It’s the last week of June and that means we’re anxiously awaiting decisions in several high-profile Supreme Court cases. The rest of the cases concern issues such as affirmative action, President Biden’s student loan forgiveness program, LGBTQ business services and the power of state legislatures.
In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, we take a look at what different public opinion polls have found about affirmative action and wonder if it’s a good or bad use of polls. We also explore what to make of RFK Jr.’s relatively strong Democratic primary polls.
In addition, the Republican presidential primary field has grown again, with the addition of former Texas representative Will Hurd. He joins a crowded anti-Trump lane. So what about all the anti-Trump candidates in a primary filled with voters who like former President Donald Trump? And finally, this weekend marked the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs. We consider how this decision itself may have changed public opinion.
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