Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia is one of 10 Democrats defending a Senate seat in a state President Trump won in 2016. The FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast team sizes up the Republicans hoping to challenge him this fall and debates how worried he should be. The crew also engages some hypotheticals in a new round […]
Alabama may have just elected its first Democratic senator in 25 years, but the legislators in the chamber who feel most emboldened may sit on the Republican side of the aisle. By narrowing the Republican majority, Doug Jones’s arrival further empowers Republicans who are willing to break with the party to kill or force changes […]
Over the weekend, President Trump repeatedly targeted the NFL, calling on owners to fire or suspend players for protesting during the national anthem and telling his supporters to boycott the league. The FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast crew assesses the motivations and repercussions for Trump, after owners and players alike responded negatively. FiveThirtyEight’s Kyle Wagner also joins […]
Perry Bacon Jr. 3:05 PM Republicans Admit Defeat On Graham-Cassidy. What Comes Next? Well, that’s that for Graham-Cassidy (and this live blog). Graham-Cassidy failed for the same reasons the various other Obamacare repeals have: It was too conservative for senators like Maine’s Susan Collins, insufficiently conservative for people like Kentucky’s Rand Paul and written in […]
This week, the U.S. Trademark and Patent Office canceled the Washington Redskins’ trademark. Putting aside the moral implications of the ruling, some in media have suggested there’s an electoral angle that could benefit Democrats, who have generally been more outspoken about the issue than Republicans. (Of course, it’s possible that Democrats have been more vocal not for political […]