How The Pandemic Is Already Affecting The Election
On this episode of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, we analyze data showing that the number of people registering to vote has fallen off a cliff during the coronavirus pandemic and discuss what...
View ArticleFiveThirtyEight Debate Club: What’s The Correct Way To Organize Your Bookshelf?
It’s time for another installment of FiveThirtyEight Debate Club! It turns out, our staffers have very strong opinions on books — how many books one should own, what kinds of books, and most...
View ArticleIf Texas Is Competitive, Trump Has Problems
In this week’s FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the team looks at new polling that clarifies the presidential race in battleground states.
View ArticleHow Trump Could Improve His Electoral Odds
In this week’s FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the team considers various strategies that President Trump and Republicans could use to improve their electoral prospects this fall — ranging from a new...
View ArticleDr. Fauci On How The U.S. Is Doing And The Timeline For A COVID-19 Vaccine
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, talks to PODCAST-19 host Anna Rothschild about political partisanship, how America’s response to COVID-19...
View ArticleAre Supreme Court Justices Influenced By Public Opinion?
In this week’s FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, FiveThirtyEight senior writer Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux joins Galen Druke to look back at a U.S. Supreme Court term full of consequential cases.
View ArticleConfidence Interval: Could Trump Win If He Replaces Pence?
Welcome to another episode of Confidence Interval, where we make a persuasive case for a hot take … and then reveal how confident we really feel about the idea. This time, elections analyst Geoffrey...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Deaths Are Increasing. Americans Disagree With Trump On What To Do...
In this week’s FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew discusses whether Americans and politicians agree on how to respond to the recent surge in coronavirus cases. They also question what some...
View ArticleWhite Democrats Want To Reduce Racial Inequalities … Until They Don’t
On this FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, Perry Bacon Jr. and political science professor Meredith Conroy join Galen Druke to discuss what we know about public opinion on policies aimed at ending...
View ArticleSecret Trump Voters Didn’t Decide 2016 And Probably Won’t Swing 2020
A recent poll showed that the majority of Pennsylvanians think people in their community secretly support President Trump. In this week’s FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew explains why that is...
View ArticleHow A 60-Year-Old Drug Became Our Best Hope For Saving People With COVID-19
Animation by Donald Pearsall Dexamethasone, a steroid that appears promising for COVID-19 patients, has a long and storied history in medicine. We talk with experts about its many uses, and explore how...
View ArticleConfidence Interval: Democrats Could Win 60 Seats In The Senate
Welcome to another episode of Confidence Interval, where we make a persuasive case for a hot take … and then reveal how confident we really feel about the idea. This time, elections analyst Nathaniel...
View ArticleHow Biden’s VP Pick Could Shape Perceptions Of The Ticket Overall
In this week’s FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew discusses the upsides and downsides of Joe Biden’s choices for a running mate. They also talk about the protests in Portland and President...
View ArticleConfidence Interval: Biden Will Choose Kamala Harris As His VP?
Welcome to another episode of Confidence Interval, where we make a persuasive case for a hot take … and then reveal how confident we really feel about the idea. This time, elections analyst Nathaniel...
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A Republican Congressman Who Might Not Vote For Trump
For this week’s episode of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, we interviewed Rep. Will Hurd of Texas’s 23rd Congressional District. And as you’ll hear in the podcast and read in selected excerpts...
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