FiveThirtyEight’s top politics stories this week

A [FiveThirtyEight]( email [Popular In Politics] Thursday, April 6, 2023 [1. Would Democrats Rather Face Donald Trump Or Ron DeSantis in 2024?]( [Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks on a book tour in Des Moines]( Who would Democrats rather see as the GOP’s 2024 presidential nominee — Donald Trump or Ron DeSantis? [Read more]( [2. What We Know About Trump’s Legal Troubles]( [TRUMP-INVESTIGATIONS_4x3]( UPDATE (March 30, 5:45 p.m.): On Thursday evening, the New York Times reported that the grand jury in Manhattan voted to indict former President Donald Trump, making him the first former president to face criminal charges. The specific charges have not yet been made public. The three other investigations into Trump remain ongoing; for more information on the four cases, find FiveThirtyEight’s overview of Trump’s legal problems below. [Read more]( [3. Politicians Want Universal School Vouchers. But What About The Public?]( [EDUCATION-FUNDING-UPDATE-4×3]( Earlier this week, Florida became the fourth state this year to enact a bill that would allow parents to receive taxpayer-funded vouchers to send their children to private schools, joining Iowa, Utah and Arkansas. At least 18 other states have introduced similar bills this term, meaning that almost half of the country’s state legislatures have passed or are considering passing legislature that could reshape the funding of public education by creating voucher programs open to almost any family, rather than reserving funding for students in failing schools or from low-income families. [Read more]( [4. How Trump’s Indictment Could Affect The 2024 Election]( [Former U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during a rally at the Waco Regional Airport on March 25, 2023]( On Thursday, a Manhattan grand jury voted to indict former President Donald Trump, making him the first president in U.S. history to be indicted. As of now, though, we still have many questions — including how this bombshell will affect his campaign to regain the presidency in 2024. [Read more]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Weekly Listen [Play]( [Politics Podcast: The Takeaways From 2023’s Super Tuesday]( [FiveThirtyEight] [View in browser]( [ABC News]( [Unsubscribe]( Our mailing address: FiveThirtyEight, 47 West 66th Street, New York, NY 10023.