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Latest episode: Wed Nov 06 2024
The 538 team covers the latest in politics, tracking the issues and "game-changers" every week.
200 total episodes
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- Nov6Donald Trump Wins The Presidency35mins
- Nov5An Hour-By-Hour Guide To Election Night43mins
- Nov4The Pollercoaster Takes A Final Plunge41mins
- Oct31Galen’s Cauldron Of Queries40mins
- Oct30Will 2024 Be A Disputed Election?36mins
- Oct28Do Voters Care About Democracy?36mins
- Oct24The Most Valuable Data Point33mins
- Oct23How the Diploma Divide Took Over Our Politics41mins
- Oct21A New Kind Of Undecided Voter39mins
- Oct17A 538 Election Road Trip45mins
- Oct14Weighting For Election Day35mins
- Oct10The Battle For The Airwaves48mins
- Oct7Beneath A Steady Race, A Shifting America39mins
- Oct2Vance Performed Well In VP Debate. Will It Matter?28mins
- Sep30In A Topsy-Turvy World, The Candidates Stick To These Three Issues43mins
- Sep26How To Read Polls In 202444mins
- Sep23Is Trump Losing His Electoral College Advantage?41mins
- Sep19Has Harris Changed The Election For Black Voters?42mins
- Sep16Gen Z’s Historic Gender Gap41mins
- Sep11Harris Trolls Defensive Trump In Debate33mins
- Sep9Presidential Debates Do Matter38mins
- Sep5From Here To Election Day26mins
- Sep3Summer Is Over. Election Season Is Here.34mins
- Aug29How Trump And Harris Would Tackle The Economy40mins
- Aug26How RFK Jr.'s Exit Changes The Race36mins
- Aug23Harris Goes Big On Night 4 Of The DNC27mins
- Aug22Democrats Pitch 'Freedom' On Night 3 Of The DNC33mins
- Aug21The Obamas Dominate Night 2 Of The DNC28mins
- Aug19What To Expect From The DNC40mins
- Aug15Harris Resets The Race For Latino Voters37mins
- Aug12What Americans Think Of Kamala Harris39mins
- Aug6Reaction Podcast: Tim Walz Is Harris’ Running Mate31mins
- Aug5Harris Gains In The Polls37mins
- Aug1American Politics Has A Respect Crisis30mins
- Jul29Who Will Harris Pick For VP?40mins
- Jul25The Harris Campaign Begins43mins
- Jul21Biden Drops Out34mins
- Jul19Trump Breaks With RNC Message On Night 425mins
- Jul18JD Vance Aims To Reframe The GOP On Night 3 Of The RNC34mins
- Jul17The GOP Projects Unity On Night 2 Of The RNC35mins
- Jul15Reaction Podcast: Vance Is Trump’s Running Mate20mins
- Jul15Making Sense Of Political Violence In America37mins
- Jul11The Biden Stalemate Continues43mins
- Jul8Can Biden Hold On?31mins
- Jul6Exclusive: President Biden Sits Down with ABC News
- Jul4Making Sense Of A Historic British Election40mins
- Jul3The Push For A Biden Replacement Becomes Real35mins
- Jul1Presidential Immunity And More Debate Fallout47mins
- Jun28Reaction Podcast: A Rough Debate For Biden29mins
- Jun24What To Expect From The First Presidential Debate41mins
- Jun20Voters Around The World Are Mad As Hell39mins
- Jun172024 Is Going To Be A Vibes Election38mins
- Jun13How Much AI Regulation Is The Right Amount?43mins
- Jun11538’s New Forecast Says The Election Is A Toss-Up40mins
- Jun6Mr. Druke Goes to Washington44mins
- Jun3The First Polls Since Trump’s Guilty Verdict Are In46mins
- May31Reaction Podcast: Trump Found Guilty33mins
- May28The 3 Questions That Will Decide Trump's First Trial37mins
- May23Elections Everywhere All At Once36mins
May22Campaign Throwback: 'The Beer Question'25mins- May20Are Americans Tuning Out The 2024 Election?38mins
- May16Why Voters Are Worried About Democracy, In Their Own Words39mins
May15Campaign Throwback: 'Soccer Moms'29mins- May13The Sun Belt Shifts Away From Biden43mins
- May9Are We Smarter Than The Betting Markets?30mins
May8Campaign Throwback: 'The Economy, Stupid'25mins- May6Will The Protests Over Gaza Affect The 2024 Election?35mins
- May2Why Voters Are Down On The Economy, In Their Own Words35mins
- Apr29A Tale Of Two Trump Trials35mins
- Apr25538's New Polling Averages Show Close Presidential Race42mins
- Apr22Are Mike Johnson’s Days Numbered?53mins
- Apr18In Trump Trial, Jury Selection Is Part Politics36mins
- Apr15The Political Stakes Of Trump's First Trial46mins
- Apr11What's Up With The Kids These Days?56mins
- Apr8Tim Scott Is The Leading Trump VP Contender57mins
- Apr4Where Will People Commune In A Godless America?49mins
- Apr1The Presidential Election Has Become An Unpopularity Contest54mins
- Mar28Are US Politics Undergoing A Racial Realignment?54mins
- Mar25Is An Election Vibe Shift Underway?46mins
- Mar21538 Debate Club: Should TikTok Be Banned?56mins
- Mar18How Worried Should Democrats Be About The Polls?56mins
- Mar14Do Campaign Stops Actually Matter?48mins
- Mar11Does Gen Z Really Care More About That Viral TikTok Than Politics?50mins
- Mar8A Very Political State Of The Union41mins
- Mar6Super Tuesday Brings A Couple Surprises37mins
- Mar5What To Watch For On Super Tuesday71mins
- Feb28What To Make Of The Protest Votes In Michigan48mins
- Feb25After South Carolina Loss, What Is Nikki Haley's Plan?48mins
- Feb22Foreign Policy Has Become A Family Feud51mins
- Feb19What Comes Next In Trump's Trials57mins
- Feb14Democrats Notch A Win In The Battle For The Suburbs39mins
- Feb13The Political Conversation About Biden's Age61mins
- Feb8The Data Points That Will Explain The 2024 Election41mins
- Feb5The Tortured Pundits Department49mins
- Feb1How Americans Feel About The Economy37mins
- Jan30Will Politics Or Policy Win Out At The Border?67mins
- Jan24The GOP Primary Is Basically Over34mins
- Jan23Is New Hampshire The End Of The GOP Primary?61mins
- Jan18The View From New Hampshire43mins
- Jan16Trump Wins Iowa. Now What?40mins
- Jan11The Last Debate Before Iowa43mins
- Jan8No Sleep Till Iowa63mins
- Jan4Do The Betting Markets Have 2024 Right?53mins
- Jan1There Has To Be A Better Way To Pick Presidential Nominees… Right?57mins
- Dec28How The Primary System Has Shaped Our Politics48mins
- Dec25Our Presidential Primary System is An Accident37mins
- Dec21The 538 Podcast Holiday Party67mins
- Dec20Reaction Podcast: Colorado Supreme Court Bars Trump From Ballot24mins
- Dec19Trump's Primary Challengers Are Running Out of Time67mins
- Dec14Have Progressives Won The Economic Debate?36mins
- Dec11What To Make Of Trump's 'Dictator' Comment51mins
- Dec7Did The Fourth Republican Debate Matter?37mins
- Dec4Is Nikki Haley The New Ron DeSantis?63mins
- Nov302024 Is The First ‘AI Election.’ What Does That Mean?47mins
- Nov27Why The GOP May Be Ready To Say Goodbye To Santos48mins
- Nov20What These Swing Voters Have To Say About The 2024 Election43mins
- Nov16The Fight For Working-Class Voters50mins
- Nov13If The 2024 Election Were Held Today, Would Trump Win?63mins
- Nov9Haley Takes On Ramaswamy And DeSantis39mins
- Nov8The 2023 Elections Were Good For Democrats28mins
- Nov6Will Kentucky And Mississippi Elect Democrats?51mins
- Nov2Adam Kinzinger muses: ‘I would love to run against Ted Cruz'48mins
- Oct30Pence Is Out, Phillips Is In61mins
- Oct23Our First-Ever House Speaker Draft63mins
- Oct16How Americans Feel About The War In Israel64mins
- Oct9War And A Speakerless House64mins
- Oct2How Washington Avoided A Shutdown64mins
- Sep28It's Now Or Never For The GOP Candidates39mins
- Sep25Why Our Politics Are Stuck In 201670mins
- Sep18Workers Are Striking And Americans Are Into It70mins
- Sep11Why Biden Is Losing Support Among Voters Of Color75mins
- Sep6Is Donald Trump The Inevitable GOP Nominee?56mins
- Aug28Good Or Bad Use Of Polling: Extended Cut75mins
- Aug24Lessons From A Trump-Less Debate47mins
- Aug21What The GOP Primary Looks Like In The Early States42mins
- Aug15Three Georgia Law Professors Weigh In On Trump's Indictment39mins
- Aug14Who Is The Likeliest GOP VP Candidate?65mins
- Aug7Ohio Voters Weigh In On Abortion (Indirectly)61mins
- Aug2Emergency Podcast: Trump Charged In Jan. 6 Investigation34mins
- Jul31July Was Hot As Hell. Do Voters Care?65mins
- Jul24Who'd Win A Trump-less GOP Primary?58mins
- Jul17Why A Third-Party Candidate Poses A Threat To Biden58mins
- Jul10What's So Special About 'Bidenomics'?58mins
- Jul3How The Supreme Court Will Shape The 2024 Election53mins
- Jun26What's With RFK Jr.'s Double-Digit Polling?69mins
- Jun19Are Millennials Getting More Conservative?72mins
- Jun13How Trump's Classified Documents Case Could End47mins
- Jun9Emergency Podcast: Trump's Indictment, The Sequel44mins
- Jun5The GOP Field Gets Crowded59mins
- May30There's A Debt Ceiling Agreement ... For Now63mins
- May25The Case For And Against Ron DeSantis41mins
- May22Can Tim Scott's Optimism Win Over The GOP?59mins
- May18Is The Eurovision Song Contest Rigged?56mins
- May15Why So Many Americans Trust The Weather Channel59mins
- May11How Immigration Shapes American Politics33mins
- May8Does It Matter If King Charles Is Popular?49mins
- May4How Climate Change Will Reshape Where Americans Live42mins
- May1Where Biden Stands Heading Into 202469mins
- Apr24Are America's Favorite Governors Really All Republicans?46mins
- Apr21Live From New York: It's The FiveThirtyEight Politics Podcast!89mins
- Apr17The Next Supreme Court Clash Over Abortion56mins
- Apr13Americans Are Feeling Better These Days37mins
- Apr10The Politics Of AI67mins
- Apr5The Takeaways From 2023's Super Tuesday43mins
- Apr3Why Tuesday Is The Highest Stakes Election Day Of 202350mins
- Mar31Emergency Podcast: Trump Is Indicted21mins
- Mar30New Laws Are Driving Red And Blue States Further Apart49mins
- Mar27Good Or Bad Use Of Polling (Taylor's Version)46mins
- Mar23Will Voters Care If Trump Gets Indicted?52mins
- Mar20The 2000s Called, They Want Their Politics Back45mins
- Mar16The Hidden Stories In The U.S. Census55mins
- Mar13Polls Haven't Been This Accurate Since At Least 199862mins
- Mar9Few Americans Think AI Will Do More Good Than Harm50mins
- Mar6The Poll That Ended Dilbert63mins
- Mar2Why The Federal Reserve's Power Is 'Limitless'44mins
- Feb27How The War In Ukraine Could Go Nuclear63mins
- Feb21What We Know About Kyrsten Sinema's Odds Of Reelection57mins
- Feb16Could Nikki Haley Actually Win The GOP Nomination?42mins
- Feb13American Opinion Of China Has Plummeted57mins
- Feb8Biden's Second State Of The Union Was His First Campaign Speech48mins
- Feb6How Our 2022 Forecasts Actually Did60mins
- Feb2The Politics Of Loneliness51mins
- Jan31There Are Some Big Elections Happening In 202363mins
- Jan26Baby Boomers' Strength Was In Their Numbers. That's Changing.40mins
- Jan23What The Debt Ceiling And George Santos's Career Have In Common70mins
- Jan17California's Senate Primary Is Going To Be A Doozy54mins
- Jan12There Has To Be A Better Way To Pick Presidential Nominees ... Right?34mins
- Jan9What The Speakership Vote Tells Us About The GOP58mins
- Jan2How The Primary System Has Shaped Our Politics47mins
- Dec26Our Presidential Primary System Is An Accident35mins
- Dec22The Politics Of Prosecuting Trump49mins
- Dec19What I Learned From The 2022 Midterms40mins
- Dec15Is There A Political Realignment Among Latino Voters?57mins
- Dec12We Answer Your Lingering Questions About 202269mins
- Dec7How Democrats Won The Georgia Runoff39mins
- Dec5Warnock Has The Edge In A Close Race56mins
- Dec1Is Democracy All Good Now?33mins
- Nov28If Biden Doesn't Run In 2024, Who Will?69mins
- Nov21How The '90s Shaped Today's GOP56mins
- Nov16Emergency Podcast: Will Trump Win The GOP Nomination?33mins