Topics

Topics

Permanent landing pages for the questions Thin Gold keeps answering. Each topic gathers the publication's analysis, charts, race trackers, and glossary entries.

Topic · economic structure

Wealth Concentration

How household wealth has concentrated in the top 1% — and what it means for 2026 politics. Charts, definitions, and analysis from Thin Gold.

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Topic · polling

Generic Ballot

The generic-ballot polling average — what it is, what it measures, and how Thin Gold uses it as a national-mood indicator for 2026.

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Topic · the publication's frame

Populism

Politics organized around the claim that concentrated power has captured institutions at the expense of ordinary people. Thin Gold tracks the structural variant.

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Topic · race tracker

Senate 2026

Thin Gold's coverage of the 2026 US Senate map — race ratings, polling, fundraising, and the populism angle on every contested seat.

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Topic · race tracker

House 2026

Thin Gold's coverage of the 2026 US House map — generic ballot, retirement waves, redistricting effects, and the structural-force lens on competitive districts.

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Topic · backdrop

Iran War

The 2026 US-Iran conflict and its political consequences — approval ratings, oil-price effects, and where this fits in the structural-power frame.

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