Americanswers... on 5 Live! Why do TV networks call a winner in the US?
Americast
BBC
4.3 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 4 November 2024
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
The 2024 presidential election is nearly here and as America gets ready to head to voting booths up and down the country, the team offer their advice on timings, key states to watch out for, and when you can head to bed.
And Justin, Marianna and Sarah submit their choices for Americast's election day bingo card...
This episode has been updated since it was originally uploaded.
HOSTS:
* Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter * Sarah Smith, North America Editor * Marianna Spring, Social Media Investigations Correspondent
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, AmeriCasters, it's getting very close to the big US election. And before we get going |
| 0:05.0 | with the podcast properly, I just want to let you know that we're going to be making daily |
| 0:09.0 | episodes at the moment, taking the AmeriCast pop-up podcast studio on the road every single day, |
| 0:15.1 | all the way till election night and maybe even beyond. If you want to be notified as soon as new |
| 0:20.3 | episodes drop in our podcast feed, |
| 0:22.3 | please make sure you're subscribed |
| 0:23.7 | to AmeriCast on BBC Sounds |
| 0:25.6 | and have push notifications |
| 0:27.1 | turned on in your phone settings. |
| 0:30.0 | That way, me, Justin, Sarah and Anthony |
| 0:32.7 | will land direct onto your phone |
| 0:34.5 | as soon as it's ready, |
| 0:36.2 | just what you've always wanted. |
| 0:37.7 | Anyway, here's today's episode. |
| 0:39.6 | Enjoy. |
| 0:41.6 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:45.3 | Hello, we are coming up to the closing days and hours of this presidential campaign, |
| 0:50.3 | and it means that the two main candidates, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, |
| 0:54.0 | are dashing about across the United States. |
| 0:56.8 | Kamala Harris is in Pennsylvania and Trump is heading to North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Michigan today. |
| 1:02.2 | They are all over those swing states looking for crucial votes. |
| 1:04.6 | It also means social media is flooded with campaign messaging, some unfounded conspiracy theories, disinformation, all sorts of different |
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