Morning Distribution for Tuesday, July 5, 2022

A [FiveThirtyEight]( email [Morning Distribution]( Tuesday, July 5, 2022 Your daily briefing from FiveThirtyEight --------------------------------------------------------------- The Morning Story [A photo illustration featuring an elderly woman holding an American flag]( [What Do Older Progressive Voters Want?]( By [Alex Samuels]( Welcome to [Political Outliers]( a column that explored groups of Americans who are often portrayed as all voting the same way. In today’s climate, it’s easy to focus on how a group identifies politically, but [that’s never the full story](. Blocs of voters are rarely uniform in their beliefs, which is why this column will dive into undercovered parts of the electorate, showing how diverse and atypical most voters are. Because the midterms are heating up — check out our [election forecast]( which just published — this will be the last entry in the Political Outliers series for the foreseeable future. We hope you’ve enjoyed reading this column! --------------------------------------------------------------- A native of Austin, Texas, Hunter Ellinger grew up in [a progressive hotspot](. In a recent phone conversation, he recalled his upbringing in the 1950s, when a group of liberal activists — often organized by his mother and father — would repeatedly protest [racist laws]( passed by the state’s legislature. Ellinger was a teenager at the time and, therefore, unable to vote, but he still remembers feeling “like an anomaly within Texas.” [Read more]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Weekly Listen [Play]( [Politics Podcast: Why The 2022 Forecast Suggests The Senate Is A Toss-Up]( [FiveThirtyEight] [View in browser]( [ABC News]( [Unsubscribe]( Our mailing address: FiveThirtyEight, 47 West 66th Street, New York, NY 10023.