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November 3, 2025

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WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS

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Tracking the Early Vote in New York, New Jersey and Virginia

See the age breakdown in New York City and the partisanship in New Jersey and Virginia of the voters who have cast ballots so far.

By Francesca Paris and William P. Davis

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Future of Gerrymandering? Here’s How Weird Things Could Look.

These extreme maps may not be likely, but they might soon be legal, with temptations to go further than ever before.

By Nate Cohn and Jonah Smith

A township-level map of New Jersey comparing Donald Trump’s margin in the 2024 presidential election with his margin in the 2020 presidential election, with majority-nonwhite townships highlighted. A vast majority of townships shifted to the right. Some of the biggest shifts were in majority-nonwhite townships, especially majority-Hispanic areas in the northeast.

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What New Jersey Could Reveal About the Rightward Shift of Hispanic Voters

An off-year governor’s race will test the durability of the gains President Trump made in 2024, when the state’s majority-Hispanic townships all swung in his direction.

By Shane Goldmacher and Christine Zhang

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

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Flashback: Your Weekly History Quiz, Nov. 1, 2025

Can you sort 8 historical events?

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How Medicaid’s New Work Requirement Will Work

Poor Americans will face new challenges to enroll, and states will have to build new bureaucracies.

By Margot Sanger-Katz and Sarah Kliff

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