The Crosstab Weekly Newsletter 📊 December 23, 2018

What we learned in 2018. + turnout in the midterms, the shutdown, 2020 looms

Welcome! I’m G. Elliott Morris, data journalist for The Economistand blogger of polls, elections, and political science. Happy Sunday! Here’s my weekly newsletter with links to what I’ve been reading and writing that puts the news in context with public opinion polls, political science, other data (some “big,” some small) and looks briefly at the week ahead. Let’s jump right in! Feedback? Drop me a line or just respond to this email. 

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What did I learn in 2018? The best books I read:

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