Beneath A Steady Race, A Shifting America

FiveThirtyEight Politics

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🗓️ 7 October 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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There is officially less than a month until Election Day. In this installment of the 538 Politics podcast, we consider what it would mean for the Electoral College map if the polls are correct in suggesting a racial and generational realignment. We also look at how views of the conflict in the Middle East have evolved in the year since the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack. And, with new information about former President Donald Trump's attempt to overturn the 2020 election, whether his behavior surrounding the last election is shaping Americans' willingness to vote for him this time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm going to start a podcast called Call Him Mommy.
0:04.0	I could get behind that, like I am Mother.
0:08.0	Can we use Keshia's Beep beep as the background track for this podcast?
0:12.0	Yes. Welcome to Call Him Mom. as the background track for this podcast.
0:12.6	Yes.
0:13.6	Welcome to Call Him Mommy.
0:15.4	Hello, Mommy gang.
0:17.4	Beep.
0:18.4	Oh God. Hello and we are now officially less than a month away from Election Day
0:35.8	and of course many Americans are already voting.
0:38.8	Last week the Harris campaign got some good news in the form of the federal jobs numbers. The
0:43.6	labor market added a quarter of a million jobs beating expectations by 150,000
0:48.8	and lowering unemployment to 4.1 percent. Also last week, an unsealed court filing from Special Counsel Jack Smith shown a spotlight on
0:57.5	former President Trump's attempt to overturn the 2020 election.
1:01.8	Former member of Republican House leadership, Liz Cheney punctuated those details while
1:05.8	campaigning for Vice President Harris in Wisconsin at the end of the week.
1:10.3	And you guessed it, the VP debate did well nothing to move the polls.
1:15.1	So here's what we're going to focus on today. First, it has been a year since the
1:19.2	Hamas terrorist attack on Israel. How has that year shaped Americans' views about the conflict even if it
1:25.5	doesn't seem to be shaping the 2024 presidential election? Also, how many Americans
1:31.4	fall into the same category as Liz Cheney.
1:35.0	She could get behind and even help legislate much of Trump's agenda,
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