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FiveThirtyEight Politics

Pence Is Out, Phillips Is In

FiveThirtyEight Politics

ABC News

News, Politics

4.620.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

The pool of candidates running for president grew by one and shrank by one in the past week. President Biden got a little-known Democratic challenger in Dean Phillips, a congressman from Minnesota. And former Vice President Mike Pence suspended his campaign for president after struggling to get above the mid-single digits during his 5-month-long bid. In this installment of the podcast, the crew discusses those latest developments in the presidential race. They also look at what we know about new House Speaker Mike Johnson and what challenges lie ahead for him. And they preview Election Day 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.7

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0:05.4

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0:18.4

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0:22.1

make money work for you. 28.9% APR represented a variable, subject to application, financial

0:27.2

circumstances and borrowing history. Teason sees apply.

0:30.9

I'm memoir is called Middle Child at Disney World. Fun facts.

0:35.4

Are you writing it? No, I've just had the title readies since I was like 12.

0:39.2

So you're a middle child, I take it. Yeah, yeah. I am too, Leah. Wait, I am too. What?

0:46.1

Jeff, are you also a middle child? No, I'm the oldest of two. So...

0:50.2

Is this why we get along so well with everyone except for Jeff, obviously?

0:57.4

Hello and welcome to the 530 Politics Podcast. I'm Galen Druke.

1:07.2

We've got a lot to cover today. The pool of candidates running for president grew by one

1:12.5

and shrank by one since the last time we talked. President Joe Biden got a little known

1:17.9

challenger in the Democratic primary in Dean Phillips, a congressman from Minnesota.

1:23.4

And former vice president Mike Pence suspended his campaign for president after struggling to get

1:28.4

above the mid single digits during his five month long bid. Also, after three speakerless

1:35.5

weeks in Washington, the house has a new speaker, Mike Johnson from Louisiana. So who is he?

1:41.6

And what will he do differently from speaker Kevin McCarthy?

1:45.1

And we are just one week away from Election Day 2023. Yes, there are elections. This

1:50.9

November, we're going to preview two of the more high profile contests, first a referendum in Ohio

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