A Field Guide to Today’s Elections

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🗓️ 6 November 2018

⏱️ 27 minutes

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As the country heads to the polls, here are four themes and four races to watch. Guest: Alexander Burns, who covers national politics for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:00.0	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Warvaro. This is the day.
0:10.5	Today, a field guide to the midterms.
0:15.0	Four themes and four reasons to watch.
0:24.0	It's Tuesday, November 6th.
0:27.0	Election Day.
0:35.0	The polls open at about 24 hours in this huge, high stakes midterm election.
0:40.0	Democrats are predicting a blue wave. Republicans say that will not happen.
0:45.0	It is so tight. This could go either way.
0:48.0	Early voting is way up compared to 2014.
0:51.0	It has not just the optics, but the tone of a presidential election.
0:56.0	And that's where we are in American politics.
0:58.0	Listen, it's neck and neck in about 21 races across the country.
1:02.0	Neck and neck. So it's going to depend on turnout.
1:04.0	In the end, it's going to come down to voter turnout.
1:07.0	We will not bend. We will not break.
1:11.0	We will never give in. We will never give up.
1:14.0	We will never back down. We will never surrender.
1:17.0	And we will always fight on to victory.
1:26.0	Alex Burns, today is the day.
1:29.0	At long last.
1:30.0	How long would you say you've been covering the midterms if it's quantifiable?
1:34.0	Oh, I would say almost.
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