Last week, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts became the most high-profile person to announce an exploratory committee to run for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. The FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast crew discusses her paths to winning — and losing — that contest. The team also looks at the political repercussions of the second-longest government shutdown in recent history.

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