The Crosstab Weekly Newsletter 📊 October 28, 2018

The (Unlikely) Path to a GOP House

Welcome! I’m G. Elliott Morris, data journalist at 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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This Week's Big Question

House-keeping: What is the path to a Republican House majority?

At this point, we know almost everything we’re going to know about the national environment in 2018. There is a slight chance that polls can change in the final 9 days of the campaign — see:…