This chapter dives into Trump's evolving position on abortion, moving towards leaving the decision to the states, and explores potential female governors from South Dakota as viable vice presidential candidates. The discussion extends to weighing the balance of scandals and loyalty in a VP pick, strategic considerations like geographic appeal and ideology, and the potential value of a woman like Stefanik as a loyal surrogate to Trump.
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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