All Episodes of The Circus
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Season 1
7.2/1028 votesTension City
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/31/2016
This episode follows the angst and drama leading up to the Iowa caucuses, with a showdown brewing between Democrats Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton and the GOP's first real test of outsider candidates versus the establishment.
Director: Unknown
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6.9/1030 votesThe Big Mo
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/7/2016
The fourth episode goes inside the Iowa fallout and the momentum leading into New Hampshire's primary. Who¿s got it? Who doesn't? And how can the Clinton and Trump campaigns pick up the pace to beat back the surge of Sanders and Cruz?
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
7.1/1026 votes
6.9/1025 votesFear and Loathing
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/21/2016
As the campaigns head towards the final stretch leading to Nevada and South Carolina, there's growing anxiety among both frontrunners and stragglers about just how high the stakes are - and the significance of falling behind.
Director: Unknown
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6.8/1026 votes
7.2/1022 votesThe Reckoning
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/6/2016
With big wins for the frontrunners on Super Tuesday the rest of candidates are reckoning with the results. But the biggest story of all might be one both Democratic and Republican establishments can agree on: how do they stop Trump?
Director: Unknown
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7.0/1022 votesDead or Alive
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/13/2016
It's make or break time for Rubio, Kasich and Sanders. As the candidates pin their hopes on Florida and Ohio, can they gather enough momentum to force a brokered convention - or will their campaigns finally run out of steam?
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
6.9/1021 votesHome And Abroad
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/27/2016
Foreign policy comes to the fore as the political climate grows fiery in the wake of the attacks in Brussels. As Trump and Clinton prepare to square off, can either of them prove their presidential mettle in handling the heat?
Director: Unknown
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6.2/1020 votesOn Wisconsin
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 4/3/2016
Ahead of a Wisconsin showdown the candidates crisscross the state in pursuit of competing agendas. Can Kasich, Cruz or Sanders secure their position as spoilers - or will Clinton and Trump finally be crowned their party's Big Cheese?
Director: Unknown
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6.0/1013 votesCircus Recap
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 4/10/2016
From the early primary battles to the Super Tuesday showdown and beyond, pull back the curtain on the 2016 presidential race with Mark Halperin, John Heilemann and Mark McKinnon - and catch up on the electrifying first twelve weeks.
Director: Unknown
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6.6/1018 votes
7.1/1021 votesVeepstakes
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 7/17/2016
No president is complete without a veep. As Trump auditions Chris Christie, Mike Pence and Newt Gingrich and Clinton considers Tim Kaine, can the candidates find the right-hand man for the job who will make, not break, their campaign?
Director: Unknown
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7.0/1021 votesThe Trump Show
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 7/24/2016
The political circus goes into overdrive as Trump is crowned the Republican nominee - and Melania, controversially, speaks! Capitalizing on his children to help humanize his image, can Trump plus Pence finally rally a unified party?
Director: Unknown
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6.3/1020 votesIn the Arena
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 7/31/2016
The jeers and boos of Sanders diehards ring out in Philadelphia, before the Democrats at last make Hillary a historic nominee. But is shattering a glass ceiling enough for Clinton and Kaine to unite the party into a winning coalition?
Director: Unknown
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6.3/1021 votesClosing the Gap
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 9/11/2016
With ten weeks to go until the election the Trump campaign finds itself running from behind. As members of his party start to publicly jump ship, can Trump find a way to close the gap with Clinton or will he just fall further behind?
Director: Unknown
Writer: Unknown
6.2/1022 votes- 6.7/1029 votes
President Trump
Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 11/13/2016
In a special hour-long episode of the real-time documentary series, Mark Halperin, John Heilemann and Mark McKinnon go behind the scenes of both campaigns in the lead up to Election Day - and the fallout that followed.
Director: Unknown
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