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The episode features a discussion with Dave Wasserman on Trump's polling and a midterm check-in across several states.

This week Murphy and Heilemann were joined by the one and only Dave Wasserman of the Cook Political Report. The Hacks dive into Trump’s polling, the standoff over ICE funding, and the attention economy — then put Wasserman on the map (literally) for a midterm check-in across Texas, Alaska, Ohio, Michigan, Iowa, and so much more. Photo by Joel Angel Juarez/Bloomberg via Getty Images Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Hosts: Murphy, Heilemann

Guest: Dave Wasserman

Topics covered

• Trump's polling
• ICE funding
• attention economy
• midterm elections
• political analysis

Keywords

• Trump
• polling
• ICE funding
• midterm elections
• Texas
• Alaska
• Ohio
• Michigan
• Iowa

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Cook Political Report

Places: Texas, Alaska, Ohio, Michigan, Iowa

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