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Trump makes the case for Jon Husted in Ohio, praising the Republican senator's greatest asset: his athletic behind. Jon and Dan react to Trump's Ohio rally and his other messages to voters on the campaign trail, Politico reporting that Trump is considering replacing White House C ... Show More

A right-wing conspiracy theory claiming that James Talarico, who has been off the campaign trail with the flu, was actually at a mental institution in Ohio is immediately debunked in humiliating fashion. Jon, Lovett, and Tommy react to the idiocy and all the other developments in ... Show More

As Democrats in competitive races across the country try to thread the needle on a closing argument, Jon and legendary political consultant David Axelrod discuss the most memorable exchanges from this week's Senate debates, the best messages of the cycle, and what candidates in f ... Show More

Election night has stretched into election week, so Politically Sound is a little different. In this mini-episode, David Chalian explains what the possible paths to 270 electoral votes look like for each candidate. With four battleground states have yet to be called, Joe Biden is ... Show More

Both President Trump and Joe Biden say they are on course for victory. So, what happens now?The Stories of our times production team has been up all night following one of the most closely fought and historic elections in recent memory.This podcast was brought to you thanks to th ... Show More

First: Americans in more than a dozen states across the country are casting their ballots. Their decisions could effectively end the primaries and all but hand the Republican nomination to Donald Trump for the third straight election.  Plus: Is this Nikki Haley's last stand? She' ... Show More

The results are finally in and Joe Biden is the new president-elect, but a lot of us still have questions. Like, how the ballots got counted, why it took so long to get the results, and what happens next. ProPublica’s Jessica Huseman returns to the podcast to help break down how ... Show More

<p>It is two days after the Electoral College has met in 50 state capitals, voted and given 306 electoral votes to Joe Biden, making him the next president of the United States. Or did it? There is talk of a kind of electoral Alamo wherein a final showdown takes place over the co ... Show More

<p>This fall’s presidential race is likely to be decided by a handful of battleground states won by President Trump in 2016. So how do voters in those states view the candidates? Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/nate-cohn" target="_blank">Nate Cohn</a>, who covers elect ... Show More

Election Day has wrapped, but now the wait begins as votes are counted and results pour in from across the country. We walk through what we know so far, and what to watch in some key races.And in headlines: Tropical Storm Nicole is tracking toward Florida, the January 6th committ ... Show More

Joe spoke with Nathan Gonzales, Editor & Publisher of Inside Elections on the midterm election results and the too close to call Senate races, Bloomberg Congress reporter Billy House live from Atlanta on the runoff election for Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker, Bloomberg Gover ... Show More