The midterm elections are just a few days away, and there's a lot at stake. Everything from healthcare costs to climate initiatives to childcare to protecting fair and free elections hang in the balance of this upcoming election.

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Why healthcare has become such a big problem for Republicans

by Rachel Cohen Booth

The GOP hoped to keep Medicaid cuts out of the midterms. It’s not working.

Why Republicans might beat the polls

by Astead Herndon

Last-minute panic can weaken a blue wave.

🎧 The one thing everyone can do to fight for free and fair elections

by Astead Herndon and Dylan Scott

Trump wants to undermine faith in US democracy. Don’t let him.

How big should Democrats go on childcare? We asked a potential 2028 contender.

by Rachel Cohen Booth

Andy Beshear has been pushing to expand pre-K in Kentucky. He now says that fight should go national.

Gen Z has buyer’s remorse on Trump

by Andrew Prokop

Experts in the youth vote explain a dramatic swing toward Democrats — and its limits.

The Democrat capturing Christian voters in the Trump era

by Christian Paz

On the trail and in the pews, Adam Hamilton is inspiring voters fed up with the status quo.

Trump is trying to overturn an election that hasn’t happened yet

by Ian Millhiser

Trump’s lawyers want to block Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola’s victory in an election that is more than a week away

🎧 Republicans are trying to make the Texas Senate race about “manliness”

by Jolie Myers

Ken Paxton keeps accusing James Talarico of being “low-T.” Do voters care?

Democrats can do something about energy prices — without winning the midterms

by Eric Levitz

But to do so, they’ll need to make gas pipelines easier to build.

Wild animals can’t vote. Here’s where they’re on the ballot anyway.

by Neel Dhanesha

The midterms are packed with ballot measures that could dramatically affect natural spaces.

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