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Toggling between red and blue Facebook to take the nation’s political temperature? There’s a better way.

President Donald Trump in the White House next to a portrait of Hillary Clinton on Tuesday in Washington.

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Anthony Salvanto, CBS News’ elections director, explains the CBS Nation Tracker poll and why it’s different from the surveys that tell you if you’re a Jessa.

In the Spiel, can you trust the job numbers?

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