In this installment of the FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast, the crew talks about the threat of a government shutdown and debt default, and discusses how likely it is that Democrats will get their legislative priorities passed. Plus, they debate the best way to ask Americans about their political identity.
Galen Druke is FiveThirtyEight’s podcast producer and reporter. @galendruke
Nate Silver founded and was the editor in chief of FiveThirtyEight. @natesilver538
Sarah Frostenson is FiveThirtyEight’s former politics editor. @sfrostenson
Alex Samuels was a politics reporter at FiveThirtyEight. @AlexSamuelsx5