Morning Distribution for Wednesday, May 24, 2023

A [FiveThirtyEight]( email [Morning Distribution]( Wednesday, May 24, 2023 Your daily briefing from FiveThirtyEight --------------------------------------------------------------- The Morning Story [SlackChat_Geoffy_5.23.23_v01_ag]( [The 2024 Republican Primary Is Heating Up. Time For Another FiveThirtyEight Primary Draft!]( A FiveThirtyEight Chat Welcome to FiveThirtyEight’s [politics chat](. The transcript below has been lightly edited. --------------------------------------------------------------- nrakich ([Nathaniel Rakich]( senior elections analyst): It feels like this is the week the 2024 Republican presidential primary really started in earnest! On Monday, Sen. Tim Scott [announced he was running for president]( and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to formally jump into the race on Wednesday night as well. So we figured it was high time for another 2024 Republican presidential primary draft! The [last time we did this]( was last December, when DeSantis was riding high on the polls and no major candidates other than former President Donald Trump were in the race. Things have changed a lot since then, so this should be interesting! Here are the rules: We’ll go four rounds, and we’ll use a snake draft (i.e., the person who picks last in one round picks first in the next round) to keep things as fair as possible. Let me just pick some names out of a hat to see who goes first … [Read more]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Weekly Listen [Play]( [Politics Podcast: Can Tim Scott’s Optimism Win Over The GOP?]( [FiveThirtyEight] [View in browser]( [ABC News]( [Unsubscribe]( Our mailing address: FiveThirtyEight, 47 West 66th Street, New York, NY 10023.