{"id":7078962,"date":"2026-10-07T06:01:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T06:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7078962"},"modified":"2026-10-07T06:01:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T06:01:14","slug":"welcome-to-polltober-a-tpm-youtube-exclusive-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7078962","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Polltober! 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Introducing: the Polltober Show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every Tuesday from now until Election Day, Josh and Kate will get into the weeds on all things midterms, drawing on questions that you \u2014 our lovely readers \u2014 will submit! If there\u2019s anything you want to know about specific races, candidates, chamber control, the courts, the polls, whatever, just drop your queries in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6qQRv9lT80U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube comments on the latest episode of the TPM Show<\/a> or the Polltober Show itself. 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