[ad_1] Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited. nrakich (Nathaniel Rakich, senior elections analyst): It’s a close call, but perhaps the most ineffectual campaign in the 2024 Republican presidential primary has been Mike Pence’s. Despite all the advantages that come with being a former vice president, his campaign has stagnated…

[ad_1] On Tuesday, Ohio voters rejected a Republican-backed measure that would have made it more difficult to pass abortion protections. (AP Photo / Jay LaPrete) Abortion rights in Ohio passed their first test on Tuesday. But the final exam could still be a challenge. By a margin of 57 percent to 43 percent, Ohio voters…

[ad_1] Republican Gov. Tate Reeves of Mississippi has just a +6-point net job approval rating. AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis It may be the dog days of August, but elections never sleep. Today in Mississippi, voters head to the polls to pick their nominees for state and legislative offices, including governor and lieutenant governor. And Ohioans…

[ad_1] Tuesday is Election Day in Ohio and it’s a bit of an unusual one. Ohioans are voting on whether to increase the threshold to pass constitutional amendments from a simple majority to a 60 percent supermajority. In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, Galen Druke speaks with senior elections analyst Nathaniel Rakich about…

[ad_1] Tuesday is Election Day in Ohio and it’s a bit of an unusual one. Ohioans are voting on whether to increase the threshold to pass constitutional amendments from a simple majority to a 60 percent supermajority. In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, Galen Druke speaks with senior elections analyst Nathaniel Rakich about…

[ad_1] Ohioans will vote Tuesday on whether amendments to the state constitution should require at least 60 percent of the vote to pass. Advocates and opponents both see the election as crucial to the fate of an abortion-rights amendment that will go before voters in November. AP Photo / Patrick Orsagos The campaign over Issue…

[ad_1] Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is running for president as a Democrat, but his favorability ratings are much higher among Republicans. Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images A certain presidential candidate has been very popular lately. He appeared on Joe Rogan’s podcast. House Republicans invited him to testify before Congress on censorship. Florida Gov. Ron…

[ad_1] Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited. nrakich (Nathaniel Rakich, senior elections analyst): Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you probably know by now that federal prosecutors indicted former President Donald Trump on Tuesday in connection with his actions to overturn the 2020 election. He has been charged…

[ad_1] Did former President Donald Trump conspire to defraud the United States, conspire to obstruct an official proceeding, actually obstruct that preceding and conspire to willfully deprive American citizens of their right to vote? Those will now be questions for a federal jury after a grand jury indicted the former president on four felony charges…

[ad_1] Did former President Donald Trump conspire to defraud the United States, conspire to obstruct an official proceeding, actually obstruct that preceding and conspire to willfully deprive American citizens of their right to vote? Those will now be questions for a federal jury after a grand jury indicted the former president on four felony charges…