Friday, September 25, 2026
More than 700 women are on the ballot for Congress and governor this year, a record. In 36 congressional races both candidates are women. That second number is the one that describes something new, because it is where the variable everybody measures drops out of the contest entirely.
More than $45m has gone into political advertising mentioning data centres since January — $22m behind Republicans, $21m behind Democrats — and both sides are making the same case about tax breaks and electricity bills. Seventy-seven percent of Americans told Reuters/Ipsos they are worried about what the buildings do to their power bill.
Debt-to-GDP is higher than it was at the end of the Second World War and two percent of Americans call it the country's biggest problem. Sixteen years ago, at a third the size, it was a mass movement. Salience is not a function of size.