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1024 starts with friends and family, and grows one conversation at a time. Bring your questions, tell me what I missed and share this with someone you want in the conversation. You don’t have to agree with every idea to help build what comes next. This first issue uses candidate records checked October 24. These are reading notes, not election odds. The 21-race slate is an editorial selection, not a national sample. |
01 / Georgia · Senate Georgia: start with the billMike Collins (Republican) · Jon Ossoff (Democrat) One of Georgia’s two seats in the U.S. Senate is on the ballot. Senators vote on federal taxes and spending, and on presidential appointments. Senate role Why it matters: This seat helps determine who votes on the federal budget and presidential appointments. That makes the cost of a promise as important as its appeal. What to watch: What would each candidate change about the cost of health care and the path from a paycheck to savings? Ask for the funding, the tradeoffs and the people left out. Open the race record →The reviewed Cobb County sample ballot is marked draft. Confirm the final ballot with your election office. Official source · Checked October 24. |
02 / Michigan · Senate Michigan: read the whole ballotAbdul El-Sayed (Democrat) · Mike Rogers (Republican) · Lydia Christensen (Libertarian) · Tim Long (U.S. Taxpayers Party) · Douglas P. Marsh (Green) · Walter P. Kristy (Natural Law Party) The reviewed Michigan Senate list contains six printed candidates. Looking only at the two major parties leaves part of the ballot out. Why it matters: Six candidates means six records to examine. Publishing the complete printed field gives readers a starting point beyond the usual two-person story. What to watch: Read the complete field, then compare specific plans for household ownership. A position on industry is only the start: who gets a stake in the growth? Open the race record →Michigan’s official candidate listing is the roster source. Official source · Checked October 24. |
03 / North Carolina · Senate North Carolina: compare promises on the same termsMichael Dublin (Green) · Roy Cooper (Democrat) · Shannon W. Bray (Libertarian) · Michael Whatley (Republican) The official Senate list includes Democratic, Republican, Green and Libertarian candidates. The same questions should apply to all four. Why it matters: Four parties are on the reviewed list. Asking the same funding and delivery questions of all four makes the comparison useful before anyone makes an endorsement. What to watch: How does the plan lower household costs, what does it cost to deliver, and who pays? Keep campaign claims beside their evidence rather than treating a slogan as a forecast. Open the race record →North Carolina’s official general-election candidate list is the roster source. Official source · Checked October 24. |
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The household check / Frozen October 24 What does 0.41% mean for you?+0.41% for October 80% model interval: +0.13% to +0.69% If a $100 basket moved exactly with this index, the estimate would make it $100.41 a month later. The interval works out to about $100.13 to $100.69. Your own spending mix can move differently. A wage increase only gets you ahead if it buys more after prices rise. Election promises about pay, taxes and ownership need a household-cost test. This calculation does not estimate any candidate’s policy effect. Monthly, seasonally adjusted CPI-U. A statistical baseline, not a live forecast, annual rate or election probability. The interval excludes parameter uncertainty and can miss shocks. Historical evaluation uses revised data. Inputs retrieved October 24, 2026. |
The standard for every updateNo invented certainty. Keep the source beside the claim, show what changed and preserve the misses. Our independent election probabilities are not ready to publish. A market price, when shown on a race page, is labeled separately. |
The essay America’s next chapterWork should build a stake. Explore the argument, the arithmetic and the open questions. Read the essay ↗Author narration is pending. The listening page shows what is available. |
Prepared by Micheas Yimam · 1024 / Merkeb Printed candidate lists can change. Write-ins are not enumerated. Confirm your own ballot and voting information with your election office. |
A dated record. A clear question. A reason to come back.