Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 188
Nothing to See Here
Politico: “Several battleground states have passed new laws to facilitate quicker counting and implemented more efficient processing procedures.”
“The faster races are tabulated, the faster they’re called — and the shorter the period of uncertainty in which misinformation can spread, as when Trump escalated conspiracy theories about the vote count in 2020 and falsely declared himself the victor.”
Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.