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Today in Focus

A road trip through Pennsylvania, the ultimate swing state

Today in Focus

The Guardian

News, Daily News

4.65.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

From traditional rural Republicans who won’t vote for Trump to Latino voters who will, Michael Safi finds voters taking surprising stances as he embarks on a road trip through the biggest swing state in the US. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is The Guardian.

0:09.4

Today, as Americans prepare to vote, a road trip across the swing state that might just decide it all.

0:23.2

No home, no address, no address, no bank account, no job, no job, no home, no

0:35.3

address, no home, no address, no bank account. No bank account, no job, no home. No address. No address. No bank account. No bank account. No job. No job. No home. It's time to break the vicious circle.

0:45.3

We're working with charities like shelter to provide a bank account for people who are homeless.

0:50.4

Search HSBCUK, no fixed address.

1:02.6

Before we start, a quick heads up, this episode contains a little bit of swearing.

1:10.7

This stretch of highway that I'm on right now in the middle of central Pennsylvania was first laid in the 1960s but it hit planning issues and the project ran out of money

1:15.9

and it wasn't finished at some point the freeway just ended drivers literally had to

1:21.4

turn around and drive the other way it was like that for 40 years it It came to be called The Road to Nowhere.

1:34.6

In a few hours, polls across America will open,

1:38.5

and people in this country will decide where America is heading.

1:44.4

And for the two candidates, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, their road to the White House

1:50.7

will almost certainly have to pass through Pennsylvania. This crown jewel of American swing states

2:08.2

that's backed the winner in every election for nearly 80 years

2:12.3

that has the most electoral college votes of any swing state

2:16.2

and is a place where a new political map is being drawn

2:21.5

in front of our eyes and nobody knows what its final shape will be until Americans vote today.

2:29.6

From The Guardian, I'm Michael Safi, today in focus. A drive along the road to nowhere to find out what road America is on.

2:46.1

I arrived in Lancaster on Friday night.

2:49.6

It's a small city in central Pennsylvania,

2:52.6

full of historic courthouses and churches,

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