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+5.6 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.