Hi, this is Kristen. I'm a school librarian and I am currently recording my virtual lessons,

which means I've got my calming voice going. This podcast was recorded at...

2.13 pm Eastern Time on Wednesday, September 16th.

Things may have changed by the time you hear it, but one thing will still be true.

Our students, their families, and our staff will still be doing an amazing job.

All right, here's the show.

I just want to say, you have a great librarian calming voice. That is a fantastically soothing voice.

That's much more soothing than the teacher voices I hear in my virtual learning school upstairs.

Yeah, right. The virtual learning is not good. It doesn't sound like that.

Sounds like, Dad, I need your help!

Well, hey there, it's the NPR Politics podcast. I must mahala, like, cover the presidential campaign.

I'm Deer Drew Walsh, Congressional Editor.

And I'm Domenico Montenora, Senior Political Editor and Correspondent.

And Domenico, you've got your latest electoral map now out. I know last time we talked about it,

it looked like some red states were sliding to pink and some of the toss-ups were turning more blue.

So where does the race stand now? I mean, what has changed since that last map you put out?

Well, the biggest change last time and the biggest change this time is that Florida is again the focus,

and Florida has now moved from lean Democrat to back to the toss-up column where it traditionally has been

in so many of these election cycles in the last several years.

And that's where it goes back to now because we've seen President Trump gain in the polls by

about four points in the last month and a half in Florida. Biden is still has a narrow edge there

by a couple of points in the polls. But beyond the polls, when you talk to Democratic strategists

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