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FiveThirtyEight Politics

July Was Hot As Hell. Do Voters Care?

FiveThirtyEight Politics

ABC News

News, Politics

4.6 • 20.6K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2023

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Calculations from the World Meteorological Organization suggest that July was the hottest month on record. Throughout the month, heat records were broken across the globe. Phoenix, Arizona, recorded 31 days in a row of temperatures over 110 degrees Fahrenheit and Sanbao, China, provisionally recorded the country’s all-time hottest temperature of 126 degrees. In this installment of the podcast, Galen speaks with Anthony Leiserowitz, the director and founder of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, about public perceptions of climate change, how extreme weather shapes those views and whether it's shaping our politics. Galen also speaks with Kaleigh Rogers and Nathaniel Rakich about some of the latest GOP primary polling and how changes to election law in both red and blue states will reshape how Americans vote in 2024. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Yeah, it's for this a cool new startup called X.

0:05.0

What's the verb going to be if it's not Twitter anymore?

0:08.2

She did.

0:09.2

She did?

0:10.2

Yeah.

0:11.2

They actually said this.

0:14.4

It's X-E-E-T instead of tweet.

0:17.0

So is it heated, cheated, or zited?

0:20.3

I think it's zited.

0:22.0

I think it's cheated.

0:23.5

Okay.

0:24.5

You just want it to be cheated.

0:25.5

Hello, and welcome to the 538 Politics Podcast.

0:33.2

I'm Gaelin Druke.

0:34.4

Today, Monday, July 31st marks the last day of what all indications suggest will be the

0:41.4

hottest month on record, going back to 1850.

0:45.7

June was already the hottest June.

0:48.8

Now, heat records have been breaking across the country with Phoenix in particular seeing

0:53.4

31 days in a row of temperatures over 110 degrees if you're listening to this podcast

0:59.4

from Phoenix.

1:00.4

My heart goes out to you.

1:01.8

And the heat has reached far beyond the Southwest this past weekend.

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