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Polling Was Quietly Still Bad in 2024

After nearly a decade of fine-tuning, the industry still hasn’t figured out how to reach enough Donald Trump supporters.

Photo-illustration by David Samuel Stern*

The Talented Mr. Vance

J. D. Vance could have brought the country’s conflicting strands together. Instead, he took a divisive path to the peak of power.

Illustration by Dadu Shin

My Shipwreck Story

On my first time out as a commercial fisherman, my boat sank, my captain died, and I was left adrift and alone in the Pacific.