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Popular Topics in r/fivethirtyeight
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Election
32 posts
#2
Trump
27 posts
#3
Democrats
27 posts
#4
House
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#5
Elections
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Republicans
10 posts
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Polls
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#8
Biden
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2024
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#10
Senate
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Flair Used in r/fivethirtyeight
#1
Poll Results
: "Trump approval (ages 18-34 only)| Approve: 20%, Disapprove: 80%"
98 posts
#2
Politics
: "VA Dems win the measure and will wipe out 4 Republican seats"
61 posts
#3
Polling Average
: "Trump's approval breaks -20% for this first time on Silver Bulletin. Approve 38.5%, Disapprove 58.6%"
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#4
Discussion
: "[G Elliott Morris] a problem for republicans is that the entire party, from the white house to legislators to campaign managers to people who make ads and clip speeches etc, are chronically online, and chronically online on X in particular. it's worse than the bubble Dems used to get criticized for."
8 posts
#5
Election Model
: "Polling USA: Democrats now lead in 52 Senate seats; current projections show 233-seat House majority"
4 posts
#6
Meme/Humor
: "Actual Tweet From Mass GOP"
3 posts
#7
Lifestyle
: "Camden, New Jersey—which in the 2000s and 2010s was ranked as the most homicidal city in America—has seen its homicide rate crash by more than 80% since 2012. In 2025-2026, the city recorded its first homicide-free winter since 1969-1970, a feat credited to substantial police reforms since the 2010s"
3 posts
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Economics
: "Between 1978 and 2015, the price of college textbooks exploded by almost 1000%, far exceeding inflation even for healthcare and housing, and far exceeding general inflation (265%). College textbook price inflation is the most severe inflation that any physical item has suffered over the past 50 yrs."
2 posts
#9
Polling Industry/Methodology
: "Nate needs to extend the y axis"
2 posts
#10
Nerd Drama
: "Nate Silver says he attempted to buy the FiveThirtyEight IP back from Disney to prevent all his old articles from being purged, but they refused due to his criticism of their management of the brand."
1 post
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Last updated: June 7, 2026