Over the summer, my son Alex launched a terrific new game called Yea or Nay, which tests how well you know the key votes taken by the U.S. Senate.

It quickly went viral — enough that the Washington Post wrote a very nice piece about the game and its surprising popularity.

Alex followed that up with Split Decision, which tests your knowledge of Supreme Court decisions, and Pollster, which asks you to guess where public opinion stands on some of the biggest issues of the day.

Now he’s brought them all together — along with a new Daily Trivia game — on a new site called Political Trivia.

And because he’s clearly better at this than I am, Alex also completely rebuilt my game, The Way It Was, and added that to the site too.

The games have gotten enough attention that a major news organization has asked Alex to develop a new game for them, which is expected to launch early next year.

So give Political Trivia a try — and share it with your friends!

And if you have feedback — or if you’re interested in working with Alex — please get in touch.

I don’t know if it’s a leading indicator or not, but sales of the Blue Wave T-Shirt were surging over the weekend.

I’ve made a bunch of changes over the last few weeks to improve the Political Wire experience. 

A cleaner, faster design:

• A new theme built just for Political Wire will allow me to make modifications more quickly. Navigation is simpler and search now sits in the menu bar, one tap away.
• Pages should open more quickly, especially on phones and slower connections.
• There’s a new phone layout with a cleaner header and menu.

Read it your way:

• A new “Aa” button in the menu bar let’s you pick your theme and text size. Switch between light and dark mode, and choose small, medium or large text. Members’ settings are remembered separately for phone and computer, so large text on your phone doesn’t follow you to your laptop.
• Better previews when you share a post. Links to Political Wire on social media and in texts now show a proper image card: the poll chart for poll posts, a quote card for Quote of the Day, or a branded headline card.
• A new member profile module gives you easier access to your account at a glance.

Find more of what matters:

• A new “In Case You Missed It” panel partway down the front page brings back what I think are important stories that may have scrolled out of view.
• The Polling Dashboard now tracks key governor’s races as well as Senate races.

I hope these changes make reading Political Wire an even better experience!

If you have any other suggestions, just send them my way.

This email from a Political Wire reader really made my day:

Just wanted to compliment and thank you for the wonderful upgrades that have been blooming on Political Wire the last few months. I know how hard it is to design and execute truly useful and pleasant to engage with features, and you’ve really done a bang up job throughout — as well as adding new features like the Trending News and Polling Dashboard.

I’m sure you could just coast without the upgrades, but they really make a difference in user experience. Just wanted to call ’em out and say thanks.

It’s been a ton of fun making Political Wire better — and there’s more to come.

If you’re not yet a member, join today for instant access.

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.

College students can save 40% on an annual Political Wire membership.

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?

Take the quiz to find out.

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.