Elections Podcast: Inviting A Third To The Party

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Our elections podcast crew discusses whether an independent presidential candidate can shake things up in the general election. Plus, we look at the 15 states (or is it 10?) that Donald Trump says he’ll target this fall.

.@realDonaldTrump plans to focus on 15 states in the general election. https://t.co/nDT2mTDnk0—
Fox News (@FoxNews) May 29, 2016

p.s. We’re coming to California! We’ll be in San Francisco on June 23 and Los Angeles on June 25. More information here.

#GoodUseOfPolling or #BadUseOfPolling? @FiveThirtyEight @jodyavirgan @ClareMalone @ForecasterEnten @NateSilver538 pic.twitter.com/tMNwgm6Ggk

— David Chernicoff (@chernithings) May 28, 2016

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