FiveThirtyEight’s top politics stories this week

A [FiveThirtyEight]( email [Popular In Politics] Thursday, April 7, 2022 [1. The Culture Wars Couldn’t Stop Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Confirmation]( [Senate Holds Supreme Court Confirmation Hearings For Ketanji Brown Jackson]( Everything’s part of the culture wars now, including Supreme Court confirmations. Ketanji Brown Jackson’s confirmation process ended on Thursday when the Senate voted 53-47 to confirm her to the court, and it was quick — it took just six weeks to move from nomination to confirmation — and partisan. Many Republicans spent Jackson’s nomination hearings accusing her of giving light sentences to child pornographers (she didn’t), supporting teaching critical race theory in secondary school (no evidence for that either) and trying to let dangerous criminals out of prison (nope). [Read more]( [2. Does Alaska’s Special Election Create An Opening For Sarah Palin’s Comeback?]( [Sarah Palin]( On Friday, Sarah Palin returned from the political wilderness by announcing a bid for the U.S. House of Representatives, nearly 14 years since the then-governor of Alaska entered the national spotlight as the Republican vice presidential nominee. [Read more]( [3. How Redistricting Affects The Battle For State Legislatures]( [Georgia Issues General Assembly]( Get the data on GitHub [Read more]( [4. Why Liz Cheney Can’t Rely On Democrats To Save Her In Wyoming’s Republican Primary]( [House Select Committee On Jan. 6 Holds Business Meeting]( Despite being a reliable Republican vote for most of two-plus terms in the U.S. House, Rep. Liz Cheney hasn’t been afraid to buck her party when it comes to former President Donald Trump. The Wyoming representative was one of just 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach Trump in January 2021. She has called Trump a “clear and present danger” to American democracy. She supported the investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol that Trump incited. Cheney has even earned praise from Democrats, a remarkable turn of events for the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, whom Democrats loathed. [Read more]( [5. What The MLB Lockout Can Tell Us About Political Fandom And Sports Partisanship]( [0401_POLLA-4×3]( Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. [Read more]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Forecasts How popular is Joe Biden? [How popular is Joe Biden?]( [See all polls]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Weekly Listen [Play]( [Politics Podcast: Are Both Liz Cheney And Madison Cawthorn In Primary Trouble?]( [FiveThirtyEight] [View in browser]( [ABC News]( [Unsubscribe]( Our mailing address: FiveThirtyEight, 47 West 66th Street, New York, NY 10023.