I mean, I don't really drink dairy milk much anymore on occasion, but...

You live in Vermont.

Are you kidding me?

Yeah, I know.

I'm real bad.

I drink, like, soy and oat and...

On the topic of, like, things that affect your digestion, can we stop recording for a second?

Ha ha ha ha! Hello and welcome to the 538 politics podcast.

I'm Gailen Droke and happy Thanksgiving week.

This week, we give thanks to you, our dear loyal listeners.

We hope you're having fun stocking up on Turkey Day essentials like cranberry sauce,

pumpkin pie, and of course, cold, hard data. We all better be prepared for Uncle Tim's

controversial opinions about waiting by recalled vote. Anyway, that was a real nerd joke. I mean,

even I wouldn't make that joke. I mean, read the room, Nathaniel. Look where we are.

Yeah, fair.

And just as it is important to read the room at the Thanksgiving dinner table and on this

podcast, it is also wise to read the room that is America.

How about that transition?

Specifically, it's important to get a read on how Americans are feeling about the economy.

Last week, we mentioned that consumer sentiment among partisan groups had already moved notably

since Election Day. Republicans cheered, Democrats jeered, but now a new poll suggests that partisans

aren't just more likely to change their tune about their financial future. They're also saying

...