Elections Everywhere All At Once
It’s been a newsy week for elections here at home and across the pond. On Wednesday, in her first public appearance since dropping out of the Republican primary, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley sai...
23 Maj 202435min
Campaign Throwback: 'The Beer Question'
This is the third installment of the 538 Politics podcast mini-series, “Campaign Throwback.” Across three episodes, we're taking a look back at campaign tropes from past elections such as, “it’s the e...
22 Maj 202423min
Are Americans Tuning Out The 2024 Election?
It’s no secret that we are headed toward a presidential election that many Americans said they didn’t want. Somewhere in the range of 20 percent of Americans have an unfavorable view of both former Pr...
20 Maj 202436min
Why Voters Are Worried About Democracy, In Their Own Words
Concerns about democracy are central to the 2024 election. Late last year, Gallup recorded a record low number of Americans who said they are satisfied with the way democracy is working. And in the la...
16 Maj 202438min
Campaign Throwback: 'Soccer Moms'
This is the second installment of the 538 Politics podcast mini-series, “Campaign Throwback.” Across three episodes, we're taking a look back at campaign tropes from past elections such as, “it’s the ...
15 Maj 202427min
The Sun Belt Shifts Away From Biden
Three months ago, as the presidential primaries were getting underway, President Joe Biden was trailing former President Donald Trump in the polls nationally and in battleground states, and concerns a...
13 Maj 202441min
Are We Smarter Than The Betting Markets?
Six months out, how does the conventional wisdom about the 2024 election compare with how we are thinking about the numbers here at 538? Are election watchers thinking in a clear-eyed way about an ele...
9 Maj 202429min
Campaign Throwback: 'The Economy, Stupid'
This is the first installment of the 538 Politics podcast mini-series, “Campaign Throwback.” Across three episodes, we're taking a look back at campaign tropes from past elections such as, “it’s the e...
8 Maj 202423min
