The Political Dictionary has been completely overhauled, with hundreds of political terms, phrases and bits of jargon newly updated and easier to explore.
Take a look — you may be surprised how many expressions you use without knowing where they came from.
Based on recent sales, it seems a lot of readers are getting ready for Election Day with the Blue Wave T-Shirt.
If you haven’t played Yea or Nay yet, today’s edition is a good one.
About a third of Political Wire members got a perfect score on this week’s quiz.
So how well did you pay attention to the news this week?
The following features on Political Wire have updated: Polling Dashboard, Trending News, Political Calendar and On This Day in Political History.
Please leave your thoughts comments and let me know if you see any bugs.
Thanks for reading!
My son has launched another political game — and this one is especially fun.
It’s called Pollster and the idea is simple: You’re shown a real polling question and have to guess the percentage of Americans who gave a particular answer.
The questions come from major polling organizations and some of the answers are much harder to predict than you might expect.
Like his other games, it only takes a few minutes to play. But it’s surprisingly addictive.
It joins Yea or Nay, where you try to predict how senators voted on key legislation, and Split Decision, his Supreme Court game.
Only 20% of Political Wire members got every question right on the Weekly News Quiz.
Can you join them? Take the quiz.
I’ve completely rebuilt the Favorites feature on Political Wire — and since many members probably didn’t even know it existed, it’s worth a quick re-introduction.
Favorites are the easiest way to save a Political Wire post you want to come back to later.
You’ll now see a small bookmark icon next to the Comments link beneath each headline. If you’re logged in, just click the icon and that post will automatically be added to your My Favorites page.
That gives you one place to keep stories, analysis or other posts you may want to reference again without having to search for them later.
And when you’re finished with something, you can remove it from your Favorites page with a click.
It’s a simple feature, but one I think makes Political Wire much more useful as an archive — especially if you regularly find yourself thinking, “I’m going to want to find this again.”
Thanks for reading!
Political Wire has a new Polling Dashboard tracking President Trump’s approval rate, the generic congressional ballot and eight key Senate races.
And there are some additional changes to the Trending News page as well.
Political Wire’s timeline game Hindsight has been completely revamped and is now called The Way It Was.
There’s a new game every day — and it’s now available to all readers.
(And let me know if there are any bugs.)
Just finished up a fun discussion on this week’s primaries with the great Julie Mason.
Only 17% of Political Wire members got a perfect score on this week’s news quiz.
Think you can join them?
Today’s Yea or Nay takes you back to 2013 when Congress considered gun control and immigration reform.
Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.