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California’s Senate Primary Is Going To Be A Doozy
[ad_1] Over the weekend, the White House announced that five more classified documents from the Obama administration were found at President Biden’s Delaware home. In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew asks whether comparisons to former President Donald Trump’s own classified document scandal are apt. They discuss why gas stoves became such…
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Politics Podcast: Why Gas Stoves Became A Casualty In The Culture War
[ad_1] Over the weekend, the White House announced that five more classified documents from the Obama administration were found at President Biden’s Delaware home. In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew asks whether comparisons to former President Donald Trump’s own classified document scandal are apt. They discuss why gas stoves became such…
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Do You Buy That … GOP Investigations Effectively Hurt Biden’s Chances In 2024?
[ad_1] Nate Silver breaks down how GOP investigations impact President Joe Biden’s chances of winning in 2024 on “This Week.” [ad_2]
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One Major Concession From The Speaker Election Isn’t As Major As It Seems
[ad_1] Andrew Harrer / Bloomberg via Getty Images As now-Speaker Kevin McCarthy was frantically striking deals in Congress to secure him the speakership earlier this month, his allies at the Congressional Leadership Fund promised something that, on its face, seemed like a big concession. The political action committee promised not to spend money for any…
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How Americans’ Support For Aiding Ukraine Has Evolved
[ad_1] PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY FIVETHIRTYEIGHT / GETTY IMAGES Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. Last Friday, in collaboration with European allies, President Biden announced a new $3 billion military assistance package to Ukraine, the latest in what has been a steady stream of American military, economic and humanitarian assistance since Russia invaded. The aid…
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What Will New Leadership In Congress Mean For Democrats?
[ad_1] New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries is the first Black politician to lead any major party in Congress. Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images House Democrats officially elected New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries to be their leader this past weekend, coalescing around a fresher face as the new Republican majority took control.…
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DeSantis Is Polling Well Against Trump — As Long As No One Else Runs
[ad_1] PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY EMILY SCHERER / GETTY IMAGES I’m not happy about it, and you’re not happy about it, but it’s time to talk about polls of the 2024 Republican presidential primary. We’re still (probably) more than a year away from the Iowa caucuses, yet pollsters have already asked about the Republican primary at…
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Kevin McCarthy Is Speaker, But He’s Got A Tough Job Ahead
[ad_1] Last week, internal Republican Party divisions spilled onto the floor of the House of Representatives in a way rarely publicly seen in Washington. In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew looks at why it took 15 votes to get Rep. Kevin McCarthy elected House Speaker and what that process says about…
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Politics Podcast: What The Speakership Vote Tells Us About The GOP
[ad_1] Last week, internal Republican Party divisions spilled onto the floor of the House of Representatives in a way rarely publicly seen in Washington. In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew looks at why it took 15 votes to get Rep. Kevin McCarthy elected House Speaker and what that process says about…
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Rents Are Still Higher Than Before The Pandemic — And Assistance Programs Are Drying Up
[ad_1] Cleveland is one of the poorest cities in the country. It’s far from the expensive coastal cities like New York City and San Francisco, where astronomically high rents are common. Cleveland doesn’t fit the stereotype of a city people want to move to; in fact, it has been losing population since the 1950s. But…