Lipsitz will join me to break down the results 1 week after Election Day.
Nice "Dream Team" photo here...
What is the Cook Political Report, and why is Washington so obsessed with it? washingtonpost.com/politics/…
Dante Chinni retweeted
Excellent @WashPost profile of @CookPolitical and its intrepid leader @amyewalter. Through all of the changes in technology, the political envionment and its own leadership, Cook Political hasn't missed a beat. In fact, it's better than ever.
washingtonpost.com/politics/…
Why over two-thirds of Americans say their country is in decline theconversation.com/why-over… via @ConversationUS
Dante Chinni retweeted
Political science forecasting models expect clear Democratic House control but are mixed on Senate outcomes:
cambridge.org/core/journals/…
Dante Chinni retweeted
Just for the record:
Our final poll of 2024 had Slotkin up 3.7 percentage points, importantly with a significant 6.7% still undecided. detroitnews.com/story/news/p…
This poll has El-Sayed up 6.3 points, with only 3.6% undecided. detroitnews.com/story/news/p…
Dante Chinni retweeted
Two new Michigan polls
One has El-Sayed slightly ahead, much smaller margin than Benson in gov’s race
One has El-Sayed more substantially ahead, nearly same margin as Benson
Good reminder not to get worked up over any one poll
(Writing this partly to remind myself!)
Dante Chinni retweeted
Microsoft offering 60k employees buyouts...
AI's impact on the labor market is going to be a big topic next year.
Crazy that the Fed's September SEP forecasts steady (4.1%) unemployment through 2028.
Dante Chinni retweeted
JD Vance: Ryan Zinke complemented my beautiful blue eyes earlier today. I was very excited about that. We're self-confident men in the Trump-Vance administration. The president has been noticing a lot about the physiques of everybody lately
Dante Chinni retweeted
MSU Poll Shows Benson with large lead while El-Sayed/ Roger race tight. Anti-Muslim attitudes may be playing an important role in the Senate race.
ippsr.msu.edu/news/msu-poll-…
Dante Chinni retweeted
INBOX: Former SC Republican Gov David Beasley endorses Annie Andrews: "Annie understands that leadership isn't about making people angrier. Well,
it's about making things better."
Between South Carolina, Kansas and Texas, the crossover endorsement seems to be very in this year...