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Past articles by Micah:

2021 Elections: Live Updates And Results

Our friends at the ABC News Decision Desk are now characterizing Youngkin as “leading in the Virginia governor’s race.” → Read More

What Americans Think About Ending The War In Afghanistan

In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics Podcast, the crew assesses public opinion on the war in Afghanistan and the Biden Administration’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops as the crisis in the region escalates. They also discuss the new district-level 2020 Census results released last week and how these trends will set the stage for redistricting debates. → Read More

The Mysterious Case Of 2020’s Polling Error

In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew looks back at the record number of Democrats who ran for president in 2020 and assesses where they are now. They also review a new report from the American Association for Public Opinion Research on why election polls were historically off in 2020. → Read More

Can’t Wait For The Midterms? Here’s What To Pay Attention To Until 2022.

In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew discusses which indicators are worth watching to get a sense for how the parties will perf… → Read More

How Racial Justice Protests Have Become The Contemporary Culture War

In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, history professor Yohuru Williams speaks with Galen Druke about how the protest movement sparked by George Floyd’s murder compares with past social justice movements. Micah Cohen and Kaleigh Rogers also join to talk about why Republicans are not backing a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. → Read More

Politics Podcast: Why Republicans Didn’t Back The Jan. 6 Commission

Tuesday marks one year since Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd. In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, histor… → Read More

If Liz Cheney Doesn’t Have A Home In The GOP, Who Does?

In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew plays a trivia game to figure out what role Republicans like Rep. Liz Cheney will have in … → Read More

What Florida’s New Voting Law Signifies About The GOP’s Larger Motivations

What role do Liz Cheney-type Republicans have to play in the future of the GOP (if any)? And what does Florida’s new voting law tell us about the GOP’s efforts … → Read More

Why House Democrats Probably Won’t Pass Their Reparations Bill

In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight politics podcast, the crew talks about the politics of reparations for slavery after a Democratic proposal in the House advanced out of committee for the first time since it was first introduced in Congress in 1989. They also discuss the appeal of celebrity candidates and what it tells us about our politics. → Read More

Politics Podcast: Celebrity Candidates Are Here To Stay

The idea of the celebrity politician isn’t going away just because former President Trump is out of office. Caitlyn Jenner says she’s in the process of deciding… → Read More

The Longer Democrats Debate Their Infrastructure Plan, The Less Popular It Could Become

In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew discusses the potential sticking points of the Biden administration’s infrastructure plan and debates whether to consider it a bipartisan initiative, given that many Republican voters support it but Republican lawmakers do not. The team also looks at how the Republican Party has reacted after its recent electoral losses. → Read More

CPAC And The Broader Republican Party Agree: It’s Trump’s Party For Now.

In this episode of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew looks to the past weekend’s Conservative Political Action Conference for indications of where … → Read More

Politics Podcast: What Will Democrats Do When Their Agenda Hits A Roadblock?

The Senate parliamentarian ruled on Thursday that Democrats could not raise the federal minimum wage using the reconciliation process, effectively meaning Democ… → Read More

Inauguration Of Joe Biden: Live Updates

This is crazy and embarrassing to say, but the @POTUS Twitter handle looks to have been transferred to Biden, and that somehow feels like a big deal? → Read More

Politics Podcast: Did Trump Change The Rules Of Politics?

This is the final FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast episode of the Trump presidency. The crew, joined by ABC News White House Correspondent Karen Travers, discus… → Read More

Live Updates: Unrest In Washington And The Electoral Vote Certification

Mitt Romney just got a big round of applause for saying that the best way to honor voters who are upset that Trump lost and think the election was stolen is to … → Read More

Live Updates: Unrest In Washington And The Electoral Vote Certification

Meawhile, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram have all locked Trump’s accounts. → Read More

We’re Pausing For Now

Congress had to halt its counting of electoral votes on Wednesday after a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol. It was a stunning, scary and tragic day. … → Read More

Updating: The Latest From Washington — And Georgia

Trump is now going through a series of debunked and/or nonsensical claims of vote fraud. → Read More

Updating: The Latest From Washington — And Georgia

If you’re curious, Trump has not yet appeared at the rally in front of the White House, but “Macho Man” is playing. → Read More