[ad_1] In Part 1 of this week’s FiveThirtyEight Politics Podcast, it’s another GUOP/BUOP where the crew ask whether a survey of Republican National Committee members was a good or bad use of polling. [ad_2]

[ad_1] In Part 2 of this week’s FiveThirtyEight Politics Podcast, the crew looks at how the Democratic Party’s effort to rearrange its presidential primary calendar is going and discusses the impact this resorting could have on candidate selection. [ad_2]

[ad_1] In Part 3 of this week’s FiveThirtyEight Politics Podcast, the crew look ahead to the gubernatorial, legislative, mayoral and judicial races they are watching for in 2023. [ad_2]

[ad_1] Although much of our elections-related attention is already trained on 2024, there are consequential elections happening this very calendar year. In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew discusses the gubernatorial, legislative, mayoral and judicial races to watch in 2023. They also look at how the Democratic Party’s effort to rearrange its…

[ad_1] Sean Rayford / Getty Images Despite objections from leaders and state party officials in Georgia and New Hampshire, a Democratic National Committee panel voted on Wednesday to move forward with President Biden’s plan to drastically revamp the party’s 2024 presidential primary process. Biden wants to remove Iowa’s caucus as the leadoff in the nominating…

[ad_1] As many Republican-led states ban abortion, states controlled by Democrats could expand access after fetal viability. Steve Karnowski / AP Photo You hear people say the term “third rail” all the time in politics, usually in reference to an issue that is too volatile — too charged — to touch. For decades, abortion later…

[ad_1] PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY FIVETHIRTYEIGHT / GETTY IMAGES Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. At some point last year — maybe around when my child woke up wailing at 4 a.m. for the thousandth time — I gave up wondering when I would stop being so tired. For parents of young children, “tired” isn’t…

[ad_1] In his new book “Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America,” Washington Post national columnist Philip Bump argues that many of the fissures that the country is facing today — politically, economically, culturally — have to do with the Baby Boomers getting old. In this installment…

[ad_1] In his new book “Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America,” Washington Post national columnist Philip Bump argues that many of the fissures that the country is facing today — politically, economically, culturally — have to do with the Baby Boomers getting old. In this installment…

[ad_1] House Speaker Kevin McCarthy won the gavel after 15 rounds of voting. Elizabeth Frantz / For The Washington Post via Getty Images The election for speaker of the House may have gripped Washington, D.C., for almost a week earlier this month, but the rest of the country apparently reacted with a big fat shrug.…