Why Politicians — Like Manchin And Sinema — Go Rogue

FiveThirtyEight Politics

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🗓️ 24 January 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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The crew debates why politicians break with their parties in high-profile ways and what the repercussions can be. They also discuss the trend of amateur candidates running in and winning House primary elections, and ask whether Biden's dismissal of the polls is a "good or bad use of polling." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	the extent to which anti-establishmentarianism...
0:04.4	is that the word? That is the word, right?
0:06.0	I think so. I struggle. I struggle to pronounce it.
0:08.4	I love how much play that word is getting during this podcast.
0:11.2	Isn't that like the longest word or so?
0:13.6	I don't know.
0:14.0	In the English language?
0:15.2	Yeah.
0:15.6	Please help us find a pithier way to say that.
0:18.0	Anti-disestablishmentarianism.
0:20.4	Isn't that the longest word in the English language?
0:22.4	Yeah, I think that is the longest word.
0:24.0	Yeah, that's right.
0:24.4	But anti-establishmentarianism still a word, right?
0:27.6	It better be.
0:36.8	Hello and welcome to the 538 Politics Podcast.
0:39.6	I'm Gailan Drick.
0:40.8	Last week, as expected, Senate Democrats pushed to eliminate the filibuster
0:44.8	for voting legislation failed.
0:46.8	Joe Manchin and Kiersten Sinema were the only two Democratic holdouts.
0:50.8	While their decision to buck their party has party members frustrated,
0:54.8	their position isn't entirely unique.
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