FiveThirtyEight’s top politics stories this week

A [FiveThirtyEight]( email [Popular In Politics] Thursday, July 23, 2020 [1. Economists Think Congress Should Keep Paying Unemployed Workers $600 A Week — Or Even More]( [ECON-SURVEY_0526-4×3]( Graphics by Jasmine Mithani [Read more]( [2. How Can A Senator Vote With Trump Most Of The Time And Still Be A Moderate?]( [Secretary Mnuchin Testifies In Senate Hearing On CARES Act Implementation]( A number of GOP senators — especially those from states that backed Hillary Clinton in 2016 — are in competitive reelection fights in 2020, including Sens. Cory Gardner of Colorado and Susan Collins of Maine. In their campaign pitches, these senators have been presenting themselves as moderates worthy of representing moderate states, using words and phrases like “bipartisan,” “building consensus” and “both sides of the aisle.” [Read more]( [3. Republicans And Democrats See COVID-19 Very Differently. Is That Making People Sick?]( [POLITICS-SICK-4×3]( Graphics by Anna Wiederkehr [Read more]( [4. If Republicans Are Ever Going To Turn On Trump, This Might Be The Moment]( [President Trump Holds A Press Briefing At The White House]( While the past few days have felt unprecedented in almost all respects, they’ve been familiar in at least one way: President Trump has once again done something widely viewed as outrageous. In this case, his administration had law enforcement officials clear a path for Trump to visit a nearby church, leading to protesters being tear gassed outside the White House. [Read more]( [5. Yes, Biden Has A Big Lead, But It’s Probably Not 15 Points]( [POLLING-UPDATE-0716-4×3]( A bombshell poll from Quinnipiac University sent the political world into a tizzy on Wednesday when it showed Joe Biden leading President Trump 52 percent to 37 percent nationally. While it’s been well documented for a while now that Biden is solidly ahead of Trump in the polls, could the Democrat really be up by 15 points?! [Read more]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Forecasts How popular is Donald Trump? [How popular is Donald Trump?]( [See all polls]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Weekly Listen [Play]( [Politics Podcast: There Aren’t Secret Trump Voters]( [FiveThirtyEight] [View in browser]( [ABC News]( [Unsubscribe]( Our mailing address: FiveThirtyEight, 47 West 66th Street, New York, NY 10023.