Americanswers… on 5Live! How did the polls get the election so wrong?
Americast
BBC
4.3 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 11 November 2024
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
BBC News - Join Justin, Sarah and Marianna as they answer your questions live with Matt Chorley from 5Live. In today’s episode, the Americast team discuss questions which include: at why the polling didn’t more accurately predict Trump’s win, whether the media got it wrong, whether everyone will accept the election result and, how might President Biden help Ukraine before he leaves office?
HOSTS: • Justin Webb, Radio 4 presenter • Sarah Smith, North America Editor • Marianna Spring, Social Media Investigations Senior Correspondent • Matt Chorley, 5Live presenter
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, Ameriasters, we hope you've been enjoying the AmeriCast pop-up podcast studio as we've travelled around the US covering the election. |
| 0:07.7 | Before Donald Trump's inauguration in January 2025, we'll be dropping new episodes of AmeriCast three times a week, |
| 0:15.7 | usually Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. |
| 0:18.5 | If you want to stay notified of when we've published an episode, |
| 0:21.7 | please make sure you're subscribed to AmeriCast on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:25.4 | And if you'd like to, you can turn on push notifications in your phone settings. |
| 0:29.6 | That way, you'll never miss us. |
| 0:31.4 | Anyway, here's today's episode. Enjoy. |
| 0:35.3 | BBC Sounds, music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:39.0 | Hello, it's Monday morning in Washington, D.C. |
| 0:41.8 | The start of the first full working week since Donald Trump was elected president, |
| 0:45.5 | and he's putting together his team. |
| 0:47.9 | So far, he's appointed Tom Holman in charge of border security. |
| 0:51.4 | He's somebody who's going to get tough there. |
| 0:53.5 | And Stephen Miller, |
| 0:55.0 | he is an immigration hawk and he's been made deputy chief of staff. |
| 0:59.0 | Right. All of this to come, but first we've got America answers, in which we covered a lot of |
| 1:05.0 | things, including the rather touchy subject of whether we got it right or wrong when we were |
| 1:10.0 | reporting from various parts |
| 1:12.0 | of the United States in the run-up to the election. So, without further ado, welcome to American |
| 1:18.4 | Answers. On 5 Live. |
| 1:23.1 | Ameriast. Ameriast from BBC News. There was blood pouring everywhere, and yet I had God on my side. |
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