Decision Desk HQ Podcast

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Episodes: 57

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Every day is Election Day. Our weekly show talks votes, polls, trends, campaigns, and more. A show by election nerds for fellow election nerds, novices, and everyone in between.

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Episode Date
Forecast Update: Democrats have more than 50% chance of flipping both Senate & House
Oct 08, 2026
Episode 46: Can Susan Collins survive in Maine? Can Sherrod Brown flip Ohio?
Oct 02, 2026
Episode 45: Could Talarico Really Turn Texas Blue? With Gabby Birenbaum from The Texas Tribune
Sep 25, 2026
Episode 44: SCOTUS Blocks Trump’s Vote-By-Mail Order + Missouri’s Map Mess, with Nathaniel Rakich from Votebeat
Sep 18, 2026
Decision Desk HQ 2026 Post-Labor Day Forecast Update, with Chris Cillizza
Sep 14, 2026
Episode 43: DDHQ’s Governors Forecast!
Sep 10, 2026
Episode 42: Understanding Modern Campaigns, with Eric Wilson from Center for Campaign Innovation
Sep 04, 2026
Episode 41: Are Senate Polls Overrating Democrats’ Chances? With Patrick Ruffini of Echelon Insights
Aug 27, 2026
Decision Desk HQ 2026 Forecast Update Convo for late August, with Chris Cillizza
Aug 20, 2026
Episode 40: What Young People Really Think About Socialism, with Rachel Janfaza of The Up and Up
Aug 14, 2026
Episode 39: Which Factions Are Winning Primaries, with FiftyPlusOne's Primary Project
Aug 07, 2026
Episode 38: Our Forecast Shows A Tight Race for Congress
Jul 31, 2026
Episode 37: Modern Campaign Ads, with Nick Everhart of Content Creative Media & Medium Buying
Jul 23, 2026
DDHQ's Geoffrey Skelley Reveals Their 2026 Forecast!
Jul 15, 2026
Episode 36: What's Next in Maine After Platner Drops Out, with Michael Shepherd (Bangor Daily News)
Jul 09, 2026
Episode 35: Listener Mailbag Questions!
Jun 25, 2026
Episode 34: What NYC's Primaries Can Tell Us About Democrats in 2028, with Michael Lange of The Narrative Wars
Jun 18, 2026
Episode 33: Where the Race for Congress Stands 5 Months Out, with Kyle Kondik of Sabato's Crystal Ball
Jun 12, 2026
Decision Desk 2026: Maine, South Carolina & Nevada Primaries
Jun 10, 2026
Episode 32: 2026's Maine Event, with Michael Shepherd of the Bangor Daily News
Jun 04, 2026
Decision Desk 2026: California & More Primaries
Jun 03, 2026
Episode 31: Tense Times in Texas's Senate Race, with Patrick Svitek of CNN
May 22, 2026
Episode 30: Reading Georgia's 2026 Peach Leaves, with Greg Bluestein of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
May 14, 2026
Episode 29: Redistricting Chaos After Callais, with Nathaniel Rakich from Votebeat
May 07, 2026
Decision Desk 2026: Ohio + Indiana Primaries
May 06, 2026
Episode 28: Why Ohio is pivotal in 2026, with Jeremy Pelzer of the Cleveland Plain Dealer
Apr 30, 2026
Episode 27: What Will Matter in 2026, with Chris Cillizza of So What
Apr 24, 2026
Decision Desk 2026: Virginia Redistricting Livestream
Apr 22, 2026
Episode 26: Virginia's Redistricting Referendum, with Chaz Nuttycombe of State Navigate
Apr 17, 2026
Episode 25: Governor Elections Galore, with Lou Jacobson of the Almanac of American Politics
Apr 09, 2026
Episode 24: Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election & other 2026 races, with Scott Milfred of the Wisconsin State Journal
Apr 02, 2026
Episode 23: Under-the-Radar House Races, with Erin Covey from The Cook Political Report
Mar 26, 2026
Episode 22: Polling the Public, with Lakshya Jain from The Argument
Mar 19, 2026
Episode 21: Kevin Kiley, Dan Osborn & Fake Independents, with Eric Cunningham of DDHQ
Mar 13, 2026
Episode 20: The Voting Rights Act's Demise & the 2030 Census, with Sean Trende of RealClearPolitics
Mar 05, 2026
Episode 19: Talking Texas Primaries, with Gabby Birenbaum of The Texas Tribune
Feb 26, 2026
Episode 18: 2026 Redistricting Refresher, with Nathaniel Rakich from Votebeat
Feb 19, 2026
Episode 17: Trump Isn’t Just Losing Ground With Young Men, with Mary Radcliffe from FiftyPlusOne
Feb 12, 2026
Episode 16: Perusing 2026 Races for Prosecutor & Sheriff, with Daniel Nichanian from Bolts
Feb 05, 2026
Episode 15: Sizing Up The Senate, with Grace Panetta from The 19th
Jan 29, 2026
Episode 14: Pollapalooza, with Eli McKown-Dawson (Silver Bulletin) & Scott Tranter (DDHQ)
Jan 22, 2026
Episode 13: A House Divided, with Joshua Huder from Georgetown's GAI
Jan 15, 2026
Episode 12: Minnesota Musical Chairs and Virginia Voting, with J. Miles Coleman from Sabato’s Crystal Ball
Jan 09, 2026
Episode 11: Holiday History Special
Jan 01, 2026
Episode 10: Getting Gubernatorial, with Jessica Taylor from The Cook Political Report
Dec 18, 2025
Episode 9: The 2026 Texas Two-Step, with Gabby Birenbaum from The Texas Tribune
Dec 11, 2025
Episode 8: Talking Tennessee, with Jacob Rubashkin from Inside Elections
Dec 04, 2025
Episode 7: Redistricting Turbulence in Texas and Elsewhere, with Nathaniel Rakich from Votebeat
Nov 20, 2025
Episode 6: The State of Polling in 2025, with Elliott Morris & Mary Radcliffe from FiftyPlusOne
Nov 13, 2025
Episode 5: 2025 Election Reaction, with Michael Pruser & Zachary Donnini
Nov 05, 2025
Episode 4: Mamdani vs. Cuomo in NYC, with Michael Lange
Oct 30, 2025
Episode 3: Jumping into Jersey with Steve Kornacki
Oct 23, 2025
Episode 2: Virginia's Volatile 2025 Election with Kyle Kondik
Oct 16, 2025
Episode 1: It’s Never Too Early To Talk About The 2026 Senate Races
Oct 09, 2025
Behind the scenes of the 2020 election and the life of a television journalist
Oct 02, 2025
Polls! Data! And DDHQ’s Geoffrey Skelley!
Sep 05, 2025
Welcome to the Decision Desk HQ Substack!
Aug 20, 2025