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15 Percent Is Not A Magic Number For Primary Delegates

If you hear the phrase “delegate math” and remember 2016, you might have some nightmares. That’s because Republicans, who briefly kinda sorta looked like they might have a contested convention, have incredibly complicated delegate-allocation rules. Some states were winner-take-all in the GOP primaries. Some were proportional. Some states didn’t even really vote at all (!) […]

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Oprah 2020?

Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s weekly politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited. micah (Micah Cohen, politics editor): Today’s topic: OPRAH!!! Ever since Oprah’s speech at the Golden Globes on Sunday night, the political world has been in a frenzy about the possibility that Oprah might run for president in 2020. That includes President Trump […]

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Politics Podcast: Which Democrats Will Run In 2020?

Democratic politicians are already positioning themselves for the 2020 presidential election. Who does the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast crew think will actually run and do well? It’s the holiday season, so we had a little fun on this week’s show: We held a 2020 Democratic primary draft. You can listen to the episode by clicking the […]

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How Will Sexual Misconduct Allegations Reshape The 2020 Election?

Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s weekly politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited. micah (Micah Cohen, politics editor): Welcome, friends! I hope everyone had a thankful Thanksgiving! 🦃 harry (Harry Enten, senior political writer): I had turkey. I wish I had duck. clare.malone (Clare Malone, senior political writer): “#sex-misconduct-2020” — what a name for a […]

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