Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s politics chat. The transcript below has been lightly edited. maya (Maya Sweedler, senior editor): The first Republican debate last Wednesday featured eight candidates — none of whom was the front-runner. Former President Donald Trump elected to skip the debate, writing on his social media website that “TheContinue Reading
Skip to Main Content New York City The stepdaughter of Vice President Kamala Harris, Emhoff has largely made a name for herself in New York’s creative scenes, far from Beltway politics. Ella Emhoff, Julia Garner, Megan Rapinoe and Sharon Stone at the Met Gala afterparty at The Standard Hotel inContinue Reading
Surely this will shake up the election and change dozens of minds. Arnold Schwarzenegger has endorsed Kamala. He and Doug Emhoff, Kamala’s husband, have a lot in common. They both impregnated their nannies while married. What a club. I don’t really do endorsements. I’m not shy about sharing my views,Continue Reading
About a week before Vice President Kamala Harris visited Dottie’s Market in Savannah, Georgia, co-owner Ericka Phillips suspected something might be in the works. “Savannah’s a small town,” she said. “Secret Service people stick out.” What Phillips did not expect was to go viral. In a campaign-produced TikTok video thatContinue Reading
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NEW YORK — Republican Donald Trump’s rally on Sunday at Madison Square Garden follows a long line of political events at the storied New York City arena. The Garden has hosted both Democratic and Republican National Conventions since the 1800s, and in 1939, thousands joined back-to-back pro-Nazi and Communist PartyContinue Reading
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Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill. In today’s edition, we break down our latest poll showing how Gen Z voters are viewingContinue Reading
The crew discusses their takeaways from the first Republican presidential primary debate in this late-night edition of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast. You can listen to the episode by clicking the “play” button in the audio player above or by downloading it in iTunes, the ESPN App or your favorite podcastContinue Reading
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