FiveThirtyEight Politics
Nate Silver and the FiveThirtyEight team cover the latest in politics, tracking the issues and "game-changers" every week.
What We're Putting In Our 2024 Time Capsule
What would you save to remember 2024 in politics? In the second part of our end-of-year series on the...
EscucharOur 2024 Superlatives
How do you measure a year? In votes cast? Money spent? Or in “seasons of love”? On this end-of-2024...
EscucharWhat Happens To Trump's Legal Cases Now?
Earlier this year, as President-elect Donald Trump mounted his campaign to return to the presidency,...
EscucharA Topsy-Turvy Week In Review
What even happened last week?! On this episode of the 538 Politics podcast, the crew catches Galen up...
EscucharYour Post-Election Questions, Answered
In this post-election mailbag episode, the crew tackles your burning questions about the 2024 election....
EscucharThe 2026 Midterms Are Only 701 Days Away
Galen is out today, so 538’s Nathaniel Rakich steps in to guide the crew through the numbers. They...
EscucharVoters Lose Their Appetite For Incumbents
In this Thanksgiving week installment of the 538 Politics podcast, the crew sits down for a three-course...
EscucharHow The Polls Did In 2024
Election Day was a moment of truth for pollsters. After high-profile misses in 2016 and 2020, and with...
EscucharWhat Americans Expect From Trump's Second Term
We are beginning to get a clearer view of what a second Trump administration might look like. President-elect...
EscucharA 'Realignment' Among Latino Voters
Latino voters made a big jump to the right this election cycle. While the numbers aren’t final, AP...
EscucharThe Best And Worst Post-Election Hot Takes
Since Election Day, there’s been no shortage of hot takes explaining what happened and what it all...
EscucharDonald Trump Wins The Presidency
In this late-night, election-night edition of the 538 Politics podcast, the crew reacts to the results...
EscucharAn Hour-By-Hour Guide To Election Night
At long last, Election Day is upon us. In this final pre-results episode, the crew shares a guide for...
EscucharThe Pollercoaster Takes A Final Plunge
Polls were coming in hot and heavy over the weekend! In fact, 164 surveys were entered into the 538...
EscucharGalen’s Cauldron Of Queries
It’s not just election season; it’s spooky season, too. In this Halloween installment of the 538...
EscucharWill 2024 Be A Disputed Election?
Looking back on the 2020 election, the time between Election Day and Inauguration Day stands out as...
EscucharDo Voters Care About Democracy?
Last week, John Kelly, former President Donald Trump’s longest-serving chief of staff, said Trump...
EscucharThe Most Valuable Data Point
We are awash in data. As Election Day draws near, and new polls continue to pile up, our information...
EscucharHow the Diploma Divide Took Over Our Politics
For decades, Republicans were thought of as the country club set, while Democrats were the party of...
EscucharA New Kind Of Undecided Voter
With Election Day just two weeks away, Republicans and Democrats are zeroing in on undecided voters....
EscucharA 538 Election Road Trip
We talk plenty about the presidential race on the 538 Politics podcast, but of course, that is not the...
EscucharWeighting For Election Day
With three weeks until Election Day, the 538 crew analyzes the state of what remains an extremely close...
EscucharThe Battle For The Airwaves
For those in swing states, political ads are an inescapable part of life. But if you haven’t experienced...
EscucharBeneath A Steady Race, A Shifting America
There is officially less than a month until Election Day. In this installment of the 538 Politics podcast,...
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