Or longer term

Definitely not in terms of the actual #. But certainly so *as compared to normal* or as compared to other public problems. See chart.

I think we can remove the "despite" from this sentence in his Wiki.

Follow up for the admin:

How can we read the first half of this paragraph and think this is an excellent piece? The second half of the paragraph is correct, but the leftist ranting in the first half is evidence-free itself! Plus no nod to Biden's pro union policies? Abundance is the product of "Billionaires"? Come on.

I think the must bigger assumption is that the 80% of races that are uncompetitive tells us much of anything about optimal partisan candidate strategy. Jain apparently has the same critique, tho I haven't seen his battleground estimate.

And horrible business! If this number is accurate, paying more than 10 x revenue for this nonsense clearly shows this is another attempt to appease.

How can this graph and explanation possibly be squared with "neutral."

Haha tbf the Economist has always taken this position.