Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images A common assumption in the debate surrounding the fall of Roe v. Wade, who established the constitutional right to abortion in 1973, is that there are only two sides. On one side, the thinking goes, are those who think abortion should be legal and that Roe should be … Read more
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY FIVETHIRTYEIGHT / GETTY IMAGES Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly poll roundup. President Biden says he will stand for re-election in 2024. But some Americans don’t believe him — and many don’t want him throwing his hat in the ring for a second term either. Already before Biden was elected in 2020, There … Read more
It’s college graduation season, so in this episode of The United Stats of America, host Galen Druke interviews incoming New York University graduates about some of the issues facing college students today. How comfortable do students feel voicing their opinions on campus? And how many young people think the government should cancel student loan debt … Read more
In this edition of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew discusses the races featured in Tuesday’s primary elections in Idaho, Kentucky, North Carolina, Oregon and Pennsylvania. They also introduce a new FiveThirtyEight collaboration with Ipsos, in which we survey Americans on the issues most important to them as the midterm elections approach. The first survey … Read more
Late Monday, we learned that the Supreme Court may be ready to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that established the constitutional right to abortion. Abortion is a thorny issue in American life. It’s not something people like to talk about, and it’s not something people know that much about. Because of that, … Read more
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY FIVETHIRTYEIGHT / GETTY IMAGES Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly poll roundup. A new wave of COVID-19 cases swept through the US Capitol last weekaffects a number of officials the highest levels of government as has the administration of President Biden calls for a return to normality. But not only Capitol Hill is … Read more
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY EMILY SCHERER / GETTY IMAGES The things Desireé Luckey remembers most about finding out she was pregnant for the first time are how fast the little test strip turned positive — and how irritated it made her feel. It was one more hassle in a summer that already felt overwhelming. Within the … Read more
Should marijuana be legal in the United States? In the last 20 years, Americans have reversed their views on this issue to a degree rarely seen in politics. In 2001, 34 percent of Americans said yes, to Gallup. Today it is 68 percent. A multitude of polls suggests that a majority of Americans now prefer … Read more
In this edition of the FiveThirtyEight Politics Podcast, the crew discusses how the primary challenges against GOP Reps. Liz Cheney and Madison Cawthorn serve as a test of what the Republican Party and its constituents will and won’t accept. They also try to get to the bottom of whether Americans support the Parental Rights In … Read more
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY FIVETHIRTYEIGHT / GETTY IMAGES The confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson are now over. And they were incredibly ugly. In advance of the hearings, my colleague Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux wrote that Jackson’s identity as a Black woman as well as her professional background as a former public defender meant that … Read more
