This week, Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz discuss the 2023 election results and Democratic wins in Ohio, Virginia, and Kentucky; President Joe Biden’s numbers in recent polls and the youth vote; and U.S. v. Rahimi at the Supreme Court, the 2nd Amendment and gun control, and the history and tradition test. And you can be a part of the show: submit your Conundrum at<a href="https://slate.com/conundrum">slate.com/conundrum</a>.  Here are some notes and references from this week’s show:Lisa Lerer and Shane Goldmacher for The New York Times: “<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/us/politics/election-results-democrats-abortion.html">Abortion Rights Fuel Big Democratic Wins, and Hopes for 2024</a>”Molly Olmstead for Slate: “<a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/11/fox-news-election-results-sean-hannity-abortion.html">Sean Hannity Had Quite the Takeaway About Abortion After Tuesday’s Elections</a>" Kate Zernike for The New York Times: “<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/07/us/politics/ohio-abortion-amendment.html">Ohio Vote Continues a Winning Streak for Abortion Rights</a>”Laura Vozzella for The Washington Post: “<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/11/08/virginia-youngkin-presidential-buzz-democrats-general-assembly-win/">Democratic wins in Virginia could deflate Youngkin’s White House buzz</a>”Hannah Knowles and Dylan Wells for The Washington Post: “<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/11/07/kentucky-governor-election-results-2023/">Democrat Andy Beshear wins reelection for governor in Kentucky</a>” Matthew Yglesias for Slow Boring: “<a href="https://www.slowboring.com/p/23-thoughts-on-the-2023-midterms">23 thoughts on the 2023 midterms</a>”John Dickerson for The Atlantic Festival 2023: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMJUPHP3EoI">Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro on Leading a Key Swing State</a>”Shane Goldmacher for The New York Times: “<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/05/us/politics/biden-trump-2024-poll.html">Trump Leads in 5 Critical States as Voters Blast Biden, Times/Siena Poll Finds</a>“Jonathan Swan, Ruth Igielnik, and Maggie Haberman for The New York Times: “<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/06/us/politics/trump-biden-times-siena-poll.html">Trump Indictments Haven’t Sunk His Campaign, but a Conviction Might</a>”Nate Cohn for The New York Times: “<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/05/upshot/polls-biden-trump-2024.html">Why Biden Is Behind, and How He Could Come Back</a>”Philip Bump for The Washington Post: “<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/11/06/nyt-poll-biden-trump-2024/">Are young voters actually split between Trump and Biden?</a>”Daniel A. Cox for the AEI Survey Center on American Life: “<a href="https://www.americansurveycenter.org/newsletter/why-are-young-voters-so-down-on-joe-biden/">Why are Young Voters So Down on Joe Biden?</a>”Pew Research Center’s Beyond Red Vs. Blue: The Political Typology: “<a href="https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2021/11/09/outsider-left/">Outsider Left</a>”Sudiksha Kochi for USA Today: “<a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2023/11/06/obama-david-axelrod-biden-2024/71471821007/">Former Obama adviser Axelrod says Biden should consider dropping out of 2024</a>”Robert Barnes for The Washington Post: “<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/11/07/supreme-court-guns-domestic-violence-rahimi/">Court seems likely to allow gun bans for those under protective orders</a>”Jordan Smith for The Intercept: “<a href="https://theintercept.com/2022/06/24/roe-wade-overturned-supreme-court-14th-amendment/">In Overturning Roe, Radical Supreme Court Declares War on the 14th Amendment</a>”Thomas Jefferson: “<a href="https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-12-02-0248">To James Madison From Thomas Jefferson, 6 September 1789</a>”Ulysses S. Grant Revealed: “<a href="https://grantrevealed.com/president-ulysses-s-grant-on-the-u-s-constitution/">President Ulysses S. Grant On The U.S. Constitution</a>”Michael Barbaro and Jonah E. Bromwich for The New York Times’s The Daily podcast: “<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/08/podcasts/the-daily/trump-trial.html">The Trumps Take the Stand</a>” Here are this week’s chatters:John: Reuters: “<a href="https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/napoleons-hat-heading-to-auction-in-fran-idRW631307112023RP1">Napoleon’s hat heading to auction in France</a>”; Marielle Brie: “<a href="https://blog.napoleon-cologne.fr/en/napoleon-bonapartes-bicorne-hat/">Napoleon Bonaparte’s Bicorne Hat</a>”; and Kai McNamee for NPR: “<a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/11/06/1210861222/lost-french-love-letters-1750s-seven-years-war">Lost French love letters from the 1750s reveal what life was like during wartime</a>”Emily: <a href="https://libertypuzzles.com/collections/puzzles">Liberty Puzzles</a>David: Jessica Sidman for Washingtonian: “<a href="https://www.washingtonian.com/2023/11/07/ai-generated-dc-guidebooks/">Why Is Dallas on the Cover of This DC Guidebook?</a>”Listener chatter from Sheila McIntyre: Sophie Mann-Shafir for The Provincetown Independent: “<a href="https://provincetownindependent.org/tprta-misled-part-timers-on-registering/">TPRTA Misled Members on Voter Registration; Town Meeting Postponed</a>” For this week’s Slate Plus bonus segment, Emily, John, and David talk about the trial testimony by the Trump family – Donald, Donald, Jr., Eric, and Ivanka – in the civil case of New York v. Trump. In the latest <a href="https://slate.com/podcasts/political-gabfest/2023/10/amazon-working-for-jeff-bezos-with-author-kristi-coulter">Gabfest Reads</a>, David talks with Kristi Coulter about her book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Exit-Interview-Death-Ambitious-Career-ebook/dp/B0BQGGW515/tag=slatmaga-20">Exit Interview: The Life and Death of My Ambitious Career</a>. Email your chatters, questions, and comments to <a href="mailto:gabfest@slate.com">gabfest@slate.com</a>. (Messages may be referenced by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.) Podcast production by Cheyna Roth Research by Julie Huygen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

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