Even factoring in late-breaking stories in Alaska and Michigan and a reflexive distrust—on both sides—of any polls that look good for Democrats, all signs are pointing to a big day for the opposition party. What’s at stake today—and how worried should everyone actually be? And join Mary Harris and a team of Slatesters covering the election on Wednesday (11/4) at noon eastern time by signing up <a href="https://slate.com/briefing/2026/10/midterms-making-sense-what-next-surge.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>. Guests: <a href="https://www.gelliottmorris.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">G. Elliott Morris</a>, pollster, journalist, author of Strength in Numbers substack.<a href="https://www.liberalcurrents.com/author/alan/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Alan Elrod</a>, president & CEO of the Pulaski Institution, columnist and Contributing Editor at Liberal CurrentsWant more What Next? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at<a href="http://slate.com/whatnextplus" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> slate.com/whatnextplus</a> to get access wherever you listen.Podcast production by Evan Campbell, Madeline Thames-Ducharme and Patrick Fort.Paige Osburn is the senior supervising producer of What Next and What Next TBD.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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