The concept of the celeb politician isn’t going away simply because former President Trump is out of workplace. Caitlyn Jenner says she’s within the means of deciding whether or not to run in opposition to Gavin Newsom in California’s gubernatorial recall election this fall. Matthew McConaughey leads incumbent Greg Abott in a hypothetical matchup for Texas governor, in accordance with a current ballot. On this installment of the FiveThirtyEight politics podcast, the crew talks concerning the enchantment of celeb candidates and what it tells us about our politics.
Additionally they talk about the politics of reparations after a Democratic proposal within the Home to review reparations for slavery was voted out of committee for the primary time because it was launched in Congress in 1989.
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