Politics Podcast: Is Donald Trump The Inevitable GOP Nominee?

Now that we’re on the opposite aspect of Labor Day and summer time is subsiding, that is — as custom goes — when give attention to political campaigns actually begins to warmth up. The off-year elections this November will get some consideration, however the principle attraction remains to be the 2024 Republican presidential major.

On this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, we ask a query we’ll undoubtedly return to within the 4 months till the Iowa caucuses: Is Donald Trump’s nomination inevitable? And if not inevitable, how can we place the probability he wins the GOP major in historic context?

We even have partial outcomes from two particular major elections and we debate “good or unhealthy use of polling” for a basic and controversial subject: inner polls.

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