The three biggest cities in the country have now kind of come down to these runoffs between conservative Democrats, people who have been or have flirted with being Republicans. This is clearly a theme in urban politics that, you know, and we've beaten this drum at 538 that deeply Democratic does not mean deeply liberal or progressive. One more thing too is that if you are in a city where 80% or so of the presidential vote goes to Democrats... You would still strategically want to register as Democrats. It's the only game in town.
Author Marianne Williamson officially entered the 2024 Democratic presidential primary on Saturday. It’s very unlikely that Williamson will be a serious challenger to President Biden, but with multiple polls suggesting that a majority of Democrats don’t want Biden to run for reelection, the crew asks if he might be vulnerable against the right challenger?
They also take a look at the results of recent elections in Chicago, Wisconsin and Virginia to see if they hold any lessons about the national political environment. And they ask whether the poll that Dilbert creator Scott Adams went on a racist rant over was actually a meaningful poll.
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