This is maybe a very New York bias, but I still don't have my smell back from having COVID and I honestly don't hate it.

Did you go and like enter one of those like spicy food eating competitions and then like blow everybody out of the water because they couldn't even taste it?

Well no because I was in isolation. I mean had I not been in isolation obviously the first thing I would have done.

Hello and welcome to the 538 Politics Podcast. I'm Galen Druke. According to a new poll out from the Wall Street Journal, Hispanic voters are now split evenly between the Democratic Party and the Republican Party.

Just a year after 60% voted for Democratic House candidates. It's clear that Hispanic voters have been trending away from the Democratic Party, but there are some caveats in those numbers.

So today we're going to ask our favorite question, good use of polling or bad use of polling. We're also going to take a look at what makes high inflation so politically potent.

Last Friday the Consumer Price Index showed prices rising by 6.8% since last year, the fastest rise in nearly 40 years.

And we're also going to check in on the endorsements that former President Trump is making so far in the 2022 midterms.

We've previously tracked endorsements from different wings of both parties to see who has the most sway.

So is Trump's endorsement a golden ticket to winning a Republican primary and what kinds of candidates is he getting behind?

He would meet to discuss it all is editor in chief Nate Silver, hey, hey, everybody.

Also, with us is politics editor Sir Frostensen. Hey, Sarah. Hey, yo.

And senior elections analyst Nathaniel Raikert. Hey, Nathaniel. Hey, Galen. How's everyone doing? It's mid-December.

We're heading into the holidays. We're all taking some time off, I think.

Yes. Closing in on the favorite time of year, where we're, you know, it seems like society collectively agrees.

They're going to take a bit longer to answer emails, etc.

Blas, I love I should also mention actually that reminds me we are going to be only recording one podcast per week through the end of the year.

So we'll have one podcast out this week next week and the week after that.

And then in the new year, we'll be back to two podcasts a week.

So we're part of the movement to collectively take longer to answer emails and slow roll the podcast.

But let's dive into our favorite question.

Last week, the Wall Street Journal published the results of its recent polling, looking at various questions, including approval of the president and voting intention in 2022.

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