Galen Druke
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Politics Podcast: This Is The Best Pollster In America
Polling had its most accurate election cycle in at least 25 years in 2022. That may come as a surprise to election watchers who suggested that the polls had a n… → Read More
Politics Podcast: Few Americans Think AI Will Do More Good Than Harm
In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, Galen Druke and Nate Silver open up the mailbag and answer listener questions about politics and po… → Read More
Could Biden Be Vulnerable In A Primary?
In part 1 of this week’s FiveThirtyEight Politics Podcast, the crew discusses author Marianne Williamson’s official bid in the 2024 Democratic primary. With mul… → Read More
Politics Podcast: The Poll That Ended Dilbert
Author Marianne Williamson officially entered the 2024 Democratic presidential primary on Saturday. President Biden has yet to announce his reelection campaign,… → Read More
How The Federal Reserve Is The Shadow Branch Of The Government
American government is designed to have components that are not directly accountable to the public. The Supreme Court is probably the most recognizable example,… → Read More
Why Original Predictions About The War In Ukraine Were So Off
To mark a year since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Galen Druke brings back two experts who first joined the podcast when the war began. Samuel Charap… → Read More
Politics Podcast: Some Republicans Are Souring On Aid To Ukraine
It’s a busy week! In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew looks at what Americans think about aid to Ukraine one year on, how the … → Read More
Politics Podcast: Could Nikki Haley Actually Win The GOP Nomination?
This week Nikki Haley became the first major candidate to challenge former President Donald Trump in the 2024 Republican presidential primary. She is a former s… → Read More
Will GOP Elites Rally Around A Trump Alternative In 2024?
In Part 3 of this week’s FiveThirtyEight Politics Podcast, the crew wonders whether the Republican Party can coalesce around an alternative to former President Donald Trump for the 2024 elections. → Read More
Politics Podcast: Biden’s Second State Of The Union Was His First Campaign Speech
President Biden delivered his second State of the Union address on Tuesday to a newly divided Congress. It was his first big national speech since the midterms … → Read More
The Model Always Had Its Doubts About The Red Wave
In this installment of “Model Talk” on the FiveThirtyEight Politics Podcast, Nate and Galen discuss a recently published assessment of how our 2022 midterm forecast performed. How did the polling averages and seat-gain projections compare with the actual results? If we said there was a 70 percent chance a candidate would win a race, did that actually happen 70 percent of the time? → Read More
Politics Podcast: How Our 2022 Forecasts Actually Did
In this installment of “Model Talk” on the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, Nate and Galen discuss a recently published assessment of how our 2022 midterm fore… → Read More
Politics Podcast: Baby Boomers’ Strength Was In Their Numbers. That’s Changing.
In his new book “Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America,” Washington Post national columnist Philip Bump argues that many … → Read More
Politics Podcast: What The Debt Ceiling And George Santos’s Career Have In Common
Last week showed the diversity of challenges House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will be faced with as the leader of a five-seat Republican majority — from what to do … → Read More
California’s Senate Primary Is Going To Be A Doozy
Over the weekend, the White House announced that five more classified documents from the Obama administration were found at President Biden’s Delaware home. In … → Read More
Politics Podcast: Why Gas Stoves Became A Casualty In The Culture War
Over the weekend, the White House announced that five more classified documents from the Obama administration were found at President Biden’s Delaware home. In … → Read More
Politics Podcast: What The Speakership Vote Tells Us About The GOP
Last week, internal Republican Party divisions spilled onto the floor of the House of Representatives in a way rarely publicly seen in Washington. In this insta… → Read More
Politics Podcast: The Politics Of Prosecuting Trump
As the House Select Committee for Jan. 6 publishes its final report, the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast crew considers what the committee’s impact has been on… → Read More
Politics Podcast: What I Learned From The 2022 Midterms
In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, editor Chadwick Matlin turns the tables on Galen Druke and asks him questions about what he’s learn… → Read More
How Republicans Won The Majority Of Latino Voters In Florida
As the broader electorate shifted left in 2020, compared to 2016, Latino voters shifted 8 percentage points to the right. It was the biggest shift of any demogr… → Read More