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November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
NEW pod! What's something that's not on people's radar right now, but could be surprising next year?

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November 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
NEW podcast! All Elections Are Special. Some Are More Special Than Others with @jessicataylor.bsky.social, @erincovey.bsky.social & Amy Walter.

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November 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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November 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
NEW podcast! California, Here We Come: Prop 50, Pelosi and Newsom's Future. Amy Walter talks with CPR's very own @erincovey.bsky.social & LA Times columnist @markzbarabak.bsky.social.

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November 11, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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November 6, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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November 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
NEW podcast! Here's our Election Day preview with Carrie Dann, Matthew Klein, @jessicataylor.bsky.social & @erincovey.bsky.social.

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November 1, 2025 at 1:55 AM
NEW podcast! Here's what two top reporters will be watching in NJ and VA on Election Day. Listen to the latest Odd Years:

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October 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
"Of all the states that have jumped into the redistricting fray, North Carolina is among the more surprising because it is already so gerrymandered."

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October 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
NEW podcast! More developments in redistricting this week. We've got you covered with Carrie Dann, Matthew Klein & @erincovey.bsky.social.

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October 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
How well are Democrats doing in the shutdown fight? Amy asks Democratic strategist Lis Smith for our latest Odd Years pod.

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October 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
NEW podcast! "We have a message problem, a messenger problem, an ideas problem and a brand problem." Democratic strategist Lis Smith joins Amy Walter on the latest Odd Years.

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October 14, 2025 at 1:06 PM
NEW podcast! We talk shutdown politics and Congressional retirements with Amy Walter, Carrie Dann, Matthew Klein & @erincovey.bsky.social.

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October 6, 2025 at 1:07 PM
NEW podcast! How's the Trump 2.0 economy so far? Great for the top 10%.

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September 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
NEW podcast! The next shoe to drop in the redistricting race. Plus, can Dems finally oust Sen. Susan Collins in Maine? -with Carrie Dann, Matthew Klein, @jessicataylor.bsky.social & @erincovey.bsky.social.

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September 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM
NEW podcast! Are we heading towards the gerrymander apocalypse? Amy Walter talks with @redistrict.bsky.social about this unprecedented mid-cycle redistricting.

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September 16, 2025 at 1:26 PM
NEW podcast! Absolutely Everything You Need To Know About Redistricting — In 23 Minutes with Amy Walter, @redistrict.bsky.social & @erincovey.bsky.social.

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September 6, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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September 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
NEW podcast! Dems Eyeing Iowa, A NJ Gov Update and the Politics of Trump's Tough on Crime Moves in Blue Cities.

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August 29, 2025 at 12:59 PM
NEW podcast! A redistricting war could shake up the race for House control. Here's what you need to know with @jessicataylor.bsky.social, @redistrict.bsky.social & Amy Walter.

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August 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
NEW podcast! Ranking the shadowboxing 2028 Dem hopefuls with Amy Walter, Matthew Klein & @jessicataylor.bsky.social

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August 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
CPR founder Charlie Cook is a longtime contributor to the Almanac of American Politics and is co-author of the 2026 edition. This essay is an excerpt from the forthcoming Almanac, to be released next month.
August 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Check out detailed county maps showing how Cooper ran ahead of Biden and won even as Trump carried the state.

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July 29, 2025 at 10:54 PM
NEW podcast! Trump clears the field in Republican primaries and Dems get their pick in N.C. with @jessicataylor.bsky.social, @erincovey.bsky.social, Matthew Klein & Carrie Dann.

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July 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM