Nathaniel, what is going on over your left shoulder?

I'm glad that you asked, Galen.

So in 2004, at the DNC and the RNC,

they gave out Republican and Democratic branded macaroni and cheese.

The Republican one has elephant-shaped macaroni and cheese.

I don't know if you can see.

And the Democratic one has donkey-shaped macaroni and cheese.

They're not edible anymore, right?

I mean, I would never eat them because they are my prized possessions,

but yes, at this point, I would not recommend eating them.

How much would I have to pay you to get you to eat that mac and cheese?

A million dollars, Galen.

Dear listeners, we're going to have to start a go-fund of me

to get Nathaniel to eat his Republican and Democratic 20-year-old mac and cheese.

Hello and welcome to the 538 Politics podcast.

I'm Galen Tric.

The plan for today's podcast was originally to talk all about ballot measures.

Why, when voters are asked to weigh in on specific policies on the ballot,

they somewhat frequently vote against the lawmakers that they put in office.

But before we get to that, we have some special election results in Alaska to unpack.

After all the votes were tallied and processed according to Ray Trois voting,

Democrat-Married Peltola has won Alaska's at-large congressional election,

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