Exploration of FiveThirtyEight's swing ematic feature, analyzing shifts in election results through demographic changes. Discussion on combining census and polling data to model different electoral scenarios, emphasizing the importance of understanding demographic shifts for accurate election predictions.
On this solar eclipse day installment of the 538 Politics podcast, the crew tests their polling knowledge on the rare celestial event with a special edition of “Guess What Americans Think.” They also preview 538’s new Swing-O-Matic, a tool that lets you model demographic changes in the 2024 election and see their resulting electoral impacts. And in our latest installment of the 2024 VP draft, the crew takes a guess at who could be former President Donald Trump’s pick for the position.
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