In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew discusses what would have to happen for a third party to actually be viable in the American political system. And they consider the political and scientific calculations of the latest guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stating that vaccinated people don’t need to use masks or social distance indoors.
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Galen Druke is FiveThirtyEight’s podcast producer and reporter. @galendruke
Sarah Frostenson is FiveThirtyEight’s former politics editor. @sfrostenson
Geoffrey Skelley is a senior elections analyst at FiveThirtyEight. @geoffreyvs
Maggie Koerth was a senior reporter for FiveThirtyEight. @maggiekb1
Anna Rothschild was FiveThirtyEight’s senior producer for video. @Anna_Rothschild