Presidential Debates Do Matter

FiveThirtyEight Politics

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Politics, News

4.6 • 20.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

As an extremely close presidential campaign heads into the homestretch, economic news abounds. The jobs report released last week fell short of expectations, and the Federal Reserve appears ready to cut interest rates later this month. Will any of it matter? Or have Americans generally made up their minds about this economy? Plus, the crew previews Tuesday night’s presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump, and they test their knowledge of historic debate moments. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:14.6	Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred voters.
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0:22.6	Data.
0:23.4	Seasons of Data.
0:25.8	Nice.
0:29.2	We can keep thinking.
0:30.0	We don't have to, it doesn't have to be that, but that's it.
0:32.3	We don't have to make a commitment't have to be that, but that's it. We don't have to make a commitment today.
0:34.3	It's a good starting point though. Hello and it is debate week.
0:48.0	Hello and welcome to the 538 Politics Podcast. I'm Galen Druke and it is debate week.
0:51.0	Welcome to one of the most consequential weeks remaining on the
0:55.4	election clock. Former President Trump and Vice President Harris will face off in
1:00.0	their only scheduled debate on Tuesday night at 9 p.m. Eastern on ABC.
1:05.5	After a supercharged end of the summer for Democrats, there's some indication that Harris's
1:10.4	support has softened since the Convention.
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