Hi, this is Charles aboard the National Science Foundation's Arctic Region Research Vessel

Seculeac. In just a few hours we'll arrive in port to refuel and reprovision so that we can return

to the ice for more science. I have to go back to work now so this podcast was recorded at.

I'm asking the producers, is it like Solitude Week at the Politics Podcast?

Perhaps it is now. It is 107 Eastern on Tuesday, January 24th.

Things may have changed by the time you hear it. Here's the show.

Sounds very, very cold to me. Sounds like a long trip too.

But peaceful. I kind of want to do it. Hey there, it's the Indian Politics Podcast.

I'm Scott Detrello. I cover the White House. I'm dear Djer Walsh. I cover Congress.

And I'm Susan Davis. I cover politics.

All right. It's like what? Three weeks into the new session of Congress, right?

About that. But perfect time. Talk about next year's Congressional elections. But we are doing that

because candidates are already thinking a lot about them, especially in the Senate.

So let's talk about it. And as a refresher, Democrats did better than expected last year.

And they picked up a Senate seat. But Sue, the 2024 map looks like it is a good one for Republicans.

Why exactly is that? Well, the past couple of maps have also look like they would be good for

Republicans. And they didn't always turn out that way. So it's important to remember that the map

matters a lot, but it's not everything. But yes, 2024, as we sit here today, looks like a very

good map for the Republican Party. And why is that? Every two years about a third of the Senate

is up for reelection. And this particular mix of senators and states really plays to the Republican

advantage. Democrats are representing 23 states that are up for reelection. Many of them in red

states that former president Trump won or at least in purple states and Republicans defending

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