FiveThirtyEight Politics

What The Speakership Vote Tells Us About The GOP

Jan 9, 2023

58:23

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Trump and the Freedom Caucus

02:04

Do Voters Really Care?

02:58

McCarthy's Inability to Navigate the House Floor

03:33

Introduction

2min

The House Speaker's Vote

4min

What Concessions Did McCarthy Actually Make?

2min

Is This Just a Prediction?

3min

Is McCarthy's WIP Team Making Deals With Moderates?

2min

The 20 Rebels - What Are They Motivated By?

4min

McCarthy's Inability to Navigate the House Floor

4min

FanDuel - The Official Sportsbook Partner of the NFL

2min

The Numbers Now the Letters

3min

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Is McCarthy Going to Be to These 20 Members of the Freedom Caucus?

2min

11.

What's New?

2min

12.

Trump and the Freedom Caucus

2min

13.

The Divides Within the Republican Party During the Trump Years

4min

14.

Do Voters Really Care?

3min

15.

Is the Republican Party Putting Itself Back on a Path to Moderating the American People?

3min

16.

The Insistant - A Five-Part Series From ABC Audio, January 11th.

2min

17.

Is He in the House of Representatives?

2min

18.

What's Going on With Santa's Biography?

3min

19.

What Is George Santos's Life Like in Washington?

3min

20.

Are There Any Clear Calls From Republicans to Investigate Santos?

2min

21.

Is There a Lack of Local Media in New York?

2min

22.

Is This the Last We've Heard of George Santos?

2min

23.

How Much Does a Scandal Affect Elections?

2min

24.

We Didn't Pull the Scandal Lever for Him, Right?

2min

The crew looks at why it took 15 votes to get Rep. Kevin McCarthy elected House Speaker and what that process says about the two years ahead and the GOP more broadly. They also consider how Rep. George Santos’s scandals will affect his tenure in Congress and whether he would have been elected at all if his fabricated biography had received more scrutiny during the campaign.

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FiveThirtyEight Politics

What The Speakership Vote Tells Us About The GOP

Trump and the Freedom Caucus

Do Voters Really Care?

McCarthy's Inability to Navigate the House Floor

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