In this week’s FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the team discusses comments former Vice President Joe Biden made during a conversation about black voters. The crew also talks through the findings of a new study about white working class voters in the 2016 election. Powered by WPeMatico
By Galen Druke, Clare Malone, Micah Cohen and Nate Silver, Galen Druke, Clare Malone, Micah Cohen and Nate Silver, Galen Druke, Clare Malone, Micah Cohen and Nate Silver and Galen Druke, Clare Malone, Micah Cohen and Nate Silver More: Apple Podcasts | ESPN App | RSS | Embed Embed Code <iframe frameborder=”0″ width=”100%” height=”180″ style=”margin:20px auto 25px;max-width:600px;” scrolling=”no” src=”https://fivethirtyeight.com/player/politics/29225473/”></iframe> This installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast keys in on the presumptive presidential nominees’ relationships with important parts of their…
Looking ahead to November, the presidential race could decide more than just who the next president is. It could also determine which party controls the Senate or House or even a state’s legislature. And that’s because of something political science calls the “coattail effect,” which is when the popularity of a candidate at the top of the ticket — we’re most interested in presidential coattails — boosts the fortunes of candidates from the same party lower down on the ballot….
Last week, President Trump fired off an angry tweet attacking Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, for expanding access to mail voting amid the COVID-19 pandemic: Michigan sends absentee ballot applications to 7.7 million people ahead of Primaries and the General Election. This was done illegally and without authorization by a rogue Secretary of State. I will ask to hold up funding to Michigan if they want to go down this Voter Fraud path! — Donald J. Trump…
Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s weekly politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited. sarah (Sarah Frostenson, politics editor): Former Vice President Joe Biden’s team is talking a big game about an expanded electoral map with Arizona, Georgia and Texas in play, even though those states haven’t voted for a Democratic presidential nominee in two decades. So let’s talk about just how feasible this strategy is. How competitive are those three states at this point? And what’s more, how does this…
Mr. Johnson was a military pilot who spent years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam before serving more than two decades representing a Dallas-area district in Congress. Powered by WPeMatico
International workers will no longer be able to keep a watchful eye on the nuclear programs, risking a layer of security that had sought to ensure Iran could not secretly violate a 2015 deal with world powers. Powered by WPeMatico
The former presidential candidate on lessons from the pandemic, his next moves and why Joe Biden needs Latino voters. Powered by WPeMatico
Like many areas around the country, Washington and its suburbs are embracing positive momentum in data on infections to push ahead. Powered by WPeMatico
The former deputy attorney general was a key part of the investigation. The hearing will also give Trump allies a prominent platform to attack it. Powered by WPeMatico