The Strength In Numbers Podcast with G. Elliott Morris

Paul Krugman, Elliott Morris, and David Nir on the blue wave

This is an upload of a guest appearance on Paul Krugman’s Substack, recorded September 30, 2026. Watch this video on gelliottmorris.com. Paul Krugman had David Nir, who

How much worse can things get for the GOP?

Watch this video on gelliottmorris.com. On this week’s Strength In Numbers podcast, Elliott Morris and David Nir walk through the current electoral state of play just ov

Is this what a "blue wave" feels like?

On this week’s Strength In Numbers podcast, Elliott Morris and David Nir dig into the latest batch of good news for Democrats: an all-time low for Trump's approval rating

The blue wave is getting bigger

On this week’s Strength In Numbers podcast, Elliott and David dig into Elliott’s newsletter piece arguing the conventional wisdom on polling error might have it backwards

Republicans who think "Trumpapalooza" will work misunderstand why Trump won in 2024

On this week’s Strength In Numbers podcast, Elliott and David react to the first night of “Trumpapalooza,” the Republican midterm convention in Dallas, and explain why it

Donald Trump is acting like he *wants* to lose the midterms

On this week’s Strength In Numbers podcast, Elliott is reunited with David (who is back from a short break to recover from knee surgery) to discuss how Trump continues to

Deep Dive episode: Everything you wanted to know about prediction markets, with Rajiv Sethi

On this week’s Strength In Numbers podcast, Elliott is joined by Rajiv Sethi , professor of economics at Barnard College, Columbia University, and author of the Substack

A troubling trend of fake polls and lying pollsters, with FiftyPlusOne’s Mary Radcliffe

On this week’s Strength In Numbers podcast, Elliott is joined by Mary Radcliffe, head of research at FiftyPlusOne, to dig into a truly wild week in polling. This week tru

Can we trust the polls in 2026?

On this week’s Strength In Numbers podcast, Elliott and David dig into why the Wisconsin governor’s primary polls overestimated Francesca Hong by 20 points, why the “the

Deep Dive episode: What if our leaders are actually more responsive to public opinion than we think?

On this week’s Deep Dive episode of the Strength In Numbers podcast, Elliott sits down with Peter Enns — Cornell University political scientist, political methodologist,

Why the polls missed in Michigan — and why Democrats are favored to flip the House and Senate

On this week's Strength In Numbers podcast, Elliott and David dig into why the Michigan Senate primary polls may have missed so badly, why the electability discourse abou

What's behind Trump's new all-time approval low? (The podcast returns!)

On this week’s Strength In Numbers podcast — the first live episode back from Elliott’s paternity leave! — Elliott and David break down Donald Trump’s new all-time-low ap

Deep Dive episode: Ben Wikler has a plan to save democracy

On this week’s Deep Dive episode of the Strength In Numbers podcast, Elliott sits down with Ben Wikler, former chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, 2025 candidate

Deep Dive episode: Political scientists were right about Trump

Strength In Numbers is on a short summer break while Elliott takes paternity leave with his new baby. This deep dive episode was recorded in early May, and things may hav

A reminder: Very few people support Donald Trump's presidency

On this week’s Strength In Numbers podcast — the last live episode before Elliott heads off on paternity leave — Elliott and David break down just how historically unpopu

Deep Dive episode: Democracy 2.0, with Lee Drutman

In this Deep Dive episode of the Strength In Numbers podcast, Elliott sits down with Lee Drutman, senior fellow at the New America Foundation and author of Breaking the T

America's new redistricting doom loop

On this week’s Strength In Numbers podcast, Elliott and David briefly revisit Elliott’s hypotheses on why economic vibes are still so sour before turning to the alarming

What the SCOTUS VRA decision means for the midterms — and the future

On this week's Strength In Numbers podcast, Elliott and David unpack the Supreme Court's decision in Louisiana v. Callais and explain what it means for the midterms and b

Voters rate the Democrats poorly — but are voting for them anyway

In this week’s first-ever live, in-person recording of the Strength In Numbers podcast — at the America Votes State Summit in Washington, D.C. — G. Elliott Morris and Dav

The electoral beatings will continue until morale improves

We have some very exciting news: Next week, G. Elliott Morris and David Nir will record the Strength In Numbers podcast live and in-person in Washington, DC—and we’d love