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Nate Silver and the FiveThirtyEight team cover the latest in politics, tracking the issues and "game-changers" every week.

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2022
All The Political News You Missed Last Week
The crew discusses Congress's recent slew of legislation and whether that trend will continue with the new "Inflation Reduction Act." They also ask whether the US is in a recession, whether Andrew Yang's third party will succeed and how the DOJ's Jan. 6th investigation is affecting former President Trump.
August 1, 2022
73 min
The Polls And Pundits Disagree (Again)
In this installment of "Model Talk," Nate Silver and Galen Druke discuss what to make of the divergence between the conventional wisdom that Republicans will do very well in the midterms and polling showing Democrats leading in numerous competitive Senate races. They also touch on the health of the polling industry and how much Biden's success in a potential 2024 primary hangs on Democrats' performance at the midterms.
July 25, 2022
66 min
Americans Aren’t Happy With Biden. Or Republicans.
Nate Cohn, the chief political analyst at The New York Times, joins the crew to discuss the results of the latest Times/Siena College midterm polling. They also consider whether a poll that asks Americans if they think the U.S. is currently in a recession is a "good or bad use of polling."
July 19, 2022
68 min
Will Democrats Continue To Win In Georgia In 2022?
In the 2020 election cycle, Georgia found itself at the center of the American political universe. Georgians handed control of the Senate to Democrats in a pair of dramatic runoffs and voted for a Democrat for president for the first time in 28 years. Reporter Greg Bluestein explains how it happened in his new book, “Flipped: How Georgia Turned Purple and Broke the Monopoly on Republican Power,” and discusses with Galen what it means for 2022 and beyond.
July 14, 2022
54 min
The Supreme Court Episode
With the data from the most recent term in hand, the crew discusses how far to the right the Supreme Court has gone. They also break down what that means for future cases and what it means for the legitimacy of the court overall.
July 11, 2022
70 min
Does DeSantis's Strength Spell Trouble For Trump?
The crew plays an Independence Day-inspired statistics game and discusses how the most recent Jan. 6 hearing could affect how Americans view former President Donald Trump. They also analyze a new poll from the University of New Hampshire that shows the state’s likely GOP primary voters favoring Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over Trump for the 2024 GOP presidential primary.
July 5, 2022
57 min
The 2022 Forecast Is Live And ‘Model Talk’ Returns!
The FiveThirtyEight 2022 midterms forecast is live, and it shows that Republicans are strong favorites to win the House while the Senate is a toss up between the two parties. In the first "Model Talk" episode of the 2022 midterms cycle, Nate Silver and Galen Druke discuss the factors behind that forecast.
June 30, 2022
41 min
What The Politics Of Abortion Look Like Now
The crew discusses the political fallout from the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. They also analyze the court's other recent rulings on gun restrictions and school prayer and preview some of Tuesday's biggest primary elections.
June 28, 2022
69 min

About the podcast FiveThirtyEight Politics

Nate Silver and the FiveThirtyEight team cover the latest in politics, tracking the issues and "game-changers" every week.

FiveThirtyEight Politics

About the podcast FiveThirtyEight Politics

Categories

All The Political News You Missed Last Week

The Polls And Pundits Disagree (Again)

Americans Aren’t Happy With Biden. Or Republicans.

Will Democrats Continue To Win In Georgia In 2022?

The Supreme Court Episode

Does DeSantis's Strength Spell Trouble For Trump?

The 2022 Forecast Is Live And ‘Model Talk’ Returns!

What The Politics Of Abortion Look Like Now

About the podcast FiveThirtyEight Politics

Categories