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Also: the latest results from Upshot polling View in [Browser]( | Add nytdirect@nytimes.com to your address book. [The New York Times]( [The New York Times]( Monday, September 24, 2018 [NYTimes.com/Upshot »]( The New Health Care [Congratulations. Your Study Went Nowhere.]( By AARON E. CARROLL Researchers should embrace negative results instead of accentuating the positive, which is one of several biases that can lead to bad science. [One Big Problem With Medicaid Work Requirement: People Are Unaware It Exists]( By MARGOT SANGER-KATZ Arkansas is the first state to test it, and thousands have been kicked off the program. [Results of Our Polling So Far]( The Upshot has partnered with Siena College to poll dozens of the most competitive House and Senate races across the country. ADVERTISEMENT FEEDBACK For suggestions on how we can improve this newsletter, write to newsletters@nytimes.com. If you have a compelling data set you’d like us to pursue, send it to [dear.upshot@nytimes.com](mailto:dear.upshot@nytimes.com?subject=Upshot%20Newsletter%20Feedback). Weekly Highlights [Are You a Democratic Socialist? Take This Quiz]( By MAGGIE ASTOR Democratic socialists have been one of the breakout groups of the 2018 election season, but many voters don’t know what exactly they stand for. Do you? [Republicans Opposing Trump on Trade Face Election Quandary]( By JIM TANKERSLEY AND BEN CASSELMAN Many party leaders in Washington like tax cuts but dislike tariffs. Few Americans share that combination of views. In Case You Missed It ... [Elmo, in puppet form at a Jim Henson exhibit at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, N.Y., looms large in many people’s childhoods. Is his image enough to make children choose an apple instead of a cookie?]( Cole Wilson for The New York Times The New Health Care [Cornell Professor Steps Down. Here’s Our Story Last Year on His Research.]( By AARON E. CARROLL Getting people to eat better is difficult. So is doing research about it, which is why skepticism is important.  [Midterm Election Poll: California’s 49th District, Harkey vs. Levin]( Since 2000, the seat has been held by Darrell Issa, who is retiring. His rough-edged partisanship was growing out of sync with this affluent, increasingly moderate district. LIKE THIS EMAIL? Forward it to your friends, and let them know they can sign up [here.]( ADVERTISEMENT FOLLOW UPSHOT [Facebook] [FACEBOOK]( [Twitter] [@UpshotNYT]( Get more [NYTimes.com newsletters »]( | Get unlimited access to NYTimes.com and our NYTimes apps. [Subscribe »]( ABOUT THIS EMAIL You received this message because you signed up for NYTimes.com's The Upshot newsletter. [Unsubscribe]( | [Manage Subscriptions]( | [Change Your Email]( | [Privacy Policy]( | [Contact]( | [Advertise]( Copyright 2018 The New York Times Company 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018