Labor Day historically marks the purpose at which normal election campaigning actually ramps up — summer season trip is over, TV adverts flood the airways and pollsters swap their fashions from registered voters to probably voters. On this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew discusses how they count on the following few months main as much as the midterm elections to play out, based mostly on historic developments. They then play a recreation of midterm trivia, reviewing the biggest midterm election swings, key coverage points and the way People have adopted previous midterm information.
The workforce additionally analyzes the media consideration surrounding the Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention’s just lately printed life expectancy report for 2021 and the political implications of falling life expectancy past the COVID-19 pandemic.
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