Podcast Episodes

Yes, Democrats should run on ICE

In this latest episode of the Strength In Numbers live podcast, Elliott and David Nir, publisher of The Downballot, have a wide-ranging discussion of…

6 months ago

The Texas special election and 2026 political environment

(This note is from Elliott). Thanks to my friend Michael Podhorzer of the Weekend Reading Substack for having me on his show to talk about politics a…

6 months ago

Trump’s terrible polls, one year in

In this conversation, Elliott is joined by David Nir, publisher of The Downballot, to take stock of Donald Trump’s polling numbers as he passes one y…

6 months, 2 weeks ago

Podcast with Paul Krugman: What can the 2025 elections tell us about 2026?

Happy Saturday, readers,

I was delighted to sit down again with Paul Krugman this past Thursday to talk through the 2025 elections and what the result…

8 months, 4 weeks ago

I talk about my Friday column with Ryan Lizza

Readers

Ryan Lizza, the independent journalist formerly of CNN and POLITICO, asked me to do an interview with him on Friday about my new column on the…

9 months ago

Will Democrats sweep Virginia's 2025 elections?

State of play + recent events

Two weeks ago, if you had asked me who was going to win the elections in Virginia this November, I would have confidentl…

9 months, 3 weeks ago

Political Trends of 2025

I joined my friend and ex-538’er Perry Bacon Jr and Amanda Litman, the founder of Run For Something, for a conversation on politics in 2025 and what …

10 months, 4 weeks ago

Interview with Ryan Lizza about our independent political polling

Here’s a quick Friday afternoon post.

Ryan Lizza (and his cute new puppy) interviewed me today about our new Strength In Numbers poll this week — and …

1 year, 1 month ago

Interview with Michael Podhorzer about a data-driven approach to covering Trump

Dear readers,

In case you missed it, Mike Podhorzer and I did a video conversation together on June 2. We talked about:

* My new piece on Trump’s popul…

1 year, 2 months ago

Live with David Nir to chat about Strength In Numbers

I was very kindly joined by David Nir of The Downballot on Tuesday to talk about the (successful, IMO!) launch of Strength In Numbers this week, and …

1 year, 2 months ago