At home with first-time Democrat voters in Philadelphia
Americast
BBC
4.3 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 31 October 2024
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
The 2024 presidential election could hinge on the state of Pennsylvania, with polls currently indicating that the crucial swing state is locked in a dead heat.
On the next stage of our pop-up podcast studio, Justin and Marianna travel to Philadelphia to speak to three first-time Democratic voters who are planning to vote for Kamala Harris.
Sitting down in a family home, we chat to them about their reaction to Joe Biden’s intervention in the campaign, whether they’d consider voting for a third-party in the campaign and what they believe Harris needs to do between now and November 5th.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey AmeriCasters, it's getting very close to the big US election and before we get going with the |
| 0:04.4 | podcast properly, I just wanted to let you know. |
| 0:06.6 | We're making daily episodes at the moment, taking the AmeriCast pop-up podcast studio on the road |
| 0:12.0 | every single day all the way until election night and I suspect |
| 0:16.4 | quite a long way beyond as well. And I know you, AmeriCasters, are a smart bunch, but in case you, like me,'t know, if you want to be notified as soon as new |
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| 0:36.2 | settings that way Mariana, Sarah Anthony and I will land direct onto your phone |
| 0:41.5 | as soon as it's ready. |
| 0:43.2 | Just what you have always wanted. |
| 0:45.2 | Anyway, here's today's episode. |
| 0:46.9 | Enjoy. |
| 0:48.8 | BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts. |
| 0:52.0 | We're in Pennsylvania. We are in Pennsylvania. |
| 0:53.0 | I'm in Pennsylvania, which is exciting |
| 0:55.0 | because I've been doing these podcasts from South London for too long now. |
| 0:59.0 | Not only in Pennsylvania, but in Philadelphia, |
| 1:02.0 | the place where America essentially was |
| 1:03.4 | invented in 1776 declaration of independence and all of that we're not actually in |
| 1:08.8 | Independence Hall we're in a rather lovely house which belongs to someone about whom we will talk in a second or two |
| 1:16.8 | but this is going to be the first of our podcast that has dealt particularly with first-time voters. |
| 1:25.0 | Welcome to America's. |
| 1:27.0 | America. |
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