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Why your vote counts differently depending on where you live

Why your vote counts differently depending on where you live

Two people can cast identical votes and have wildly different influence on the outcome. The reason is the electoral syst…

Clara Whitfield · Oct 29, 2026 · 6 min read

Why polls get elections wrong more often than you would expect

Why polls get elections wrong more often than you would expect

Polling is better science than its critics claim and worse than its headlines suggest. The gap between the two is where…

Clara Whitfield · Oct 23, 2026 · 6 min read

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