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. - Topic · polling
Generic Ballot
D+6.6 RCP avg The generic-ballot polling average: what it is, what it measures, and how Thin Gold uses it as a national-mood indicator for 2026. - 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. - 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. - 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. - 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. - Topic · race tracker
Maine Senate Race
Thin Gold's coverage of the 2026 Maine Senate race between Sen. Susan Collins and State Senate President Troy Jackson, and where it fits the populism thesis.