Bringing the House down: our American midterms model
4/23/202626 min
We examine what our forecast model predicts so far—and consider what might change its confident prediction for one house of Congress and toss-up call for the other. Our correspondent sits down with Steve Reich, a pioneering classical composer who is nearing his 90th birthday. And the surprising reason why firstborns tend to have more-successful lives.
Additional music courtesy of Steve Reich (Nonesuch Records), Erik Hall (Western Vinyl)
Guests and host:
- Dan Rosenheck, data editor
- Jon Fasman, senior culture correspondent
- Ainslie Johnstone, data journalist
- Jason Palmer, co-host of “The Intelligence”
Topics covered:
- American elections, Congress, polling, gerrymandering
- Steve Reich, contemporary classical music
- birth order, statistics
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Hello, and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist. I'm your host, Jason Palmer. Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. Describing Steve Reich as a contemporary classical composer just leaves too much unsaid. He's been pioneering a singular kind of classical music since the 1960s, and as his ninetieth