On this week’s episode of my podcast, I Have to Ask, I spoke to Nate Silver, the election forecaster and editor in chief of FiveThirtyEight.com. Below is an edited excerpt from the show. In it, we discuss how the fight over Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination might impact November’s election, the ups and downs of Silver’s tenure at the New York Times, and why the 2020 Democratic presidential primary might look a little bit like the GOP’s 2016 circus. CONT.
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