FiveThirtyEight Politics

Can Tim Scott's Optimism Win Over The GOP?

May 22, 2023
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
Tim Scott's Rally in the Palmetto State
01:53 • 2min
3
Tim Scott's Biography and the American Dream
03:34 • 2min
4
Tim Scott: A Conservative Republican
05:25 • 2min
5
The Optimist Tone in the Republican Primary
07:33 • 2min
6
The Importance of Personal Charisma in Primary Politics
09:35 • 2min
7
The Importance of Charisma in Politics
11:24 • 2min
8
The Importance of Tim Scott in the Republican Primary
13:36 • 2min
9
The Importance of Cross-Cutting Figures in the Race
15:57 • 1min
10
The Republican Party's Optimism in 2020
17:26 • 2min
11
The Importance of Selectability in the General Election
19:39 • 2min
12
The Politics of Electability in the GOP
21:40 • 2min
13
Trump Blots Out the Sun in the Republican Primary
23:54 • 3min
14
The Future of the National Media
26:26 • 2min
15
Tim Scott and Chris Christie in the Race to the White House
28:24 • 2min
16
Chris Christie and the American People
29:58 • 2min
17
Chris Christie's Thinking About Running for President
31:50 • 2min
18
The Debt Ceiling Negotiations Between Biden and McCarthy
34:18 • 2min
19
Biden's Negotiations: A Look at the Future
35:55 • 1min
20
Biden's Position on Work Requirements
37:20 • 2min
21
Should There Be Work Requirements?
39:32 • 2min
22
The Pressure on Biden to Cut Spend and Impose Work Requirements
41:16 • 2min
23
The 14th Amendment and the Republican Party
42:50 • 2min
24
McCarthy's Position on Disdiscretionary Spending
44:43 • 3min
25
The House's VoteCounting Perspective on the House Bill
47:39 • 2min
26
The Hastert Rule and the Debt Ceiling
49:16 • 2min
27
The Uncharted Territories of Default Negotiations
51:21 • 2min
28
The 14th Amendment and the Debt Ceiling
52:54 • 4min
29
Biden's Prediction on the Supreme Court
56:29 • 2min