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Episode 44: SCOTUS Blocks Trump’s Vote-By-Mail Order + Missouri’s Map Mess, with Nathaniel Rakich from Votebeat (opens the original)
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With all primaries done and dusted, it is now indisputably general election time. But we have two late developments that will affect the 2026 electoral picture. First, Republicans had drawn a new gerrymander in Missouri, but a series of federal and state court decisions appear likely to restore the state’s old, less GOP-leaning congressional lines. Second, the Supreme Court blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order to restrict mail voting. Decision Desk HQ Chief Elections Analyst Geoffrey
Episode 41: Are Senate Polls Overrating Democrats’ Chances? With Patrick Ruffini of Echelon Insights (opens the original)
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Democrats have closed the gap in Decision Desk HQ’s Senate forecast. Their chances have particularly been boosted by strong polls in red-leaning states like Ohio, Alaska, Texas, and Iowa. But is there reason to doubt some of this positive polling news for Democrats?To dig into that question, Decision Desk HQ Chief Elections Analyst Geoffrey Skelley spoke with Patrick Ruffini , a founding partner at the Republican firm Echelon Insights . Patrick recently published an analysis on his Substack, The
Decision Desk HQ 2026 Forecast Update Convo for late August, with Chris Cillizza (opens the original)
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DDHQ friend Chris Cillizza, who runs So What on Substack, was nice enough to have two members of the DDHQ team on a Substack Live conversation about our 2026 election forecast. Chris was joined by Chief Elections Analyst Geoffrey Skelley and Data Science Fellow Maddisen Murrell to talk about the big picture and some specific U.S. Senate and U.S. House races. We’ll be doing this regularly every couple of weeks from now and until the election, so be on the lookout for more updates! ► Chris Cillizz
Episode 40: What Young People Really Think About Socialism, with Rachel Janfaza of The Up and Up (opens the original)
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With the rise of democratic socialism on the left and populism on the right, there has been substantial discussion about how Gen Z will impact the future of American politics. Decision Desk HQ Chief Elections Analyst Geoffrey Skelley spoke with Rachel Janfaza of The Up and Up about what Gen Z voters think about the term “socialism,” as well as the issues — especially economic worries — that are helping drive their views. ---► Geoffrey Skelley on X: https://x.com/geoffreyvs ► Rachel Janfaza on X:
Episode 39: Which Factions Are Winning Primaries, with FiftyPlusOne's Primary Project (opens the original)
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Decision Desk HQ Chief Elections Analyst Geoffrey Skelley chats with his former FiveThirtyEight colleagues — Cooper Burton, Meredith Conroy, and Tia Yang — about the FiftyPlusOne Primary Project . Which groups have been successful this primary season, is the Trump endorsement still powerful , and how have the different progressive and pro-Israel groups within the Democratic Party fared? Find out all of this and more in this deep dive. --- ► Geoffrey Skelley on X: https://x.com/geoffreyvs ► Mered
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