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Will Chicago Politics Move Right In 2023?
[ad_1] Galen Druke is FiveThirtyEight’s podcast producer and reporter. @galendruke Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux is a senior reporter for FiveThirtyEight. @ameliatd Nathaniel Rakich is a senior elections analyst at FiveThirtyEight. @baseballot Geoffrey Skelley is a senior elections analyst at FiveThirtyEight. @geoffreyvs [ad_2]
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Politics Podcast: Why Tuesday Is The Highest Stakes Election Day Of 2023
[ad_1] The FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast crew previews a big week ahead in politics. Former President Donald Trump is expected to be arraigned in Manhattan on Tuesday, following last week’s indictment. Also on Tuesday, voters will head to the polls to decide the balance of power on the Wisconsin Supreme Court and the next mayor of…
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Who Is Asa Hutchinson, The Newest GOP Candidate For President?
[ad_1] Transcript Narrator: Asa Hutchinson, the former governor of Arkansas, just announced that he’s running for president in 2024. He’s a Republican with a long history in politics. But he has less name recognition than some of the other potential Republican hopefuls. To learn more about him, I spoke with Monica Potts, a senior politics…
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What You Need To Know About The Wisconsin And Chicago Elections
[ad_1] After none of the nine candidates who ran in Chicago’s mayoral election in February received a majority of the vote, the country’s third-largest city will elect its next mayor in a runoff election tomorrow. Jacek Boczarski / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Although there are some other newsworthy events taking place that day, Tuesday…
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Congress Today Is Older Than It’s Ever Been
[ad_1] Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, who was born in 1933 and is part of the Silent Generation, is the longest-serving active senator in the chamber (though unlike Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a baby boomer, he uses a smartphone.) Caroline Brehman / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Older members of Congress are notorious for…
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Why Are There So Many Boomers In Congress?
[ad_1] Transcript Geoffrey Skelley: Congress is old. In fact, it’s gotten steadily older over the past few decades. In 1981, the median age was about 49 for a representative and about 52 for a senator. In 2023, those numbers are 58 and 65! And this has major implications for the issues the legislature cares about.…
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Emergency Politics Podcast: Trump Is Indicted
[ad_1] In this emergency installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew reacts to news that former President Donald Trump was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury in a case involving hush money payments to porn actor Stormy Daniels. They discuss the possible political implications and what will come next in the case. You can…
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Will Trump’s Indictment Matter In 2024?
[ad_1] In this emergency installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew reacts to news that former President Donald Trump was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury in a case involving hush money payments to porn actor Stormy Daniels. They discuss the possible political implications and what will come next in the case. [ad_2]
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How Trump’s Indictment Could Affect The 2024 Election
[ad_1] Brandon Bell / Getty Images On Thursday, a Manhattan grand jury voted to indict former President Donald Trump, making him the first president in U.S. history to be indicted. As of now, though, we still have many questions — including how this bombshell will affect his campaign to regain the presidency in 2024. Since…
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Congress Is Trying To Ban TikTok. Younger Americans Don’t Like That.
[ad_1] PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY FIVETHIRTYEIGHT / GETTY IMAGES Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. The latest trend taking Congress by storm? A nationwide TikTok ban. A congressional hearing went viral last week, as lawmakers from both parties grilled TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew for five hours over a range of issues, from how the…