Nerds for Humanity Substack Podcast

Data deep dive into 2024 federal budget and comparing Biden and GOP proposals.

How far behind is Biden? Where is Trump's support? How do Americans rate Trump and Biden on economy, honesty, and should Trump be prosecuted for Georgia "find me 10,000 votes" call?

Tom breaks down polls, betting odds, search trends, twitter trends, and approval voting including latest NBC News poll crosstabs.

Tom and nerdling Brandon react to Chris Stapleton's 2023 Superbowl national anthem performance and then compare it to Fergie's version of the Star-Spangled Banner.

Ariel Ray shares his thoughts on what went well and what he didn't think go as well at the Phoenix Forward Party event with Andrew Yang last week.

How did Andrew do? How did he handle UBI versus his role in Forward Party and address criticism that Forward Party doesn't have enough specifics?

Who would lead if 21 candidates competed for the US presidency if there were an open primary? http://ofthepeople.us

Michael Maxsenti from the California Common Sense Party will tell us all about the merger with the Forward Party. The Forward Party, co-led by former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, is partnering with another third party in California in hopes of officially being recognized by the state. Yang’s Forward Party announced Thursday it is forming a coalition with the Common Sense Party, founded in 2019 by former Congressman Tom Campbell, to get the roughly 73,000 registered voters required by California to be recognized as an official political party. “Forward Party members in California will now register for the Common Sense Party, joining the already nearly 30k registered Common Sense Party voters,” Forward Party said in a news release. “Volunteers across the state will be able to work together at the grassroots level, leading through our shared values of cooperation and problem solving.” Yang, who dropped out of the 2020 presidential race in February of that year, said Thursday on NewsNation’s “CUOMO” that the new partnership will give voters in California a political choice. “We know right now California is a one-party state, and that’s true in about three-quarters of the states around the country,” Yang said. “We have a pretend two-party system. In most of the country, including New York City, it’s essentially a one-party system, which isn’t good for anyone.”

I interview Joe Swartz, author of an article in The Atlantic about his experience at the Forward Party in North Carolina.