Hello, I'm AEA. Here you'll find content on data, polling, predictions, election models, & forecasting, as well my takes on elections across the United States.
🚨Report: Flávio Bolsonaro has announced that he has been banned from leaving Brazil and ordered to surrender his passports following his election defeat
Texas Early Vote Tracking: Day 7
As of Oct. 26, 2026
Total votes: 4,342,999 (+285,094)
43.9% of projected final turnout.
Modeled 2026 Vote:
🔵 James Talarico: 45.5% - 54.9%
🔴 Ken Paxton: 42.9% - 52.3%
VoteHub currently rates the race as Tilt D.
🚨SHOCKING NEWS: Incumbent Susan Collins is STILL forecasted to win re-election.
Maine - 2026 Senate (odds)
🟥Susan Collins* 54.7%
🟦Troy Jackson 45.3%
Projected Margin: 🟥R+0.9
With just over a week to go before Election Day, five-term incumbent Susan Collins faces another test of whether she can overcome political gravity and win re-election.
Collins notably won re-election by nearly 9 points in 2020, MATCHING Joe Biden’s margin of victory in the state.
Forecast via @Pollsmax.
Trump is fuming over Obama's Cheesecake Factory joke:
I'm really good at real estate and fixing things. I fix things very good, very beautifully. He said, 'This isn't a Cheesecake Factory.' Can you believe it? Which is a very successful company.
WaPo: The sleeper issue that could decide the U.S. Senate race in Texas
The race between Ken Paxton (R) and James Talarico (D) has revolved around the issue of government corruption, a top voter concern just behind the economy.
https://t.co/L1SyQHsEFG